Well-being guru hails HRT for boosting her bone strength

HEALTH guru Liz Earle has revealed how the hormone replacement therapy she started in her early fifties improved her bone health.

- Jaymi McCann

Now 61, Liz, who co-founded the Liz Earle Beauty Company in 1995, believes the importance of taking hormones to protect against bone conditions like osteoporosis is underestimated.

An ambassador for the Royal Osteoporosis Society, she has written more than 35 books on nutritional, hormonal and gut health.

She said: "I started to experience painful bones and joint aches in my forties during perimenopause. I didn't realise this was due to losing oestrogen - and my doctors didn't recognise it as so few are properly trained in even common menopause symptoms.

"Starting hormone replacement therapy at 51 was a turning point for me.

"Now, in my sixties, I remain pain free and more active than I've ever been in my life.