Apparently one of the ingredients in green tea, epigallocatechin, (EGC), not only helps to increase bone formation, but it also helps to prevent resorption and/or weakening of existing bone.
http://www.beveragedaily.com/Products/G ... ones-Study
Tex
Green Tea And Bone Health
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Green Tea And Bone Health
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Hmm, it said that weight is a factor. I thought osteoporosis was more common in skinny people?
Hope this study's right. Somewhere I thought I read something about tea being bad for the bones.
Think I'll see if I can find something to the contrary. Maybe it had to do with the acid or something.
Thanks for the information. This is an important topic to so many of us!
Yours, Luce
Hope this study's right. Somewhere I thought I read something about tea being bad for the bones.
Think I'll see if I can find something to the contrary. Maybe it had to do with the acid or something.
Thanks for the information. This is an important topic to so many of us!
Yours, Luce
From the article:
The article is about the advantages of green tea, specifically:
Tex
Clearly, they're referring to the fact that extra weight adds to the risk of fractures, if osteoporosis is present, (that's not saying that obesity has an effect on bone mineralization or resorption, per se).and obesity adding extra strain on bones.
The article is about the advantages of green tea, specifically:
But it appears that all tea has a beneficial effect, (though green tea may have a greater positive effect). Some authorities have suggested that caffeine reduces bone mineral density in women, but that risk, (if it even exists), is apparently not associated with drinking tea:Green tea contains between 30 and 40 per cent of water-extractable polyphenols, while black tea (green tea that has been oxidized by fermentation) contains between 3 and 10 per cent.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/71/4/1003Conclusions: Older women who drank tea had higher BMD measurements than did those who did not drink tea. Nutrients found in tea, such as flavonoids, may influence BMD. Tea drinking may protect against osteoporosis in older women.
Tex
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