Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought you by Nutritional Weight and Wellness. I'm Melanie Beasley,

and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian, and I've been involved in the field of nutrition for over 30 years.

Today, I have the pleasure of welcoming two very special guests who have overcome or completely healed

their osteoporosis by eating real food and taking some key supplements.

They both have amazing stories about how they ate real food to regain bone density

and fought the battle against their osteoporosis.

My first guest is Jennifer Anthony, who I've asked to share her personal story.

Jen, you've been on the radio with us before.

I have.

It's always fun to see you.

Always fun to see you too, Mel.

Also, joining us today to share her story is Jurena Smith, one of my favorite clients.

Of course.

Yes, of course.

Who is a client I am working with to overcome and heal her osteoporosis.

Listeners, have you been diagnosed with osteoporosis? It's pretty scary. Perhaps you have

osteoporosis in your spine, maybe it's in your hip. Many times people get this diagnosis and don't realize how food

and their lifestyle habits are affecting their bone density. Before I turn the mic over to those

wonderful ladies, I want to share some interesting facts about osteoporosis. In the U.S., 15 to 20 million people suffer from

osteoporosis. Wow. It's a lot. It's a scary number. 10% of women have osteoporosis, and a third of women

have bone thinning that could lead to osteoporosis.

And you may wonder, why do so many Americans have such a high rate of osteoporosis?

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