Dr. Vonda Wright

build the best bone, and it's gymnastics. It is the pounding and the feeding of those athletes that builds the best bone. So we have trouble with not enough brittle bones in adolescence because we're not building it. The second place in the lifespan that we may become low in bone density, and hear me, people, I am not saying not to breastfeed.

build the best bone, and it's gymnastics. It is the pounding and the feeding of those athletes that builds the best bone. So we have trouble with not enough brittle bones in adolescence because we're not building it. The second place in the lifespan that we may become low in bone density, and hear me, people, I am not saying not to breastfeed.

I mean, in my children, my child, I breastfed for a year. It's really great for babies. But a woman breastfeeding will lose 20% of her bone density in the first six months of breastfeeding. And if she's not really careful to get 500 milligrams of calcium a day in her food or through supplementation, she will not build it back.

I mean, in my children, my child, I breastfed for a year. It's really great for babies. But a woman breastfeeding will lose 20% of her bone density in the first six months of breastfeeding. And if she's not really careful to get 500 milligrams of calcium a day in her food or through supplementation, she will not build it back.

And then if you have children in succession, because many women are waiting until 30s to have their first child and then have less time, we may never build back bone. So that's another key point that people don't realize could be dangerous to the bones. And then finally, yes, is this period around perimenopause, starting around 45, when estrogen levels become very high?

And then if you have children in succession, because many women are waiting until 30s to have their first child and then have less time, we may never build back bone. So that's another key point that people don't realize could be dangerous to the bones. And then finally, yes, is this period around perimenopause, starting around 45, when estrogen levels become very high?

chaotic and then ultimately zero, that can cause the rapid decline in bone density and bone weakness that you're actually asking me about. And that's because estrogen is critical for controlling the absorption, this part, the absorption of bone. And without estrogen controlling the absorption, it just keeps breaking down bone faster than the osteoblast, the building cells can build it.

chaotic and then ultimately zero, that can cause the rapid decline in bone density and bone weakness that you're actually asking me about. And that's because estrogen is critical for controlling the absorption, this part, the absorption of bone. And without estrogen controlling the absorption, it just keeps breaking down bone faster than the osteoblast, the building cells can build it.

So there's an unbalance, a dysregulation.

So there's an unbalance, a dysregulation.

Absolutely. To build everything. You know, we make mitochondria most the energy of our cells. We make a lot of mitochondria in our youth. If we're not active in our youth, we don't have the anabolic stimulus as much to make as much mitochondria. If we are sedentary children, we will make bone, but we will not build bone to the extent we do if we're bashing it every day.

Absolutely. To build everything. You know, we make mitochondria most the energy of our cells. We make a lot of mitochondria in our youth. If we're not active in our youth, we don't have the anabolic stimulus as much to make as much mitochondria. If we are sedentary children, we will make bone, but we will not build bone to the extent we do if we're bashing it every day.

And I think the data out of Wisconsin is a good illustration of that.

And I think the data out of Wisconsin is a good illustration of that.

And that's what my study from the National Senior Games shows, that by impacting your bones across your lifespan, you can change your bone density.

And that's what my study from the National Senior Games shows, that by impacting your bones across your lifespan, you can change your bone density.

Yeah. And the data I gave you was specifically for breastfeeding.

Yeah. And the data I gave you was specifically for breastfeeding.

So for breastfeeding mothers, you will lose about 500 milligrams of calcium a day as you're making milk for your child. You must replace that. I like people to replace their calcium with whole food, right? With prunes and dates and high calcium dairy, if you will. If you simply cannot do that, okay, take a supplement. But if you forget to do that, I mean, I get it. I was a young mother.

So for breastfeeding mothers, you will lose about 500 milligrams of calcium a day as you're making milk for your child. You must replace that. I like people to replace their calcium with whole food, right? With prunes and dates and high calcium dairy, if you will. If you simply cannot do that, okay, take a supplement. But if you forget to do that, I mean, I get it. I was a young mother.