The fear that eating meat destroys your bones is one of the most persistent myths in women's health. Here is what bone is actually made of, why protein builds it, why calcium supplements mostly do not, and what the science says about carnivore eating and your skeleton.

Only 1 in 4 women between 50 and 64 has ever had a bone density test. By the time most get screened, years of silent bone loss have already happened. Here is what the research actually says about building and protecting your bones starting in perimenopause, before the damage begins.