April 14, 2000 – According to a study in England of 1,256 women aged 65 to 76, the bones of women who drink at least one cup of tea a day look five years younger than those of women who don’t. Their percentage of bone density is also 5% higher, which can mean 10 to 15% less risk of fractures.
But other researchers immediately challenged this interpretation, saying that everyone drank tea in England and the incidence of osteoporosis is high there, which would prove that tea does not have a great protective effect.
According to Kay-Tee Khaw’s team at Cambridge University, who led the research, the protective effect of tea could be caused by the presence of isoflavonoids. But other researchers doubt that tea drinkers consume enough of it to cause a biological effect. In short, we should not yet believe that drinking a cup of tea protects against osteoporosis, but it certainly makes for a good time.
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According to Nature, April 7, 2000
