Stronger Bones Lifestyle Osteoporosis, Osteopenia & Bone Health Podcast

Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to fellow FDN practitioner Kim Heintz about her history with chronic migraines and anxiety and how that health journey led to her to a career as an FDN.

As an FDN who primarily helps her clients reverse debilitating gut issues, Kim's own life-changing experience is what led her to her career so that she could help others experience the same freedom she has.

Join Kim and Debi as they dive deep in GI Mapping and Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis tests and what they can tell you about your overall health.  Plus the issues with multi vitamins and general cleanses and why you need to "test, not guess."

Key  Takeaways:
[1:50 Her health journey
[8:05] Gut health and internal balance
[9:11] GI map lab
[11:34] Gut markers that can show inflammation
[13:31] Feed the soldiers
[14:33] What are symptoms to look for
[15:22] other ways to id impaired digestion
[17:29] Looking in the toilet
[18:26] Stool test and GI map markers
[20:41] Internal Balance
[22:49] The Mineral Lab (hair tissue mineral analysis)
[25:56] Four Lows
[27: 53] The minerals are the basics, the workings of the internal body
[30:58] Multi vitamins
[36:25] Working with someone vs send away tests
[38:26] Toxic metals

Where to Find Guest:
Website
Instagram

Memorable Quotes:
"If you're not absorbing your nutrients, you don’t have the energy coming from the food that you’re consuming." [15:33] -Kim
"You’ve got to look deeper. In our schooling they say test don’t guess." [19:12] -Debi
"Minerals are the spark plugs of the body." [29:33] - Kim

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program

Welcome back  to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson.

Today in this solo episode, I share my thoughts on stopping or reversing bone loss and osteoporosis. Join me as I dig into bone metabolism, what you have control over and the large role digestion plays in bone loss.

Listen today as I share the large pillars to focus on for overall better health, identifying your dissolving and building factors, finding your loss and finding your stronger bones lifestyle.

Key  Takeaways:
[1:23] You can stop or reverse osteoporosis or osteopenia
[2:16] How If your Dexa scores go down or stay the same you are reversing bone loss
[2:54] Bone metabolism: what it is and what you have control over
[3:40] When we leave our 30s
[4:15] The determining criteria for a diagnosis of osteoporosis
[4:55] Up regulating or down regulating
[5:32] Large pillars to focus on when it comes to health
[7:36] Digestion
[9:47] Identify your dissolving and building factors
[11:34] Most common complaint
[12:39] The issues with Western medicine and osteoporosis
[13:27] Focus on finding your loss
[15:15] Bone building stimulation

Memorable Quotes:
“Movement is not just about throwing your bag of bones around, you have to do it properly." - Debi [6:36]

“Asking yourself every time you sit down to a meal or you open the refrigerator or you go to the store to purchase. Is this bone building or bone dissolving?” - Debi [8:56]

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• What's the Real Cause of Your Bone Loss Quiz?

Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to nutritionist, entrepreneur, and founder of Necessary Nutrition, Inc, Robin Allen about her journey as a nutritionist, the power of food and why she is passionate about Vitamin D.

Robin has inspired thousands of people to use food and nutrition to build and repair their bodies, and continues to connect others to resources and tools to live a peaceful, health filled life.  As the creator of the Necessary Nutrition brand of Vitamin D3, she is well versed in what to look for in taking vitamin supplements.

In this episode Robin and Debi discuss nine of the nutrients in food that support bone health, foods that contain Vitamin D and the importance of Vitamin D for bone health and overall health.

Listen today to hear why Robin is  partnering with other nutritionists for ongoing education in her Necessary Nutrition Academy.

Key  Takeaways:
[2:04] 9 nutrients in food that support bone health
[5:07] Eat your vitamins and fill in the gaps with supplements
[6:02] The importance of Vitamin D for bone health and overall health
[8:49] Foods that contain Vitamin D
[11:11] Research it for yourself
[12:05] Reason to not take Vitamin K
[12:46] How Vitamin K takes the Vitamin D by the hand 
[14:20] Best times to take supplements
[16:26] Interaction with thyroid meds
[17:20] Vitamin D2 vs D3
[20:35] Dosing
[25:25] Getting your Vitamin D tested
[30:20] You can supplement too much with Vitamin D
[31:51] What should we look for when supplementing
[35:25] Her supplements
[40:25] Stress

Where to Find Guest:
Website
Instagram

Memorable Quotes:
"I love how powerful food can be in healing the body and supporting the bones."[4:53] – Robin  

"I’ve had so many experiences personally and with clients and customers over the years suffering, really suffering and being medicated and it was their low Vitamin D." [27:06] -Robin 

"Stress will deplete nutrients." [40:28] – Debi

"If I didn’t eat well and have nutrition in my body to support me I don’t know who I would be right now." [40:54] -Robin

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program

Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to Integrative Women's Health Practitioner Meg Richichi  about menopause and happy and healthy aging. Plus Meg shares how her history with eating disorder started on her on a journey with health and working in the health realm, 

Meg helps women overcome a vast range of hormonal imbalances, including PMS, infertility, PMS, weight loss resistance, digestive disorders, anxiety, and depression. In this episode she discusses the importance of protein in your diet during your entire life and shares her suggestions for a calming restorative sleep.

Listen to today to learn more about being the best version of yourself as you age and why both Debi and Meg love helping other women and setting them on a healthy path to create a ripple effect of change.

Key  Takeaways:
[1:41] Menopause is one day
[3:09] Meg's background
[7:58] Treat yourself like a one year old
[8:44] How do we teach women how to create different lifestyle habits
[11:45] When we go through menopause
[12:11] Three basic things
[13:54] Protein
[19:04] The importance of form
[20:50] Blood sugar and hot flashes
[22:10] You need fat
[23:36} Insulin
[26:17] Food is medicine
[29:24] We are what we absorb and eliminate
[30:29} The gut
[31:25] Stress
[32:35] Nu calm
[33:41] Nervous system
[35:18] Baby analogy
[35:53]We forgot how to be healthy

Where to Find Guest:
Website
Podcast

 Memorable Quotes:
"How can I help women give birth to the best version of who they are at the best stage of their lives?" [6:55] - Meg

"There's a lot that can be done, but stress? We’re saturated in a world of stress." [13:38] - Meg 

"Women benefit greatly from having proper form, so that little by little incrementally they can lift weights."  [19:19]  – Meg

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program

Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to Kate Horsburgh, qualified Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, Integrative Nutritionist Health Coach and Holistic Chef about the different parts of self care and the physical ways we can take care of ourselves. Plus, removing energy vampires, Kate’s self care tips and preserving your boundaries - and realizing that you need to.

Kate helps her clients create their optimal holistic health and is perfectly placed to guide and support them so they achieve their wellbeing and health goals.  In this episode she shares what she does every day for body maintenance as well the importance of self talk, self care and self love.

Listen today Debi and Kate dig into the big question – is self care selfish? 

Key  Takeaways:
[2:04] What does self care mean to Kate
[2:54] The word yoga
[3:38] The different parts of self care
[4:57] Physical ways to take care of ourselves
[6:06] Movement contributes to hydration
[11:13] Energy vampires
[13:29] Teflon, not Velcro
[16:20] Putting a number on it
[19:23] What Kate does everyday for body maintenance
[21:42] Human doings
[25:13] Self talk, self compassion, self love
[27:18[ Is self care selfish?
[31:34] 5 layers of a human
[34:36] What you need is what you need

Where to Find Guest:
Instagram

Memorable Quotes:
"It really is when you start to self care habits and tools is what happens is you start to take care of the whole self." [9:55] - Debi

 "We’re consumers, we know we consume food, and that food has to be digested absorbed assimilated and eliminated. What about what we consume with our eyes and ears?" [11:37] - Debi

 "Everybody's different. So what you need is what you need. It doesn’t have to be what sounds right to other people." [34:36] – Kate

self·ish

adjective

1. (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.

"I joined them for selfish reasons"

self-care

noun

1. the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health.

"autonomy in self-care and insulin administration"

                     the practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program

Welcome back  to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson.

Is dairy scary? Today in this solo episode, I share my thoughts on dairy and the effects it has on our bodies. Plus the potential for dairy to cause inflammation and how the creation of dairy products in the 21st century can also cause issues for your health.

Listen to this episode to learn more about other sources of calcium and the importance for finding that balance inside your body as well as out to create a healthy gut and healthy bones.

Key  Takeaways:
[0:51] What I'd like to say about dairy
[1:55] No scientific proof that dairy is inflammatory
[3:45] Mimicry
[5:02] Drinking milk and eating yogurt won’t reduce fractures
[6:22] Cheese
[9:48] Factory farmed cows
[14:00] Dairy causing mucus secretion
[15:06] The gut is the outside world
[15:57] Other food sources of calcium
[17:19] Alkalinity/acidity piece of your gut

Memorable Quotes:
"We have to take it all into account, we can't just think we’re gonna sit on the sofa and eat yogurt and have stronger bones." [9:41] -Debi

"When it comes to getting calcium, it's not just about getting enough calcium, it's also about making sure you digest absorb and assimilate that calcium." [15:39] -Debi

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Did you know that Gluten is known as the silent saboteur of your health? Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to Whitney Morgan, licensed acupuncturist,  Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner,  Primal Health Coach, and  certified Gluten-Free Health Coach, about how gluten can affect every facet of your life including your sleep, micro exposures and cross reactivity, how it's all related, and why you might not be as gluten free as you think you are.

Whitney is the founder of Morgan Nutrition, creator of the Thyroid Reboot Method, and co-founder of the Functional Health Alliance. In this episode she discusses what gluten  actually is and why it is not good for us, the benefits of a Paleo diet and the unholy trinity in nutrition.

Listen today to hear Whitney and Debi chat about why gluten on vacation might not feel as bad as normal - but how that doesn't mean it isn't causing damage - and the number one thing to do to improve your health.

Key  Takeaways:
[3:12] What is gluten and why it is not good for us 
[4:18] Leaky gut 
[5:21] Auto immunity by collateral damage
[8:18] Joint inflammation from gluten
[9:32] CCK in your bile
[13:28] The number one thing to do to improve your health
[16:20] It’s all related
[22:22] Sleep impacts
[23:30] Cross reactivity and micro exposures of gluten
[26:35] What is your threshold of sensitivity
[28:26] The unholy trinity
[31: 37] The paleo diet
[34:22] travelling and gluten products around the world
[42:45] Whitney’s work with thyroid issues

Where to Find Guest:
Website
Instagram

Memorable Quotes:
“All they’re hearing is elimination, elimination, elimination and they don’t have another kind of way of, another world to venture into, they’re still kind stuck in their own world, while everyone around them isn’t doing what they’re doing so now they’re isolated.” [33:12]-Whitney

“You’re not gluten free if you’re house isn’t gluten free. [41:46] -Whitney

 “Every woman has their perfect storm of triggers, so it’s about finding out what your storm looks like and trying to calm that down.” [43:52] -Whitney  

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Welcome to the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. I am your host, Debi Robinson.

Today in this solo episode, I discuss the critical role digestion has in your bone health and why it is vital to ensure that your body and your digestion are in proper working order in order to get the nutrients you need.

Listen to this episode to learn what you should be focusing on when looking at your digestion and how this is more than just what happens  in your body after you eat a meal.

Key  Takeaways:
[1:08] Number one area of focus 
[3:31] The biggest thing when it comes to your supplements 
[4:17] Digestion 
[5:51] Once it enters the mouth now what? 
[6:04] H. pylori 
[6:48] Whats happening in your stomach 
[8:15] Stomach acid 
[8:32] Critical step to taking control of bone health 
[10:25] Foods that we eat 
[12:03] How do you support your digestion 
[13:26] Don’t spend on all the supplements 
[14:11] The message of today 

Memorable Quotes:
“We are not what we eat, we are what we absorb. And that is really important.” [2:50 ] -Debi

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Do you know how to detoxify your gut? Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to Chelsie Ward, a  fellow FDN practitioner, registered nurse and spiritual healer, about  the importance of functional testing, her personal experience with digestive issues, and why she now works with others to improve their gut health 

Chelsie works with driven women who are tired of trying to figure out digestive issues and hormone imbalances on their own and supports them with a personalized plan so they can love themselves and feel good in their own skin. In this episode she touches on how your job can affect your toxin levels, highlighting and removing inflammatory food and picking living food over dead food.

Listen today to hear Chelsie and Debi discuss gaining the skill set you need to maintain a healthy gut, the importance of detoxification and why this doesn’t have to be a forever change.

 Key  Takeaways:
[2:25] Chelsie's why
[6:02] Her emphasis on detoxification
[8:25] The different phases of detox
[14:05] The importance of functional testing
[17:20] Looking for disfunction
[18:03] A little bit about the gut
[20:26] Removing inflammatory foods
[21:01] The hierarchy of bugs
[23:35] Check your stomach acid
[23:33] Goal at the end of the day
[25:00] The gut is the outside world - how to create the perfect environment
[26:30] Is this a forever thing?
[27:53] Learning the skill set
[28:28] It's a lifestyle
[31:20] The idea behind nutrition
[35:57] Is this going to build or dissolve my bones?

Where to Find Guest:
Website
Instagram

Memorable Quotes:
 “Wait a minute, how did this happen? We busy ourselves so much, we just go on with life so much, so that we don’t really pay attention to the symptoms.” [12:41] -Chelsie

 “Because if we’re not digesting appropriately then we’re not absorbing our nutrients, which is what’s gonna be what causes this mineral imbalance.” [16:03] - Chelsie

“The body is like wait a minute.  I understand that you’re filling a hole, that hunger yes. That spot that food needs to go into, you’re filling that place but there’s nothing coming in that’s giving me any signal that tells me I need to do anything in particular to help you run and operate this piece of machinery. ” [32:18] -Chelsie

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023

Welcome back to the  Her Story: Osteoporosis series of the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast. Join us as we dive into the world of bone health with women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia sharing experiences, insights, and strategies for leading a stronger life and taking control of their bone health.

Today Debi discusses her story and  journey with bone health before and after her hip replacement and osteopenia diagnosis. She also talks about the inspiration behind the Her Story series and why sharing your experiences with bone health, osteopenia and osteoporosis are so important to so many other women out there experiencing similar issues. She hopes that you take the time to share your story with her and with others.

Key  Takeaways:
[3:37] Debi's story and her journey with bone health 
[14:23] Motivating factor
[15:40] Every day start doing things
[19:15] U-Turns[19:55] This chose me
[22:10] Whats getting in the way of your digestion
[26:06 ] Explaining the Her Story series

 Memorable Quotes:
"So my story is that I had to think about my bones because my journey led me to that place and I always say that this chose me that I became a bone health specialist because it chose me to do this as a functional health coach, and as a yoga therapist." -Debi [10:53]

"So there are times where it gets overwhelming, all the work that goes into everything that I do, and all the facets of what I'm doing.  And then I remember why I'm doing this because if this information is not out there that would be a shame." -Debi [21 :15]

To learn more about me and to stay connected, click on the links below:

• Instagram: @debirobinsonwellness
• Website: DebiRobinson.com
• Healthy Gut Healthy Bones Program
• Cultural Immersion to Bali 2023