Oestrogen and bone health, with Dr Kuki Avery and Dr Laura Flexer

How conscious are you of your bone health? Dr Kuki Avery and Dr Laura Flexer join Liz on this episode of The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show to chat more about the connections between oestrogen and bone density.Laura and Kuki - both GPs and menopause specialists - share shocking statistics on fractures, and offer helpful advice on what we should be doing now to protect our bone health for later life. They cover how to tell if you’re getting enough calcium with a simple online tool, plus the importance of vitamin D for bone health.Trigger warning: the episode also contains discussion of disordered eating and the links to poor bone health as a result.Links mentioned in the episode:Learn more about Chelvey Menopause clinicRead report on bone health and anorexia Use the Edinburgh Calcium Calculator Listen to What is oestrogen and why it matters, with Avrum BlumingListen to Psilocybin therapy for mental health, with Dr Ekaterina Malievskaia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show, the podcast helping all women have a better second half. I’m Liz Earle and, with so many of us living longer than ever before, I’m on a mission to help women thrive in later life by investing in our health and wellbeing today. This means picking up good habits in our 20s and 30s, navigating the changes that come in our 40s and 50s and fortifying our bodies with everything we need to stay fit, flexible, sharp and energised in our 60s, 70s and beyond.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.