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What is estrogen, and what does it have to do with developing healthy bones?

April 26, 2017bones developing Estrogen healthy

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What is estrogen, and what does it have to do with developing healthy bones?

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Estrogen is a hormone that, among other things, helps women to develop and then maintain healthy bones. It does this by making sure we keep the calcium we eat inside our body. Without estrogen, our body will excrete the calcium we have eaten, preventing us from using it for our bones.