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Tea drinkers have stronger bones
As you age, drinking tea helps protect your bones against osteoporosis. Evidence comes from an Australian epidemiological study of a thousand women aged between 70 and 85.
Tea & bones
Other researchers had also discovered that consumption of green and black tea is a factor that affects bone health. [Arch Intern Med. 2002 May 13; 162(9): 1001-6.] [Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Oct; 86(4): 1243-7.] [Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Oct 15; 158(8): 772-81.] Ergo, thought the researchers, we should look into this too.
When the researchers followed a sub-group of the women for four years, they observed that while tea consumption did not prevent bone mass breakdown, it did slow it down by a factor of 2.
Conclusion
That's why these researchers are pleased with their results. The effects they observed were "greater than the protein effect on lower limb bone density observed by us in this population recently and similar to the effect size of habitual high physical activity", they write. "Thus, overall, our data support the concept that tea intake has beneficial effects on bone structure by reducing bone loss."
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