Tea & bone density in elderly women

[chutchings]

This one is for kitcat75 in particular. It's preliminary, but worth keeping an eye on as I know you like the occasional cup of tea. I'd be interested if they follow this up to see if the type of tea makes a difference. It is noted in this article that green tea helps with the inflammation and pain of rheumatoid arthritis. I would wonder if less pain

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[mjdaley]

I would wonder if less pain makes you able to be more active, and activity can keep your bone density higher.

That's a damn good point. If it isn't addressed in the paper, you should definitely email the authors and ask them.

[chutchings]

I was thinking of tracking down the original articles on that, the newspaper summary certainly draws my attention, but it would be interesting to see all the results and methodology.

Our bodies are so interconnected, everything has a domino effect. I've talked to elderly people taking B12, B9 and folic acid sublingual supplements and as we age, we don't absorb B12 as well. The difference to these people was incredible. Going from spending their entire day on the couch to vacuuming, doing gardening, stuff that sounds easy to us, but was previously impossible for them. For someone dealing with the pain of rheumatoid arthritis, removing pain could have a similar lift in activity levels.

[chutchings]

A little while ago you posted about Yerba Mate tea. I have some in house and am enjoying a cup or two right now. Teopia has a tea they call "Mateccino", here's the ingredient list: roasted yerba mate leaves, rooibos, sunflower petals, cornflower petals and chocolate flavouring. YUM. Definitely making this my morning tea of choice I think.

[mjdaley]

That sounds awesome.

[kitcat75]

Thanks for sharing, its something certainly to keep up on. Interestingly enough my hip bone density is low but within normal range, while it is my spine that has below normal ranges of bone density. So could be that the tea does help, since I've been drinking more in recent years. So now I need to do more upper body weight training it would seem, as my walking is good impact for my hips as well.

[chutchings]

I know you were cutting out caffeine and when I read this, I thought it might make you think twice about cutting out tea entirely. I have only seen this newspaper article, but it might be worth tracking down the original article to see further details of the study.

[chutchings]

My pleasure entirely. I subscribe to a daily email of headlines that are generally about package good industry, but this one struck me as being more friend helpful than work helpful and worth posting.

As an avid tea drinker, I'm always happy to see good research about the benefits of tea.