October is a full month around here, and I didn't want World Osteoporosis Day to slip by without bringing Rebekah Rotstein back to the table. Rebekah is the founder of Buff Bones, and she has been living with osteoporosis since her diagnosis at 28, so she knows this topic from both sides.

Bone health finally has a seat at the table in midlife conversations, which I love. It also means a lot more noise. In this episode we clear some of it up:

• What bone density means and what a DEXA scan measures (and why full-body DEXA centres aren't the same thing)
• Why the years around your final period matter so much for your bones
• How hard strength training needs to feel to stimulate bone, and whether you have to lift heavy
• Where jumping and impact fit, and why they aren't right for every body
• Weighted vests, vibration plates and grip strength, and what the evidence says

If you've been worried that you're not doing enough for your bones, I hope this conversation leaves you clearer and a lot calmer.

Have a bone health question for Rebekah or me? Send it my way.

CONNECT WITH REBEKAH
Website: https://buff-bones.com

JOIN ME
Start your 7-day trial: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/7daytrial
Book a connection call with me: https://p.bttr.to/3DQX9SF

FREE SUPPORT
Grab my Free Menopause Nutrition Guide + 10 Recipes: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/MenopauseNutritionGuide

RELATED EPISODES
Episode 114 Beyond the Metrics: Getting Intuitive About Bone Health with Rebekah Rotstein
Episode 68 Got Buff Bones? How to Improve Your Bone Fitness & Reduce Your Fracture Risk with Rebekah Rotstein
Episode 65 The Impact of Movement on Your Bone Health in Menopause with Niamh Daly

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📚 I wrote a book! Eat To Thrive During Menopause is out now! Order your copy today and start thriving in midlife.

This year's World Menopause Day theme is chronic pain in midlife, so I'm following up my conversation with Robyn Kievit NP RD (ep 209) on hormones and joint pain by walking you through the differences between pain and inflammation, and sharing five evidence-based tips for managing pain in midlife and menopause. I also share why I'm cautious about the collagen, turmeric and eggshell membrane supplements filling so many cupboards.

If you're living with chronic pain in perimenopause or menopause, I hope this helps you spend less time worrying about every bite and more time adding in the things that work.

JOIN ME
Watch the hormone therapy Q&A with Robyn Kievit inside the Midlife Feast Community. The recording is available to watch anytime in The Feaster Library.
Start your 7-day trial: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/7daytrial
Book a connection call with me: https://p.bttr.to/3DQX9SF

FREE SUPPORT
Grab my Free Menopause Nutrition Guide + 10 Recipes: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/MenopauseNutritionGuide

RELATED EPISODES
Episode 209 Menopause Joint Pain: Estrogen, Hormones & Food Myths
Episode 204 Day 4: Add, Don't Subtract - A Better Way to Think About Menopause Nutrition
Episode 200 Oatmeal, Overthinking, and Why Food Feels So Complicated in Menopause

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📚 I wrote a book! Eat To Thrive During Menopause is out now! Order your copy today and start thriving in midlife.

For most of my life, I believed that changing my body was the answer to how I felt in it. As a teenager, after my pregnancies, and again in perimenopause, I was sure that losing weight would finally let me stop thinking about my body. It didn't, and the research tells us I'm far from alone.

Today I'm joined by Dr. Charlotte Markey, body image scientist and psychology professor at Rutgers University. We dig into what body image is, why weight loss so rarely delivers the comfort it promises, and how GLP-1 medications are changing the body image landscape.

We talk about:
• Charlotte's simple definition of body image: how comfortable you are in your own skin
• Why body dissatisfaction often moves to a new target after weight loss
• Her research showing that people with more body acceptance felt less pull toward GLP-1s
• Informed consent, body autonomy, and what to ask yourself before starting a medication to feel better in your body
• The freedom in remembering that we don't work in Hollywood
• Why acceptance needs a rebrand

If you've ever believed a smaller body would finally bring you peace, this conversation is for you.

CONNECT WITH CHARLOTTE
Website: https://www.thebodyimagebook.com
Instagram: @char_markey

JOIN ME
Start your 7-day trial: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/7daytrial
Book a connection call with me: https://p.bttr.to/3DQX9SF

FREE SUPPORT
Un-Diet Your Mindset Guide: https://www.menopausenutritionist.ca/undietyourmindset

RELATED EPISODES
Episode 197: Menopause and Body Image: How to Accept Your Changing Body with Alli Spotts-De-Lazzer, LMFT, CEDS-C()
Episode 186: GLP-1s, Intuitive Eating & Finding Food Freedom: A Conversation with Sam Previte RD

Episode 109: The Body Acceptance Mistake That’s Keeping You Stuck in the Suck

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📚 I wrote a book! Eat To Thrive During Menopause is out now! Order your copy today and start thriving in midlife.