The benefits of tea have been more often associated with the content of antioxidants in it that could prevent cancer and aging. Whereas drinking tea regularly also provide other benefits, one of which inhibit bone loss.
A recent study in Taiwan shows, women who often drank tea less often affected by osteoporosis or bone thinning. Research conducted by experts from Cheng Kung University, published in Taiwan Journal of Family Medicine.
Led by Dr. Chang Ying-fan, the study involved 368 women, average age 65 years. Quoted from Timeslive, 60 of whom had a habit of drinking tea on a daily basis while the remaining 308 rarely or only occasionally drink tea.
Based on the results of the bone as well as filling out the questionnaire, 46.7 percent of women who often drank tea of osteoporosis in old age. The number is smaller when compared to those who rarely drank tea, which is 63.3 percent.
Dr Ying-fan believe, at least there are two components in tea that are beneficial to inhibit the bone fluoride and flavonoids that increase bone density. In addition, polyphenols and tannin compounds are believed to contribute to maintaining bone density.
This finding is contrary to the opinion of some experts who say that the tea is as dangerous as coffee, because it triggers bone loss. The opinion was based on the nature of caffeine content in tea and coffee are shed via urine of calcium in bones.
The benefits of tea for bone also revealed previously by researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In that study, three components of green tea is proven merit in maintaining bone density is epigallocatechin (EGC), gallocatechin (GC) and gallocatechin gallate (GCG).
Osteoporosis is a type of bone damage suffered by most women, especially after menopause. This damage is triggered by a decrease in bone density that is more susceptible to cracks and fractures, especially in the hip, wrist and spine.
