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Join our bone health retreat & workshop! Learn more here: https:\/\/shop.betterbones.com\/pages\/love-your-bones-love-your-life-virtual-retreat\n\n\u2192 If you are interested in working with Dr. Brown to develop a personalized natural bone health program, read more about consultations here: https:\/\/www.betterbones.com\/consultations\/help-osteoporosis-osteopenia-fracture-healing-bone-health-concerns\/\n\n\u2192 Would you like your questions answered by Dr. Brown?  Comment below and she may address them in a future video!\n\nCheck out our website! \u2192 http:\/\/ www.betterbones.com\n\nWant to connect with Better Bones on social media?\nLike on Facebook \u2192 http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betterbonesbetterbody\n\u200bFollow on Twitter \u2192 http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/drsusanbrown\n\u200bFollow our Instagram \u2192 http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betterbonesbetterbody\n\u200bCheck out our Pinterest \u2192 http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/betterbonesbetterbody\n\n#osteoporosis #osteopenia #bonemass #bonehealth #weightandbonemass #womenshealth #drsusanbrown #betterbonesbetterbody #preventosteoporosis\nExercise for bone health: patreon.com\/betterbones\n\nTranscription:\nhi I'm dr. Susan Brown medical\nanthropologist and nutritionist and I\ndirect the Center for better bones today\nI'd like to share with you a little bit\nabout my family history I'm often asked\nhow I as a professional anthropologist\nand nutritionist came to dedicate myself\nto exploring the human potential for\nnatural bone health my answer goes back\nto my grandmother an exceptionally\nvibrant and wise woman who died at the\nage of a hundred and two with her mind\nas sharp as that of any youngster she\ndied from complications of a hip\nfracture from a fall in the bathtub at\nthe age of 101 now what my grandmother\nwas doing alone in a bathtub at the age\nof 101 brings up another point but my\npoint here is that back then none of us\nrealized she had severe bone weakening\ndue to severe vitamin D deficiency she\nhad what is known as rickets and\nchildren and osteomalacia in adults this\nis a bone weakening disorder due to the\ninadequacy of vitamin D without adequate\nvitamin D my grandmother could not\nproperly absorb calcium or phosphorus\nand she developed severe osteoporosis\nand visibly weak bone she fractured her\ncollarbone in her 60s and her wrist also\nand over the years she lost a great deal\nof height and her legs became bowed a\ntypical manifestation of the most severe\nform of vitamin D deficiency that is\nrickets even though I saw my grandmother\nevery few days when I was growing up I\nhad no awareness of what was happening\nto her skeleton and even though now\nlooking back it's obvious that she\nsuffered from severe vitamin D\ndeficiency\nnone of us recognized this at the time\nif I had known then what I know now we\ncould have early on treated my\ngrandmother with adequate doses of\nvitamin D and all the other key bone\nbuilding nutrients I always wonder how\nlong she might have lived if she had not\nbeen forced to live with this extreme\nbone weakness yet on the other hand I\nmarvel at how well she did carry out her\ndaily household tasks even into her\nhundredth year how she never voiced even\none complaint or ever made one mention\nof pain\nif I knew knit then what I know now my\ngrandmother Rose Shanahan Brown might\nhave been the most sound of mine longest\nlongest lived woman in this country if\nyou want to see how an older housewife\nmanaged with severe osteoporosis and\nrickets check out this short little\nvideo that I have on my grandmother\nsay do you have stories about your\ngrandparents that you'd like to share\nI'd love to hear them send them to me at\nbetter bones calm","thumbnailUrl":["https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2M_wVYi6_18\/default.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2M_wVYi6_18\/mqdefault.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2M_wVYi6_18\/hqdefault.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2M_wVYi6_18\/sddefault.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2M_wVYi6_18\/maxresdefault.jpg"],"uploadDate":"2014-09-19T15:21:03+00:00","duration":"PT4M15S","embedUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2M_wVYi6_18","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm6Zry9uGdrZpm05sQLIxMw#Organization","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm6Zry9uGdrZpm05sQLIxMw","name":"Dr. Susan E. 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Comment below and she may address them in a future video!\n\nCheck out our website! \u2192 http:\/\/ www.betterbones.com\n\nWant to connect with Better Bones on social media?\nLike on Facebook \u2192 http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/betterbonesbetterbody\n\u200bFollow on Twitter \u2192 http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/drsusanbrown\n\u200bFollow our Instagram \u2192 http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betterbonesbetterbody\n\u200bCheck out our Pinterest \u2192 http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/betterbonesbetterbody\n\n#osteoporosis #osteopenia #bonemass #bonehealth #weightandbonemass #womenshealth #drsusanbrown #betterbonesbetterbody #preventosteoporosis\nExercise for bone health: patreon.com\/betterbones\n\nTranscription:\nhi this is Jackie for Women's Health\nNetwork I'm so happy to be joined today\nwith dr. Susan Brown dr. Brown is a\nleading expert researcher in natural\nbone health she is the director for the\nCenter for better bones in Syracuse New\nYork and she's one of our wonderful\nexperts here at Women's Health Network\nwelcome dr. Brown thank you very much\nJaclyn nice to be with you well we're so\nhappy to talk to you today because the\nproducts that you offer women through\nyour better bones better body program\nand the better bones builder they've\nchanged countless thousands of lives\nthey're amazing products but the story\nbehind how you develop these products is\nkind of equally amazing so that's the\nfocus of our chat today I've got a bunch\nof questions for you that I hope will\nhelp our listeners understand a little\nbit more about you and about these\nproducts so the first one is very simple\nwhat drew you to the study of natural\nbone health well you know that's a\nreally interesting question I was an\nanthropologist a working anthropologist\nand I realized that my grandmother had\nosteoporosis and rickets both now she\nwas a farm woman this was unusual very\nunusual and then she came to fractured\nher hip at 101 years of age we didn't\nknow much about osteoporosis then I once\nwanted to give her some vitamin D and\nshe said oh I don't want to take pills\nshe couldn't swallow them and I now look\nback and say wow what a situation she\ndied in a hunting one she fractured her\nhip at a hundred and one in a bathtub\nand she died one year later at 102 so I\nthought gee how long might she have\nlived if she didn't have that fracture\nand so then I began to study bone health\nand I began to look around the world and\nsay is it common that older people\nfracture all around the world\nwhat is the situation what is it what is\nthe root true story of osteoporosis and\nI began to rethink osteoporosis and\nactually my book better bones better\nbody was the offshoot of about 10 10\nyears of research on the nature of\nosteoporosis and rethinking the very\nnature and the best prevention and\ntreatment\nWow well the book better bones better\nbody is certainly considered kind of\ndeep breakthrough book on natural bone\nhealth and from there you kind of used\nall the research that went into your\nbook to then kind of make a more direct\nprogram for women can you tell us a\nlittle bit about that you're exactly\nwhat happened when I began doing the\nresearch I saw indeed osteoporosis was\nnot common all over the world and it's\ninteresting how that's changed in the\nlast 30 years as countries become more\nindustrialized that it wasn't a natural\nartifact of Aging and then so many women\nin this country did not have to suffer\nthat fate of hormones and old age so I\nstarted to look at what was common in\nthese cultures what made for strong\nbones and they have led that analysis\nwhich was over really a couple decades\nand looking at all the research on bone\nhealth over several decades that led to\nthe better bones better body program\nwhich is the program we developed to\nactually enhance bone health and overall\nhealth in a really comprehensive way\namongst any interested any interested\nman or woman oh great and so then as we\nkeep moving along here in this story the\nbetter bones but your body program led\nyou to another breakthrough which is the\nBuilder product okay so what happened\nwas I was working with clients I did I\nbecame a nutritionist after my\ngrandmother fractured and so I combined\nanthropology with nutrition studying","thumbnailUrl":["https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/p6xHA00aCAY\/default.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/p6xHA00aCAY\/mqdefault.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/p6xHA00aCAY\/hqdefault.jpg","https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/p6xHA00aCAY\/sddefault.jpg"],"uploadDate":"2017-11-29T20:57:20+00:00","duration":"PT8M51S","embedUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6xHA00aCAY","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm6Zry9uGdrZpm05sQLIxMw#Organization","url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm6Zry9uGdrZpm05sQLIxMw","name":"Dr. Susan E. 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Even more, it was obvious that conventional medicine did not hold the answer to lifelong bone health.As I came to fully understand the nature and causes of osteoporosis, I developed a burning desire to help solve the growing epidemic of poor bone health.My goal became to develop a nutritional and lifestyle program which would allow all motivated individuals to enjoy life-long bone health. And, after two decades of research and clinical practice, I reached that goal when I developed the Better Bones Better Body\u00ae Program.To provide motivated individuals with the optimum bone health supplement, I realized I had to create it \u2014 so I did just that.See the video of Dr. Brown’s Grandma at 102 years old with Osteoporosis & Rickets\u00a0which inspired Dr.Brown to make this her life’s work.\u00a0Table of ContentsToggle     3 Minutes ReadFilling the gap with the best bone supplement for womenWhy I choose to sell my supplements onlineFilling the gap with the best bone supplement for womenEarly in my career, I uncovered a huge problem when it came to bone health supplements. No supplement existed that had all the nutrients in the dosage and forms I knew women really needed. Thousands of hours of research made this shortcoming very clear to me. Sure, there was calcium, but hundreds of research reports made it obvious that getting more calcium alone won\u2019t do much for the health of your bones.In one way of another all the bone supplements women could buy over the counter were incomplete and doomed to be ineffective.Here\u2019s why other supplements didn\u2019t work:None of the available bone supplements contained all the 20+ key nutrients I knew to be essential for optimum skeletal healthNone offered the best form and proper dosage of the included nutrients,None were designed to alkalize.And even more, I formulated this product to be not only the optimum bone builder, but also to serve as your \u201call in one\u201d comprehensive multivitamin\/mineral. The unique supplement is known as Better Bones Builder.Additionally, the good news is that more and more there is strong research coming out on bone health. And I keep evolving the Better Bones Builder formula, based on new clinical practice evidence and the best research about how nutrients can prevent bone loss.Would you like to learn more about a specific nutrient? All you have to do is click on each nutrient\u2019s name to study a selection of the research studies and articles about it: 20 key bone-building nutrients — an overview.Why I choose to sell my supplements onlineOccasionally I am taken to task by a blog subscriber who asks why I design and sell supplements\u2026Why don\u2019t I just write about my solutions of the poor bone health epidemic? My response is simple, after decades of research and clinical practice I know a safe and effective way to help everyone develop Better Bones and a Better Body and I am happy and proud to offer this solution to as many people as possible.By the way, I give kudos to my readers for being so diligent about health information and products! It always is important to ask questions and take a look at sources and references for information. I invite you to do so for every Better Bones blog, article and product.Finally, I hope you\u2019ll make the investment in yourself by using the Better Bones Builder. But if not, you can still get my weekly insights about current bone health research and how to incorporate it into your everyday life. I\u2019ll keep sorting the fact from fiction when it comes to bone health so that you can continue to get all of the benefits of the natural approach.I send each of you my very best wishes for Better Bones and a Better Body! "},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Bone Health Basics","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/bone-health-basics\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why I created Better Bones Better Body\u00ae and the Better Bones Builder","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/bone-health-basics\/created-better-bones-better-body-better-bones-builder\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]