Preventing and reversing osteoporosis | Dr Belinda Beck

0:00Bone health is one of the most underappreciated areas of longevity medicine today.

0:06Most of us don't think seriously about this until something goes wrong: a fracture, a diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis, a DEXA scan that delivers an unwelcome number.

0:17Today's guest, Dr.

0:17Belinda Beck, is a professor at Griffith University in Australia and the director of the Bone Densitometry Research Laboratory.

0:26And she's one of the world's leading researchers on all things exercise and bone.

0:31The lead investigator on the Lifmore and MedEx op trials, among the most important studies ever done on what it actually takes to build and preserve bone density, particularly in older adults and postmenopausal women.

0:45Her work directly challenges the overly cautious approach that has long dominated the field.

0:51For decades, people with low bone density were steered away from heavy loading.

0:55The Lyftmore data tells a very different story.

0:59In this episode, we cover which exercise type builds bone most effectively, why higher intensity loading protocols outperform what most people are currently doing, how to minimize injury risk when exercising at those higher intensity, how exercise and bone medications affect bone differently, and why you might want both, and why bone mineral density alone may not be the be-all and end-all when it comes to fracture risk.