What They Don't Want You To Know about Osteoporosis!

Summary

This video script addresses the overlooked aspects of osteoporosis, criticizing the medical system's approach to diagnosis and treatment. It highlights the flawed imaging methods, inadequate risk factor education, and the system's lack of focus on prevention and cure. The speaker challenges the conventional wisdom on hormone replacement therapy, nutrition, and exercise, advocating for a more proactive and holistic approach to bone health. The script suggests that the current healthcare system may inadvertently profit from chronic illness, urging individuals to take charge of their health and seek alternative solutions.

Takeaways

• 😨 Osteoporosis is not just a disease; it's a reflection of deeper issues within the healthcare system.
• 🕵️‍♀️ The current diagnostic imaging for osteoporosis is flawed and limits the adoption of new technologies.
• 🚫 Doctors often overlook numerous risk factors for osteoporosis, which should be considered for early screening.
• 🏥 The healthcare system is not designed to prevent or cure osteoporosis, as it profits from ongoing treatment.
• 💊 The pharmaceutical industry's influence skews medical recommendations, particularly concerning hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
• 👩‍⚕️ There's a pushback against questioning traditional medical advice, even when it comes to women's health and osteoporosis.
• 🍽️ Nutritional advice for osteoporosis is often misguided, with a focus on alkaline diets rather than nutrient-dense foods.
• 🏋️‍♀️ Exercise is crucial for bone health, contrary to previous advice that was overly cautious about the risk of fractures.
• 💪 High-intensity resistance and impact training are beneficial for bone and muscle health, despite earlier misconceptions.
• 🌟 Taking charge of one's health is essential, as the current healthcare system may not prioritize long-term wellness.

Q & A

What is the main issue with the current osteoporosis diagnosis according to the speaker?

The main issue is that the diagnosis often comes too late and relies on suboptimal imaging modalities, which are tied to prescription writing rather than addressing the root causes of bone loss.

Why does the speaker claim that imaging for osteoporosis is flawed?

The speaker claims that imaging is flawed because it is designed to prevent new technology from emerging and does not encourage looking at the underlying causes of bone loss.

What are some risk factors for osteoporosis that doctors might overlook?

Some overlooked risk factors include birth control pills, irregular menstrual cycles, eating disorders, autoimmune disease, chronic inflammation, toxic exposure, sedentary lifestyle, gut dysfunction, celiac disease, poor nutrition, and over-the-counter or prescription drugs.

How does the speaker view the healthcare system's approach to curing osteoporosis?

The speaker views the healthcare system as not being designed to cure or reverse osteoporosis, as it profits from ongoing treatment and management of the condition.

What is the speaker's stance on HRT as a tool for osteoporosis?

The speaker believes that HRT is a powerful tool for osteoporosis that is often underutilized due to misinformation and bias in the medical community.

Why does the speaker criticize the current nutritional advice for osteoporosis?

The speaker criticizes current nutritional advice because it often promotes a mainstream diet that is inflammatory and nutrient-poor, or an overly alkaline diet that neglects the importance of animal protein and nutrient-dense foods for bone health.

What is the speaker's opinion on the importance of exercise for osteoporosis patients?

The speaker believes that exercise, particularly high-intensity resistance training and impact training, is crucial for improving bone and muscle health in osteoporosis patients, contrary to previous advice that was overly cautious about the risk of fractures.

What does the speaker suggest as an alternative to the current healthcare system for managing osteoporosis?

The speaker suggests creating a system outside of the current healthcare system that focuses on prevention, reversal, and is not restricted by insurance limitations.

How does the speaker feel about the role of pharmaceutical interests in the field of women's health and osteoporosis?

The speaker feels that pharmaceutical interests have negatively influenced the field by focusing research on synthetic drugs rather than bioidentical ones, leading to biased recommendations and misinformation.

What is the speaker's advice for patients who suspect they have risk factors for osteoporosis?

The speaker advises patients with suspected risk factors to get screened early, discuss these risks with their doctors, and consider alternative imaging methods like DEXA scans to assess bone quality and density.

Outlines

00:00

🦴 Osteoporosis: A Flawed Diagnosis and Systemic Issue

The speaker, a physician, discusses osteoporosis as a symptom of broader issues within the medical system. They critique the current diagnostic methods, particularly the reliance on DEXA scans, which they argue are flawed but are the only available option. The speaker emphasizes the need for early screening and consideration of various risk factors that are often overlooked, such as birth control use, eating disorders, and autoimmune diseases. They argue that the medical system is not designed for prevention or cure, which is problematic given the high costs of healthcare and the potential for profiting from ongoing illness. The speaker calls for a more proactive approach to healthcare that focuses on prevention and reversal of conditions like osteoporosis.

05:00

🚫 The Suppression of HRT's Role in Treating Osteoporosis

The speaker addresses the controversy surrounding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as a treatment for osteoporosis. They criticize the medical establishment for not acknowledging HRT's potential benefits, citing the influence of pharmaceutical interests and outdated research. The speaker argues that the focus on synthetic drugs over bioidentical ones has skewed the field and led to a lack of proper research. They also express frustration with the resistance to new ideas in women's health, comparing the situation to past misguided medical advice for diabetics. The speaker advocates for earlier screening and a more open-minded approach to HRT as a potential preventative measure against osteoporosis.

10:02

🏋️‍♀️ The Misguided Approach to Exercise and Nutrition in Osteoporosis Care

The speaker challenges conventional wisdom regarding exercise and nutrition for those with osteoporosis. They critique the advice to avoid heavy lifting and to focus on calcium and vitamin D supplementation, arguing that this approach can lead to further weakening of bones. Instead, they advocate for high-intensity resistance training and impact training as beneficial for bone and muscle health. The speaker also criticizes the mainstream and integrative medical communities for their respective approaches to nutrition, which they view as either overly processed or overly restrictive. They argue for a diet rich in whole foods, including animal protein, as the foundation for improving bone health. The speaker concludes by emphasizing the need for patients to take charge of their health and seek out alternative approaches that promote healing and prevention.

Keywords

💡Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a medical condition characterized by a decrease in bone density, leading to an increased risk of fractures. In the video, osteoporosis is presented as a symptom of broader issues within the healthcare system, highlighting the need for early detection and prevention. The speaker criticizes the current approach to diagnosis and treatment, advocating for a more proactive and holistic strategy.

💡DEXA scan

A DEXA (Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry) scan is a diagnostic tool used to measure bone mineral density and is often used to diagnose osteoporosis. The video script suggests that while DEXA is the standard imaging technique, it may not be optimal for early detection or for capturing the full picture of bone health, indicating a need for better diagnostic methods.

💡Risk factors

Risk factors are elements that increase the likelihood of developing a particular condition. In the context of the video, the speaker emphasizes that doctors and patients should be aware of various risk factors for osteoporosis, such as birth control pill use, eating disorders, and autoimmune diseases. The video argues that the healthcare system often overlooks these factors, leading to late detection and treatment.

💡HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)

HRT is a medical treatment that involves hormone supplementation, often used to alleviate symptoms of menopause. The video discusses how HRT is a powerful tool for managing osteoporosis, particularly in postmenopausal women, but is often underutilized or misrepresented due to misconceptions and pharmaceutical influences. The speaker advocates for a reevaluation of HRT's role in osteoporosis management.

💡Pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry is the sector of the economy concerned with the research, development, and marketing of drugs. The video suggests that this industry may influence medical recommendations and research, potentially skewing the focus towards synthetic drugs over bioidentical ones. This influence is critiqued as it may lead to suboptimal treatment options for osteoporosis.

💡Nutrition

Nutrition refers to the intake of food and the way the body uses it for growth, maintenance, and repair. The video argues that mainstream nutrition recommendations for osteoporosis are inadequate, with a focus on low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets that may not support bone health. The speaker promotes a diet rich in animal protein and nutrient-dense foods as key to improving bone health.

💡Exercise

Exercise is physical activity that helps maintain or improve overall health and fitness. The video script challenges the conventional wisdom that individuals with osteoporosis should avoid certain types of exercise due to the risk of fractures. Instead, it advocates for high-intensity resistance training and impact training as beneficial for bone and muscle health.

💡Healthcare system

The healthcare system encompasses all organizations and resources that provide medical services to individuals. The video criticizes the current system as being more focused on treatment and profit than on prevention and cure, which the speaker believes is detrimental to addressing chronic conditions like osteoporosis effectively.

💡Synthetic drugs

Synthetic drugs are chemically manufactured medications, often used in contrast to natural or bioidentical alternatives. The video discusses how synthetic drugs for osteoporosis may carry higher risks compared to bioidentical drugs, suggesting a bias in medical recommendations that favors synthetic options due to pharmaceutical industry influence.

💡Bioidentical drugs

Bioidentical drugs are medications that have the same molecular structure as hormones produced by the human body. The video script suggests that these drugs may offer a safer and more effective alternative for managing osteoporosis, especially in the context of HRT, but are often overlooked due to the dominance of synthetic drugs in research and recommendations.

💡Patient advocacy

Patient advocacy involves individuals taking an active role in their healthcare decisions and seeking information to make informed choices. The video encourages viewers to be proactive about their health, questioning the status quo, and seeking out alternative treatments and diagnostic methods for osteoporosis, reflecting a broader theme of patient empowerment.

Highlights

Osteoporosis is a reflection of many problems in our medical system.

Diagnosis of osteoporosis often comes too late and imaging modality is flawed.

Risk factors for osteoporosis are often overlooked by doctors.

The medical system is not designed for prevention or cure of osteoporosis.

Healthcare is a massive industry, and curing patients means losing customers.

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is a powerful tool for osteoporosis, but often underutilized.

The research on women's hormones is heavily influenced by pharmaceutical interests.

There is a need for better education on risk factors and early screening for osteoporosis.

The current approach to women's health and menopause is often outdated and not helpful.

Nutrition recommendations for osteoporosis are often inadequate.

The mainstream diet is inflammatory and nutrient-poor, which is detrimental to bone health.

There is a misconception that animal protein is harmful to bones, which is not true.

Exercise is crucial for bone health, contrary to the fear of causing fractures.

High-intensity resistance and impact training have significant benefits for bone health.

The advice to avoid heavy lifting and focus only on calcium and vitamin D is misguided.

The healthcare system is more focused on managing sickness rather than promoting health.

It is up to individuals to take responsibility for their health and seek alternatives to the current system.

Transcripts

osteoporosis is a diagnosis of fear and

anxiety after treating hundreds of

patients and reversing osteoporosis

every day I've realized that

osteoporosis is a reflection of so many

of the problems of our medical system so

stick with me as I review the top six

things that they don't want you to know

about osteoporosis all right now I'm not

really a conspiracy theorist but this is

going to kind of sound like that because

I am designed to ask tough questions I

am trained to do thorough research and

that makes me physician armed with the

tools to seek truth with a passion for

Education now that's a problem when the

system is stacked against us so when I

look at osteoporosis I see osteoporosis

as a symptom of all the things wrong

with our system let's start with the

diagnosis first screening is way too

late and suboptimal imaging modality is

tied to prescription writing if this

t-core then that drug equation it cuts

out what we should be looking at which

is why are you losing bone it ignores a

new technology dexa will probably never

yield to RS this Imaging is actually

designed to prevent new technology from

emerging the way that they have called

this the gold standard with no other

thing to compare it to so the number one

thing that they don't want you to know

about osteoporosis is that the Imaging

is very flawed and yet it's all we have

we have to use it number two is risk

factors doctors are really not trained

to look at most risk factors most could

list off a couple but there are so many

here's a couple that they might not have

thought about birth control pills Len

osteoporosis irregular menstrual cycles

Eating Disorders autoimmune disease

chronic inflammation toxic exposure

sedentary lifestyle gut dysfunction

celiac disease poor nutrition

over-the-counter drugs prescription

drugs and on and on and on and on and on

here's the thing all doctors all

patients with osteoporosis should be

educated on these potential risk factors

if you one of these risk factors you

should be screened the system is not

designed for prevention the system is

not designed for cure remember that a

patient cured is a customer lost doctors

and patients alike should understand

these risk factors because if you have a

risk factor you should be screened for

osteoporosis you should be screened

early for osteoporosis you should not

wait until you're 65 so talk to your

doctor about risk factors for

osteoporosis that you think that you

have and get a DEX scan or get a reps

get something so that you can show what

your current bone quality and density is

and then you'll know what to do with it

all right so number three thing that

they don't want you to know about

osteoporosis is that our system is not

designed to cure it it's not designed to

reverse it I saw a meme on Instagram

recently that said that a patient cured

is a customer lost now that is a very

morbid way of looking at our system but

recognize that Healthcare is a 4.3

trillion per year expenditure almost 20%

of our GDP so as the positions as people

in the healthcare space we must ignore

that it is a money-making machine but

yet we know that curing osteoporosis

means no drugs no fractures no surgery

no care so should we really rely on a

system that profits from sickness we

don't have choice but as a provider

who's been in both the employee model

and the private pay model I can tell you

that even if you're ethical even if you

have strong morals and ethical values

these subconscious Financial p

can persuade you to make decisions that

you wouldn't otherwise make so I think

it's really unfortunate that we have a

system that is built like this but we

can't escape it right now I'm not

personally going to change it but here's

the deal is that we have to be in charge

of our own health we have to build a

system outside of our current health

care system that removes the

restrictions of insurance that focuses

on reversal and prevention not treatment

so the next thing I want you to consider

that they don't want you to know about

is that HRT is a powerful tool for

osteoporosis what most doctors tell

patients is you're worried about your

phone Health yeah HRT is not for that

it's not FDA approved for that there's

really no area where I feel like the

system is stacked against people than

when it comes to women's hormones the

research from my perspective even though

there's a ton of it the research is

really lacking asking the right

questions with the right products the

pharmaceutical interests have destroyed

this field because the research is

focused on the Synn itic drugs not the

bioidentical drugs the medical

organization recommendations

unfortunately seem to be heavily biased

by the pharmaceutical industry I can't

think of any other way around it

remember that there are synthetic drugs

that have higher risks and there's are

bioidentical drugs that seem to have

less risks but there's so many versions

and there's so much fear around dosing

that the right studies will probably

never be done what I consider to be the

OBGYN Mafia on Instagram telling people

that they need to stay in their Lane

that coaches need to stop talking about

hormones because they don't understand

them and that you shouldn't think for

yourself and you should just trust the

medical organization this drives me nuts

because every woman will lose estrogenic

menopause it doesn't matter what

supplements you take every woman will

lose bone in the subsequent 5 to 10

years or even longer at a more rapid

Pace than they would otherwise so don't

we want to know what our starting point

is what your risk of fracture is why

don't we tell people to get screened

before then why don't we tell people to

get screened at 50 to be monitored to

prevent osteoporosis what I really

struggle with in all this messaging

around the the new field of doctors who

were talking about women's health and

menopause is that they're still

propagating the same messages from 20

years ago don't ask questions you don't

need to be screened before 65 don't

worry about it suffer through it I think

it's terrible so it's really hard not to

draw the conclusion then that the system

wants women to become osteoporotic they

want you to be weak they want you to be

dependent on them it's hard to not think

of it any other way I look at it kind of

like the Diabetes Association when you

go back you know 10 15 years ago when

they used to recommend a lowfat high

carbohydrate diet to accommodate giving

insulin to diabetics now this persisted

until really recently when the evidence

was so overwhelming that they could no

longer face the scrutiny of all of the

people in the health world who were

saying would you stop telling diabetics

to eat a high carbohydrate diet is just

crazy so this parallel to diabetes is

that they know you're going to lose bone

when you go through menopause they'll

tell you that HRT is risky they'll tell

you to tolerate it or use tiny doses or

what I would call Placebo HRT which

isn't going to impact your bones I see

it all the time then they'll tell you

that you can't have aexa to be screened

you need to be 65 and then once you turn

65 and you get aexa you have

osteoporosis and now you need drugs so

it's hard not to draw this conclusion

from the setup that if we know you're

going to go through menopause we know

that you're to rapidly lose bone and

we're going to tell you not to go on HRT

why don't we tell you to get screened so

we know what your starting point is not

every woman is going to go on hormone

replacement therapy and that's okay but

if they already have osteoporosis it

might change the equation around the

risk benefit would you agree with that

so the fourth thing they don't want you

to know that HRT is a powerful tool and

this conversation around menopause while

it's great and we're bringing a lot of

things to light there's a lot of old

Dogma that's being passed forward and

it's being disguised through the lens of

feminism but but it's actually the same

misogyny that existed 20 years ago all

right the fifth thing they don't want

you to know about osteoporosis is that

nutrition recommendations for

osteoporosis are terrible now I actually

think that mainstream medicine and

integrated practitioners are a fa here I

think that they have taken kind of two

different but both unfortunate Pathways

neither of which are really helping

people with osteoporosis now the

mainstream medical system is going to

encourage people to consume what I would

consider to be the mainstream steroid

American diet now we know that this is

inflammatory we know that it leads to

obesity it's a nutrient por there's

nothing good about a highly processed

food diet so we don't really need to

talk about that much further but the

integrative and the functional space has

sort of taken this a different direction

and I don't think it's helpful there's a

lot of conversation around the alkaline

diet around a plant forward diet because

it's going to be better for your bones

because somehow the acidity of steak is

going to cause your bones to crumble

there's a conversation around worrying

about the environment before worrying

about your bones I'm not going to talk

about the environment right now but

please understand that you can have your

steak and eat it too what they don't

want you to know and the most critical

part is is that the protein especially

animal protein and nutrient-dense food

is the key to improving your bone health

to improving your muscle mass to

improving your health span overall and

if you're eating a Whole Food's diet

that is rich in vegetables and fruit and

animal protein alkalinity doesn't matter

if you're getting the standard American

diet maybe it does but don't do that

food is medicine food is the foundation

of improving bone health all right and

the last one so the sixth thing that

they don't want you to know about

osteoporosis is that you do actually

need to exercise now I used to tell

people this too so I'm totally at fault

I was worried about them fracturing and

I still am worried about people

fracturing however we can't take our

patients with osteoporosis in put them

in a paded room guess what it's going to

get worse now if you say that's why I

use the drugs okay but for most people

they don't want to take the drugs and I

think most people don't need to take the

drugs so we need to tell them to do the

exercises that actually benefit their

bones and their muscles so if you look

at some of the evidence you could say

that the lmore trials Dr blinda Beck's

work has done a great job of

demonstrating that high-intensity

resistance training and impact training

are going to have the biggest impact on

our bones and probably our muscle now I

used to tell people don't lift more than

5 lbs make sure you take your calcium

and vitamin D but the truth is I was

doing them a massive disservice I just

didn't know wasn't trained so while

everybody is going to be different in

their starting point many people with

osteoporosis have never done resistance

training have never done impact training

and that's okay but we need to

progressively overload if we're going to

improve our bones and our muscles that's

going to look different for everybody

but what they're telling you will keep

you weak what they're telling you will

likely lead to being on a drug so that's

it those are the top six things they

don't want you to know about

osteoporosis now do I sound like a

conspiracy theorist yet maybe but think

of it this way our healthc care system

is really a sick care system when it

comes to chronic disease I am not

disparaging doctors I'm not disparaging

development they are caught in a system

and are usually very well meaning

technology is a must if we're going to

improve our health Heth span however

it's up to us to create our own health

we hold a responsibility for our health

these six things that they don't want

you to know are driven by A system that

doesn't want you well a patient cured is

a customer lost