Hello, a huge welcome to this, the last episode of the Lizelle Wellbeing Show for 2025.

I'm Lizelle and this is the podcast helping us all have a better second half.

And my mission is to find ways for all of us to thrive in our later life by investing in our health and our well-being today.

And do you know, there have been so many just incredible experts who have shared the same outlook with me on the podcast in

2025. I hear so many of my patients saying, I wear SPF 50. I'm petrified of the sun. I never go in it.

100% of those people with metabolic syndrome who were taking the hydrogen water could no longer

be categorized if having metabolic syndrome.

But don't worry, I'm getting my vitamin D orally every day and I'm always saying, well,

be a little bit careful.

So the oral microbiome is the second largest and most diverse microbiome after the gut.

We can lose 20% of our bone density in the five to seven years between perimenopause and menopause.

And they found that if you had gum disease for more than 10 years, there was an increased risk of Alzheimer's by 70%.

Half of what I do is educate my clients to do that work at home.

Everything from facial cupping to facial taping.

The cholesterol is a fat, and it's been a bit demonised as a bad fat, but actually it's also

use for energy. So it has a good side.

It is amazing at building collagen and elastin, and it really can change the texture

of someone's skin as well.

Now, there are a number of conversations that have really stuck with me this year,

so I want to share those with you, along with some of my own thoughts and a few updates, too,

on topics that have really hit a nerve with you guys,

and this includes cholesterol, bone health, the oral microbiome and

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