Dr. Vonda Wright

I went to grad school, still same.

I went to medical school.

And in medical school, and four years of medical school, seven years of residency and fellowship, still didn't eat.

Still wasn't having periods.

I didn't sleep for about 11 years, whether between call every third night, and then I had a baby, and then I was awake for two years because she slept with me.

That's another discussion.

But I think of all these things that I wish I knew then that I know now.

I have the same goal.

I have...

four 30-year-old daughters and I have a 17-year-old, and they are not going to be allowed to hit a wall like some of us may because we didn't know.

You know, intermittently, probably totally in my life about 10 years, but not continuously.

Well, everyone…

Ages, age is the most natural thing we do from the minute of our birth.

But men and women age at different rates, especially after perimenopause with the lack of estrogen.

We age very differently from that point on.

But your point being made is, can we please maximize our bone density and our muscle mass and everything else, frankly,

in our youth when we're probably not aware, right?

When we're in college and doing all the things kids do, it's the last thing on our mind, and yet it's the most critical time because you want to start both your bone and your muscle from the highest possible level.

Now, can you, through lifestyle and hormones, build bone again?

Yes, actually, you can.