{"podcast":{"title":"Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40","slug":"midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815","podcast_index_feed_id":236815,"rss_url":"https://levelingup.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.nataliejillfitness.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/c/5/7/8c5771886eddcdda16c3140a3186d450/MIDLIFE_CONVERSATIONS_Podcast_Logo_-_square.png","author":"Natalie Jill","episode_count":521,"summary":"Welcome to Midlife Conversations. On this podcast Natalie Jill does what she does best - taking complicated information that is relevant to us (women entering Midlife) NOW, and breaking it down simply with actionable steps you can implement to level up your life in your BEST YEARS to come. I also regularly interview some of the most inspiring people living their best Midlife years. On this show, I cover topics about our shifting hormones, weight struggles, our mood and focus changes, raising teenagers, our relationships, career changes, beauty and more. If you are new here, Natalie Jill encourage's you to go back and listen from episode one, when this podcast was previously called \"Listen UP\" for the full transformative experience!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815"},"episode":{"title":"514: The Silent Thief: Why Your Bones Are Collapsing Without You Knowing It with Dr. Doug Lucas","slug":"514-the-silent-thief-why-your-bones-are-collapsing-without-you-knowing-it-with-dr-doug-lucas","published_at":"2026-03-24T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815/514-the-silent-thief-why-your-bones-are-collapsing-without-you-knowing-it-with-dr-doug-lucas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815","url":"https://levelingup.libsyn.com/514-cause-and-prevention-of-bone-loss-in-midlife-with-dr-douglas-lucas","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/levelingup/ep_dr_doug_MLC.mp3?dest-id=801512","summary":"What if the most dangerous thing happening to your body right now has no pain, no warning, and no symptoms at all? One in two women over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis. Most have no idea it is even happening until the fracture changes everything. And for many, that fracture is not just a broken bone. It is the beginning of a cascade that can cost them their independence, their mobility, and in too many cases, their life. In this episode, Dr. Doug Lucas, a double board-certified orthopedic surgeon turned bone health and hormone specialist. Dr. Lucas spent years fixing broken bones in the operating room, where he witnessed firsthand how brittle and chalky bone can get long before anyone thinks to check. Now he is on a mission to educate women before it gets to that point. This conversation goes deep into why bone loss accelerates dramatically in the years around menopause, why waiting until 65 to screen is dangerously too late, and how the conventional medical system has essentially no true bone health specialists. You will learn what a DEXA scan actually tells you versus what it misses, what bone turnover markers are and why they matter, and how hormones like estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and even FSH all play a role in what your bones are silently trying to tell you. Dr. Lucas also tackles the questions every midlife woman is asking: Does calcium supplementation actually help? What kind of exercise truly builds bone versus just slowing loss? Are weighted vests, rebounders, and vibration plates worth it? What is the truth about bone drugs like Fosamax and Prolia? And what should women on GLP-1s know about their bone health right now? Whether you have already been told you have low bone density, or you are just starting to think about this, t…","meta_description":"What if the most dangerous thing happening to your body right now has no pain, no warning, and no symptoms at all? 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