{"id":63743,"date":"2026-03-01T09:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63743"},"modified":"2026-03-01T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:26:12","slug":"how-stress-contributes-to-osteoporosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63743","title":{"rendered":"How Stress Contributes to Osteoporosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bone_Cross-Section.jpg\" alt=\"Bone Cross-Section\" width=\"373\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bone_Cross-Section.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bone_Cross-Section-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Osteoporosis is driven by stress-related chemical signals, not just calcium loss, and these signals begin weakening bone years before fractures appear<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Elevated serotonin in your bloodstream acts as a hormone that directly accelerates bone breakdown while suppressing bone repair<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Women further past menopause show higher serotonin-related markers and faster progression toward osteoporosis, even when mineral levels look normal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Stress hormones triggered by excess serotonin create a biological environment that dismantles bone to meet perceived survival demands<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Calming stress chemistry through sleep, nutrition, digestion, and gentle strength work shifts bone signaling from breakdown toward preservation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2026\/02\/26\/serotonin-osteoporosis.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2026\/02\/26\/serotonin-osteoporosis.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osteoporosis is driven by stress-related chemical signals, not just calcium loss, and these signals begin weakening bone years before fractures appear Elevated serotonin in your bloodstream acts as a hormone that directly accelerates bone breakdown while suppressing bone repair Women further past menopause show higher serotonin-related markers and faster progression toward osteoporosis, even when mineral &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=63743\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How Stress Contributes to Osteoporosis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63745,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63743\/revisions\/63745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}