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Powerful Practitioner Pearls for Bone Health

Hi!

Although you may already be a savvy practitioner, I am certain you will learn something new in this video about Powerful Practitioner Pearls for Bone Health. You’ll walk away with pages of notes and practical pearls you can use in your practice right away.

Here are some of the things we’ll be discussing:

  • The #1 driver for all chronic dis-ease is also the largest driver for bone loss. Do you know what it is?
  • Calcium, cardiovascular disease, and kidney stones. Devil-in-the-detail you need to know!
  • Too little estrogen? Or too much estrogen? Yes! But do you know what sex hormone balance consideration is most often missed regarding bone health?
  • Bone dis-ease begins in the Gut? Yep, it’s true. Again.
  • “Milk does a body good.” Not so fast, research begs to differ when it comes to bone health.
  • Even More than sex hormones, do you know what other hormones often interfere with great bone health?
  • If there is only one thing you advise your patients about building long-term bone health, it’s this: ________.   And it’s totally Free.

Thank you very much for joining in the fun and learning!

With warmth, love, and gratitude to you for sharing your gifts with so many –

Thank you very much for joining in the fun and learning! Please share your thoughts (please be thorough) in the “Ask a Question” area below about what inspired you in this presentation! Include what type of practitioner you are, so that we can all see your unique perspective.

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Renee
Renee

New idea for me…. looking at ALP that is low or even in the lower end as an indicator of being low in certain vitamins or minerals

Nazish Chagla
Nazish Chagla

I love these clinical tips from Tracy so much. They’re like mini deep dives and excellent reminders of how to use the functional lens. I found it fascinating that meat eaters would tend to have higher levels of phosphorus in their bodies which throws calcium off balance. Whenever I work with perimenopausal or menopausalwomen I’m asking them to consume more protein wherever there are signs of mood disorders because protein is such a great source of tryptophan. I’m so glad I watched this and I’m excited to learn even more about calcium and phosphorus balance. Thank you Tracy

Alicia González
Alicia González

Getting more and more excited with this lives! Thinking about bones as an acting organ, so true! Never before heard of fat getting into the bone. Loved learning about the interconnectedness between oxidative stress, inflammation, aging, calcification of the pineal gland and insomnia. And the impact of this in every other hormone in the body. So many good pearls, I’ll have to play this live on repeat a several times. Thank you Tracy! I”ll love to dive in the courses at SAFM. Learning how to be abnormal!

Lindsey Palmer

This is so fascinating…another piece of the giant puzzle that is the human body and all its interconnected systems. A major takeaway for me is that breaking down bone tissue (because of stress) frees up calcium and phosphorous. Phosphorous fuels cellular respiration to support the sympathetic nervous system mode, and calcium triggers calcium channels to activate T cells. When the body is purposely putting calcium and phosphorous into circulation, it is doing so to promote survival. Like anything else that puts us in a sympathetic nervous system mode, this can cause damage over time…we need to prioritize sleep, meditation, forgiveness, etc. to truly begin to heal! I am particularly interested in the roles of stress in the interconnectedness of dis-ease, and I am very grateful for this information. Thank you!

Neeta Jhaveri

Thank you Tracy!! Thank you SAFM once again for educating, empowering and inspiring with such amazing facts as to how almost every Dis-ease begins in the gut. I started my SAFM journey beginning 2020 and I am hoping to complete Level 2 before this year ends. 2020 has been really good for me thanks to SAFM 🙂

Anna Heselbarth
Anna Heselbarth

As always so much great information. I really liked how you explained looking at the bone like an organ. I hadn’t thought about it in that way. I was surprised about the adipose tissue. People don’t talk about this aspects of the bones. Also, the interconnected aspect of the bone and thyroid. I have seen that connection but seeing the cycle and inflammatory response was interesting.

Martina Harms

So many great pearls in here! As a PA, Emergency Medicine turned Functional medicine, these were the ones that really stood out to me.

Higher incidence of fracture in higher dairy intake! I wish this would become more mainstream!

I also loved the point about cellular hypothyroid function, suboptimal thyroid function affecting bone health is another overlooked point in the conventional medicine model. We need to look at what’s going on INSIDE the cells, T4 to T3 conversion.

Elevated endogenous cortisol’s impact on bone health, not just steroids! Understanding that all the symptoms that present as a result of NORMAL sympathetic nervous system function are modifiable with just getting OUT of this fight-or-flight constant response. And it’s free 🙂 Thanks Tracy for another great talk!

Stacie Hoffmann
Stacie Hoffmann

Tracy, you never cease to amaze me with your energy and wisdom no matter what the topic is that you are discussing. I appreciate your passion and willingness to share your knowledge and expertise. There is so much valuable information in this broadcast today and the most valuable take away for me is that we are able to get ample dietary calcium without over-doing dairy. Also how important the other cofactors are for calcium metabolism as well as absorption such as magnesium and K2. Very valuable insights in this presentation. Thanks for sharing!

Tina McCaffrey
Tina McCaffrey

Thanks for the great information. Love the correlation between progesterone and osteoblast. Drs never make the connection between hormones and issues in the body. Why are doctors so afraid of female hormones and hormone replacement?

Heidi Hackler
Heidi Hackler

Wow!! So fantastic as usual Tracy Harrison! My personal pearl takeaway is the yellow marrow and adipose tissue in the bones!?! I had no idea. THANKS for always enlightening me!! ? SAFM ROCKS!

Stephanie
Stephanie

Wonderful talk-never realized the connection of stress, cortisol, immune system reaction and bone loss.
Thank you.

Tracey Powers
Tracey Powers

I am a Health and Wellness Coach with SAFM’s Functional Medicine Level 1 Certification. Always hard to pick 1 tip only when Tracy provides myriad facts and tips!! My favorite basic, easy to understand and follow tip to share with any client is this…
The common theme to better health throughout the body is natural lifestyle choices; bone health not being much different in that our bodies thrive on best to get calcium through whole foods as the calcium is better absorbed and utilized by our body. The “pearl” …. overload of calcium supplementation (especially inappropriate doses and non-bioavailable) which may lead to calcification of tissue, inflammation, especially in the arteries, leading to and or exacerbating atherosclerosis and CVD.

Svetlana
Svetlana

Thank you so much for this informative presentation!
The main take away for me is that interconnectedness between intestinal permeability leading to exposure to toxins, activation of immune system leading to bone destruction.

Hannah Sellers
Hannah Sellers

Thank you for this insightful presentation. Your comment on “resistance to fractures has more to do with flexibility than density” really stuck with me. As my mother gets older I worry about her falling and breaking a hip. I would always remind her to take her vitamins with calcium supplement because I thought a strong, dense bone would be less prone to fracture. Now thanks to you I understand this was faulty thinking. I also now understand why she was told to stop her calcium supplements due to effects to her kidneys. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us

Marie Brock
Marie Brock

I am so glad you spoke on the topic of calcium supplements. I am flabbergasted as a health coach at how behind the times some people still are as well as health practitioners. The magnesium. D3, and K2 are far more superior to be concentrating on in supplementing.

Jan Rosenblatt
Jan Rosenblatt

Hi Tracy,
The concept of thinking of bones as an organ that has 2 types of marrow, red and yellow (with adipose tissue)is one I will use with my clients. Especially that they can have fatty bones as well as brittle bones.
I see too many women started on prolia and other drugs, being told this will make their bones stronger. They’re not told that their bones need to be flexible ! Kind of like birds..who’s bones bend and flex but are strong.

I am a CHC, RN BSN, Quantum Coach,just finished level 2 at SAFM..I haven’t taken this deep dive course and I would like to!
I work primarily with women 45+ my motto is Aging with Attitude!

Heather Owen
Heather Owen

It’s always amazing to me how everything comes back down to the basics of the gut and stress. I also didn’t realize that t scores are just arbitrary measurements not based on data.

Mary Moskowitz
Mary Moskowitz

I always learn something new with Tracy! I learned this time that bone is broken down as a survival mechanism in the body to release Calcium and Phosphorus as part of the immune response.

Sarah Hammett
Sarah Hammett

I absolutely love your how passionate you are when you speak! I learned so much from this talk. I am a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner just beginning to work with clients and I’ve been following you for awhile because the pearls you give have helped so much! The neatest connection you made for me in this live discussion was about how bone loss and inflammation are tied together! Thank you for doing these!!

Nazee Nassiry
Nazee Nassiry

WOW. Really enjoyed this one. I’m Nazaneen (Nazee) Nassiry, FNP in Northern Virginia and Maryland. What I found most fascinating about this talk is the fact that as humans we go through a natural age-associated calcification of the pineal gland. I have so many women in my practice with suboptimal bone density coupled with complaints of insomnia, fatigue, weight resistance, irritability… – now I see so much more interconnectedness, more than ever before! Fascinating that melatonin depletes due to this dynamic, therefore sleep is impaired and as you said, thyroid becomes suboptimal (due to excess stress hormones) and that leads to gut dysfunction and it truly is a vicious circle. I’m so blessed to be apart of this community to learn more so I can inspire, empower and educate men and women to do the things that inspire them and create better health. Thank you for this gift!