I just read the following article about alveolar bone loss during lactation.  I 
haven't read many studies on this issue, but I have a few disorganized 
thoughts and I'm hoping some of you wonderfully elloquent and wise women 
can help me clarify them!  
1)  I thought that while bone density went down during lactation, it increased 
after weaning and this was part of how it prevented osteoporosis.
2)  If bone density and bone loss is a problem in lactation, how does lactation 
prevent osteoporosis.
3)  If lactating for extended periods of time is the biological norm it would 
seem that bone loss is also biologically normal.  How does this go together -- 
what am I (and the researchers of this study) missing?
4)  Anecdotally speaking, my teeth seem to have turned into marshmallows 
over the course of 6 years of lactation.  Coincidence?
I'd love to hear your thoughts and be able to organize my own so that I can 
address this question better with moms.

http://news.sawf.org/Health/31948.aspx

Jennifer

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