Because you self advocate have you considered hormone replacement with bio-identicals? I realize research says taking estrogen does not effectively build bone, but at your stage you’re wanting to maintain the good bone you have. It is well documented that after menopause a large proportion of women starting losing bone density and hormones play a big part of that.

My suggestion to any 50-65 year old would be to investigate whether hormone replacement is right for them. Today’s research shows it support bone, brain, heart, connective tissue, and the nervous system.

Because of my older sister’s breast cancer, I did not take HRT within the 10 year window they are saying is optimal. My mother and two sisters have never had cancer, yet 2 of them took/take HRT. Only my older sister and I never took it and we both got breast cancer. I’m not suggesting that HRT protected them from cancer, but it certainly didn’t promote any cancer. Our story would skew the statistics on 5 close female relatives and cancer risk.

As AI starts taking over recommendations based on default protocols I think we are going to have to figure out the right question to get AI to consider outside the box. Like asking about research that narrowly missed the significant statistic, and did not become protocol, but may apply to our specific individual circumstances. I’m afraid depending on AI without delving into what data it is using is going to cause denial of service because we don’t all fit into the bell curve.