I’ve been talking a lot about bones these past six months — and for good reason.
- Every year in the U.S., there are ~300,000 hip fractures due to osteoporosis
- 80% are women → that’s about 240,000
- And 20–35% of those women will die within a year of the fracture — roughly 50,000 women annually. That’s about 12,000 more deaths than from breast cancer. That may come as a surprise to you. It was to me.
A hip fracture isn’t “just a broken bone.” It’s often the start of a downward spiral caused by:
- Loss of mobility
- Rapid muscle decline
- Infection (pneumonia, undetected UTI’s)
- Cardiovascular strain
- Inflammation
- And even cognitive decline
This is why osteoporosis prevention — and yes, even reversal — is truly life-saving.
Inside my Grace in Transition Course, we took a deep dive into everything bone-related:
- Hidden risk factors
- When you should be tested
- Why it’s not enough to rely on a DEXA scan alone
- How digestion, stress, certain medications, and nutrition directly influence bone density
- The impact of perimenopause and menopause on bone loss
- Whether most women need medications to prevent fractures (and what are the options)
- Can hormone replacement (HRT) help prevent bone loss?
- And of course… can osteoporosis be reversed?
Your bones are living, dynamic tissue. They respond to what you eat, how you move, how you sleep, your hormones, your stress levels… and they can rebuild when given the right environment.
There’s so much to cover that writing it all out here would turn this email into a mini-book — so I made a brand-new YouTube video that walks you through the essentials.
Click here to watch the video