Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by Nutritional Weight and Wellness. Today we plan on having a

serious conversation about osteoporosis. We want to address some of the risk factors that can lead to bone

thinning, and we'll also share ideas for bone-building foods that can help prevent osteoporosis. We'll also be discussing what calcium supplements that are well-absorbed

and also point out some calcium supplements that may not be good choices for your bones. Currently,

according to the CDC, 22% of women aged 50 to 59 have osteoporosis. And if you are 60 to 69 years old,

your percentage goes up to 39 percent. If you are in the 70 to 79 age range, you have a 70 percent

chance of having osteoporosis. Bone thinning is a serious health risk.

In fact, more women die of a fracture from osteoporosis each year than they do from breast

and uterine cancer combined. That is a very surprising statistic.

It's a scary silent killer that I feel like a lot of women are not aware of.

But, you know, and it used to be when you turned 50, you had a bone density scan.

You had a colonoscopy and a bone density scan.

Now they've pushed it out where insurance won't cover it until you're 65,

unless you have a risk factors.

So we also want to share a little bit about some of the possible dangerous side effects

of the osteoporosis medications that are widely used for bone loss.

I'm Melanie Beasley, a registered and licensed dietitian, and I'm in studio.

You heard her voice with Brittany Vincent, who is also a registered and licensed dietitian.

Besides coming to this conversation as a dietitian, because of my own health history with breast

cancer, I have fought the battle. I'm fighting the battle for osteoporosis. So it's a

passion of mine. And I've researched extensively on how to prevent osteoporosis and what to do

if you have it. She is our resident bone expert. A bone lady. I also love to research,

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