Why Bone Loss Accelerates After Menopause
Before menopause, estrogen keeps bone breakdown and rebuilding in balance. When estrogen drops, the cells that tear down old bone speed up, while the cells responsible for rebuilding it fall behind.
At the same time, the Type I collagen scaffold inside your bones begins deteriorating faster than it can be restored. With less structural scaffold to hold minerals in place, bone gradually becomes thinner, more porous, and more fragile.
That silent imbalance is what can eventually push bone density from healthy to osteopenia, then osteoporosis.