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Welcome to Mind Your Being.

Whether you're a returning listener or you're new here, I'm so grateful you're taking a little time out of your day to care for your health and well-being.

I'm so excited to release today's episode of Mind Your Being.

I'm joined by Professor Belinda Beck, a world-leading researcher in bone health and exercise science, to talk about how our bones really respond to movement, nutrition and lifestyle as we age.

We explore why it's never too late to strengthen your bones, the types of exercise that genuinely make a difference,

We also discussed the groundbreaking findings showing that even postmenopausal women with osteoporosis can improve bone density with the right exercise, the right supervision and the right program.

I want to encourage you to listen to this conversation because the choices we make in midlife shape how strong, mobile and independent we feel for decades to come.

If you're in midlife and wondering how to care for your body in a way that supports long-term strength and quality of life, you're going to love this episode.

Please enjoy.

Welcome to Mind Your Being, Belinda.

Thank you for making the time today.

Pleasure.

Lovely to be here.

I've asked you on today to talk about how exercise benefits our bones across our whole life and to talk about the findings, which were surprising to some, from your research on postmenopausal women with low to very low bone mass.

But before we get into all of that, could you please tell us a bit about your background and how you came to be interested in the relationship between exercise and healthy bones?

I have to admit, I'm one of those people who didn't really, I didn't know a lot about bone and I didn't think a lot about bone until I hit menopause.

And then you start to really think about and hear about how important bone health is.

So I think it's the public health need is really important.

And to look at it from the preventative lens as well, what can we do to have that longer health span, as you said?

I wish we learned more about this earlier.