About this episode

The episode discusses the negative effects of eating less after 50 on bone health and metabolism, emphasizing the importance of protein intake for midlife women.

Are you eating less but gaining weight after 40? Is calorie cutting slowing your metabolism? Could low protein intake be accelerating bone loss? After 40, metabolism changes. Muscle declines. Hormones shift. And the old strategy of eating less often works against you. In this episode, we explain why protein is critical for midlife women, how blood sugar stability protects both metabolism and bone health, and why under-eating can lead to muscle loss, slower fat burning, and weaker bon...

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Ellis

Guest: Nagina Abdullah

Topics covered

• bone health
• nutrition
• metabolism
• protein intake
• midlife women
• weight management

Keywords

• bone health
• osteoporosis
• protein
• metabolism
• weight gain
• midlife nutrition
• calorie cutting

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