{"id":842,"date":"2021-09-28T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T13:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/?post_type=menopauselibrary&#038;p=842"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:44:32","slug":"107-osteoporosis-what-is-it-and-how-to-prevent-it-with-prof-james-simon","status":"publish","type":"menopauselibrary","link":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/menopause-library\/107-osteoporosis-what-is-it-and-how-to-prevent-it-with-prof-james-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"Osteoporosis: what is it and how to prevent it, with Professor James Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"107 - Osteoporosis: What is it and how to prevent it, with Prof James Simon\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=83jmn-1083294-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;multiple_size=315&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=10&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/intimmedicine.com\/\">Professor James Simon<\/a>&nbsp;as they take a deeper look at our bones and discuss osteoporosis: what happens to your bone strength during the menopause, what are the risk factors for developing osteoporosis and what we can all do to try and prevent it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Simon&#8217;s 3 top tips for keeping your bones strong and healthy are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have adequate&nbsp;calcium&nbsp;from your diet and if you&#8217;re lactose intolerant (or vegan) you may need to take calcium supplements spread throughout the day.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take good care of your skin by using sun block and a&nbsp;hat, but&nbsp;try and get the&nbsp;vitamin D&nbsp;you need through time in the sun and from fortified foods.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do regular&nbsp;weight-bearing exercise&nbsp;that impacts through your bones as you hold your own body weight during the activity.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by&nbsp;Professor James Simon&nbsp;as they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6777,"template":"","subject":[49],"content-type":[17],"library-format":[14],"library-author":[],"class_list":["post-842","menopauselibrary","type-menopauselibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subject-bone-health","content-type-podcast","library-format-listen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/menopauselibrary"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"library-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-format?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"library-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-author?post=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}