Welcome to the Bone Coach 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.

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

your bone coach. After being diagnosed with osteoporosis in my early 30s, I transform my health

through diet and lifestyle and now help my clients and community members do the same through my

online coaching practice, bonecoach.com. Look, there are no quick and easy cures for low bone

density. But the choices we make every single day can have a powerful impact on our bones,

our health, and our general well-being. I'll share the research, interview the experts, and help you figure out

how to get the conditions right in your body so you can better your bones through diet and

lifestyle. Short disclaimer, I'm not a medical doctor and this show should not be considered

medical advice. Always consult with your

health care team before making medical decisions and changes to your diet and lifestyle. With that being

said, let's get on with the show. So for young patients, there are really three things, well not just

for young, for everybody, three things we should work on to boost hormones naturally. So I, when I had my fast heart rate

and infertility, was in a very stressed state. I still have some stress. I'm working on it. It's a

journey, but I say stress is our body's biggest hormone hijacker. So it will rob you of hormones.

You have to get stress in check. You just have to have optimal hormones. So there's no pill, potion,

or powder that's going to replace lifestyle changes. So if you need to set boundaries, take a break,

I'm preaching to myself here, go to yoga, right? Those are important for your hormones. And we need to

start really equipping our youth and teaching them that it's okay to do those sort of things.

If you haven't done so already, especially if you're newly diagnosed with osteopinia or osteoporosis,

or if your most recent bone density scan still showed more bone loss, go ahead and pause this episode

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