Bone Loss Is Starting Earlier — and It Affects Us All - AI Podcast

Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Briana Mercola

Health & Fitness, Health, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Bone issues were once seen only among the elderly, but now young adults are also developing osteopenia, stress fractures, arthritis, and other signs of skeletal decline
Poor sleep, chronic stress, sedentary habits, ultraprocessed diets, and harmful habits like smoking and alcohol use are key drivers behind the rising rates of bone loss in younger populations
Calcium, vitamin D, magnesium, and vitamin K2 are all essential for bone health. Without proper balance, calcium can’t be absorbed, used effectively, or kept out of arteries
Diets high in ultraprocessed foods strip the body of key nutrients and promote inflammation. Excess iron also damages bone cells and increases fracture risk
Weight-bearing exercises like resistance training, walking, and jumping stimulate bone growth and strengthen the skeletal structure at the molecular level

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom.
0:04.0	Stay informed with quick, easy to listen summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when you're on the go.
0:09.0	No reading required. Subscribe for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights.
0:15.0	Are you confident your bones will still be strong a decade from now?
0:19.0	If you're skimping on sleep, sitting for hours, or living
0:22.9	on ultra-processed meals, your skeleton may already be losing ground. Welcome to Dr. Mercola's
0:29.1	cellular wisdom. I'm Ethan Foster, here to unpack why bone loss is now hitting millennials and
0:35.5	Gen Z far earlier than expected. And I'm Alara Sky. Today we'll
0:40.9	break down what drives early skeletal decline, poor sleep, chronic stress, inactivity, ultra-processed diets,
0:48.6	and harmful habits like smoking and heavy drinking, and what specific evidence-backed steps you can
0:54.0	take to defend your bones.
0:55.7	Let's start with the wake-up call.
0:57.7	Research now shows young adults are showing osteopenia, stress fractures, and early arthritis.
1:03.6	Your bones aren't static. They constantly remodel.
1:06.6	When you stay up late scrolling or work irregular shifts, you disrupt the very rhythm bone cells
1:11.9	rely on to build and repair themselves.
1:14.9	Exactly.
1:16.0	Insufficient or fragmented sleep lowers bone-building activity and ramps up breakdown.
1:21.3	Add chronic psychological stress, which elevates cortisol and sympathetic nervous system signals,
1:26.6	and you accelerate calcium loss while dampening osteoblast function, the cells that create bone.
1:32.3	Sedentary living compounds the problem.
1:35.3	Without weight-bearing stress, think resistance training, brisk walking, or jumping.
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