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Osteocalcin

Osteocalcin

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Sep 17, 2026

Vonda WrightGUEST
14:19
Yeah.
Vonda WrightGUEST
14:20
Osteocalcin is released by the bone.
Vonda WrightGUEST
14:23
It goes to your brain.
Vonda WrightGUEST
14:25
It causes your brain to secrete bone-derived neurotrophic factor, which builds better neurons.
Isabella CooperGUEST
100:04
So it contradicts this statement, right? But then again, I hypothesize, I think it's because it's like T3, a lot less is doing a lot more, and it's actually broken down quite quickly as well.
Isabella CooperGUEST
100:23
But one of the things about osteocalcin, I mean, there's so many gazillion things.
Isabella CooperGUEST
100:27
Osteocalcin is the 10th most abundant protein in your body.
Isabella CooperGUEST
100:31
That's significant.
Isabella CooperGUEST
100:34
Really significant.
Isabella CooperGUEST
103:25
That's just osteocalcin.
Isabella CooperGUEST
103:27
Very interesting.
Isabella CooperGUEST
103:28
Osteocalcin also regulates the gene expression of the rate-limiting enzyme for serotonin synthesis, both in the pancreas and in the brain.
Vonda WrightGUEST
9:11
Where do our cells come from? Our bones.
Vonda WrightGUEST
9:15
But not only that, bones are master communicators, meaning they release substances, osteocalcin, that goes to the brain, stimulates production of bo- of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and builds a better brain, right? Amazing.
Vonda WrightGUEST
9:34
Osteocalcin goes to the pancreas and is involved in insulin resistance, to the gut and involved in absorption.
Vonda WrightGUEST
9:43
Um, a- another substance that the bone produces goes to the brain and is involved in satiety or how hungry you are.
Vonda WrightGUEST
9:50
Bone is this master communicator, not just dead piece of structure holding you up.

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