What is the connection between low estrogen and bone health?
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Your bones are stimulated by hormones for growth and repair.
Now there are two types of bone cells- osteoclasts and osteoblasts. Osteoclasts reabsorb old bone, while osteoblasts build new bone.
Osteoclast activity is controlled by estrogen.
The lower your estrogen level is, the greater osteoclast activity you have, and the more bone is broken down.
If bone is broken down faster than it can be rebuilt by the osteoblasts, then you’re going to develop osteopenia, and eventually osteoporosis, meaning you lose bone. It’s very important for menopausal women to prevent bone loss to make sure they’re getting an adequate amount of estradiol, counterbalanced, of course, by an adequate amount of progesterone. You can do that with Gen-Pro™!
You can tell if you’re not getting enough estradiol to control your bone loss by getting a urine crosslink test. Crosslinks are the amino acid web formed in your bones to hold the minerals and you start leaking out more crosslinks when you have high osteoclast activity, breaking down bone too quickly, due to your estrogen levels being low.
A DEXA scan will show you how much bone you have, but that reflects the previous 12 to 18 months, where the urine crosslinks will give you information about how to adjust your estradiol levels every eight weeks or so.
If you have any questions about low estrogen and bone health, please join us in our free Hormone Reboot Training.
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