Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 >Female athletes > >Estrogen levels are decreased in female, because intense physical exercise >makes the body produce less estrogen. (2) > >Unfortunately, estrogen maintains bone health by inhibiting both uptake of >calcium into the bones (3) and deportation of >calcium (also indirectly through inhibiting PTH secretion) Thus the lower >the estrogen level, the more devastating the >effect of excessive calcium intake will be. Logically, exercise can never >'compensate' for the side effects of reduced >estrogen levels. (4) > >If estrogen levels are low, more calcium will be actually absorbed into the >bones, increasing osteoblast activity and >apoptosis. > >The necessity of adequate estrogen levels is less strong if less calcium is >consumed. " Greg: what does this mean in English? It sounds like exercise is NOT good, although of course we've always been told it IS. What's the bottom line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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