Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness. I'm Melanie Beasley, and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian, and I've been helping clients achieve their health goals for over 30 years. My favorite part about my career is being able to help others overcome their health

challenges and feel better doing so through eating real food. Our topic today is very special to me

because it's a condition I feel is very important for all women and even some men. Today we're going to be sharing how to

improve bone health and overcome osteoporosis using real food nutrition and practical lifestyle habits.

If you are loved one have been diagnosed with osteopenia or osteoporosis, or you're just working proactively to avoid that diagnosis,

maybe because someone in your family has it and you want to sidestep that disease,

just stay tuned because we have some real practical solutions for you.

And I'm happy to be here discussing osteoporosis today with my co-host, Brittany Vincent,

because it's one of my favorite nutrition topics. If you're a longtime listener, you probably

will recognize Brittany's voice. She has been co-hosting Dishing Up Nutrition and Counseling

Clients with Nutritional Weight and Wellness for almost 10 years.

During that time, she has helped countless women prevent the progression of osteoporosis and osteopinia

using real food, nutrition, and lifestyle habits. Hi, Brittany. Hello. Thank you, Melanie, for that introduction. And hello to our listeners.

Hard to believe it's almost been 10 years. Time really does fly. Yeah.

But it's been such a privilege to watch my clients achieve their health goals, all these years through real food.

And it is really exciting to hear, get that email or hear from a client that their bone density actually improved. And we see that happen

often. We're going to talk all about the steps to achieve that. Osceopinia and osteoporosis, it is one of the most common concerns we see when women first come in to see us.

Yes. Or, you know, maybe that's not their top goal, but people don't always realize the impact that food has on your bone.

So I think there's a misconception that food may not actually improve your bone density that much,

which is not true at all.

It can affect it either way, right?

Yeah, without a doubt.

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