{"id":91991,"date":"2024-07-10T16:03:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/breastfeeding-should-take-a-toll-on-bones-a-brain-hormone-may-protect-them\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T16:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:03:12","slug":"breastfeeding-should-take-a-toll-on-bones-a-brain-hormone-may-protect-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/breastfeeding-should-take-a-toll-on-bones-a-brain-hormone-may-protect-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding should take a toll on bones. A brain hormone may protect them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Birthing and caring for a newborn can be hard on a mother\u2019s bones. Estrogen, which helps regulate bone growth, drops precipitously after birth, and lactation saps the skeleton of calcium. Yet nursing moms somehow maintain strong, dense bones. A hormone released from the brain may be the reason why, a study in mice suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When estrogen levels drop after birth, the hormone CCN3 may take the role of boosting bone stem cell activity<\/a>, leading to increased tissue production, researchers report July 10 in Nature<\/em>. This molecule originates in the hypothalamus, a brain structure that helps regulate appetite and body temperature. Besides possibly solving the mystery of nursing mothers\u2019 strong bones, the finding could also point to a way to better heal fractures and fight bone loss in old age.<\/p>\n\n\n