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The Bone Coach Osteoporosis & Bone Health Podcast

#160 A Cellular Approach to Bone Health and Recovery After 50 w/ Dr. Vivian Chen, MD + BoneCoach™ Osteoporosis & Osteopenia

The Bone Coach Osteoporosis & Bone Health Podcast

Kevin Ellis

Osteoporosis, Alternative Health, Bone Density, Bone Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Osteopenia

4.9803 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Bone Coach™ Osteoporosis & Osteopenia – Joining us today to explore the role of environmental toxins, red light therapy, and bone health is Dr. Vivian Chen, a UK-trained medical doctor with over 15 years of clinical experience and board certification in internal medicine and family practice. Her approach to health shifted after her daughter was hospitalized as a newborn with unexplained symptoms—an experience that led Dr. Chen to uncover the role of environmental toxicity in both her daug...

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And when I dug into the research, my mind was blown.

0:05.0

There were over 2,000 studies on therapy on PubMed,

0:11.0

but different conditions ranging from arthritis to skin health to ex-ma.

0:17.0

This modality, again, I had never heard about and read about a medical school. And when I

0:24.5

dug into the research, my mind was blown. And I was just, I was asking myself, why is this not

0:31.2

more widely available? And what I came down to really is that red light therapy

0:37.6

supports the mitochondria.

0:40.3

You remember back to our high school biology days,

0:44.2

the power help inside of,

0:46.3

well, every single cell in order to carry out

0:49.6

its function needs energy.

0:52.9

And with each decade, we're accumulating stresses that attack our mitochondria

1:00.0

such that every decade leads to a 10% decline in mitochondrial function. So by the time we're 50,

1:07.7

our mitochondria is 50% down in its ability to make energy. Now, I know you're very

1:14.5

evidence-based to any interesting studies that relate to red light therapy and its impacts

1:21.3

on health too. I'd love to hear about those. So many. Welcome to the Boneco Show dedicated to helping you understand all things related to diet, lifestyle, bone health, and how you can live and thrive with low bone density and osteoporosis.

1:36.3

I'm your host, Kevin Ellis, certified health coach, health and wellness speaker, and above all else, your bone coach.

1:42.0

After being diagnosed with osteoporosis in my early 30s,

1:44.7

I transform my health through diet and lifestyle

1:47.5

and now help my clients and community members do the same

1:50.3

through my online coaching practice, bonecoach.com.

1:54.0

Look, there are no quick and easy cures for low bone density.

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