How to balance parathyroid hormone with calcitonin for optimal skull malleability and bone growth.
Evidence for the effects of parathyroid hormone in the midpalatal suture:
Effects of continuous and intermittent parathyroid hormone administration on midpalatal suture expansion in rats
Parathyroid hormone promotes maxillary expansion and reduces relapse in the repeated activation maxillary expansion rat model by regulating Wnt/B-catenin pathway
What does PTH do?
Parathyroid hormone increases blood calcium by doing three main things:
What does calcitonin do?
Calcitonin decreases blood calcium by doing two main things:
PTH to calcitonin ratio
High PTH/low calcitonin:
In theory, it would be best to have PTH and calcitonin relatively balanced while PTH being slightly higher so that your sutures will be loosened without allowing osteoclasts activity to occur
How do we do this to allow palatal expansion?
5. Improve your thyroid health through seafood, sunlight, seasonal sugar and stress management because calcitonin is made by thyroid C-cells
If you utilize this guide together with proper tongue posture, proper chewing of hard and nutrient dense foods, stress based exercises on the face and other suture loosening methods your palate could technically expand at any age
Evidence for the effects of parathyroid hormone in the midpalatal suture:
Effects of continuous and intermittent parathyroid hormone administration on midpalatal suture expansion in rats
Parathyroid hormone promotes maxillary expansion and reduces relapse in the repeated activation maxillary expansion rat model by regulating Wnt/B-catenin pathway
What does PTH do?
Parathyroid hormone increases blood calcium by doing three main things:
- Stimulating osteoclasts
- Promoting calcium reabsorption in the kidneys
- Increasing active vitamin D which boosts calcium absorption in the gut
What does calcitonin do?
Calcitonin decreases blood calcium by doing two main things:
- Inhibiting osteoclasts
- Promoting calcium storage in bones
PTH to calcitonin ratio
High PTH/low calcitonin:
- Bone is broken down faster than it's formed
- The outcome will be more pliable/weakened bones.
- Bone building dominates
- Bones become denser but also less flexible
In theory, it would be best to have PTH and calcitonin relatively balanced while PTH being slightly higher so that your sutures will be loosened without allowing osteoclasts activity to occur
How do we do this to allow palatal expansion?
- Don't consume foods high in phosphorus together with foods high in calcium.
- Have good vitamin D status to regulate
- PTH follows a circadian pattern and peaks at night, a way to utilize this would be to consume a high phosphorus meal as your last meal.
- Avoid chronic high calcium, 500-1200
5. Improve your thyroid health through seafood, sunlight, seasonal sugar and stress management because calcitonin is made by thyroid C-cells
If you utilize this guide together with proper tongue posture, proper chewing of hard and nutrient dense foods, stress based exercises on the face and other suture loosening methods your palate could technically expand at any age