Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Tea Drinking May Help Preserve Hip Structure in Elderly Women

Better hip structure, well who doesn't need that? The news, however, on an in-depth read is all about bone density and not about shapely. Oh well, this is good news nevertheless.

Australian researchers checked out aging Aussie hips in tea drinkers compared with their tealess peers. Over 4 years of analysis, those who took tea topped the teatotalers with respect to bone mineralization, losing a mere 1.6% of their hip density compared to 4.0% lost by the non-tea group.

I just bought a box of green tea powder from some hyped up tea-selling teenager at Park Meadows Mall. It's sort of disgusting, but if it helps me hang onto my hips, I'll choke it down.

3 comments:

Ruth said...

I saved this article as I am a real "tea granny" and have at least 2 pots a day. Green tea powder!? ughh! Go for the real thing. I must admit, when I travel to the USA I take my own kettle, tea and water as it is hard to get good hot tea across the border. ;-)

Mauigirl said...

I keep hearing more and more about the benefits of green tea. Also regular black tea - but only if you drink it without milk, which somehow dilutes its effects.

After I had my oral cancer 2-1/2 years ago I loaded up on green tea but I still can't manage to drink the requisite number of cups a day to do any good. But I haven't bought green tea extract or powder because I'm not sure but what, for oral cancer prevention, it isn't partly the actual contact of the tea with the mouth that might be the agent of prevention rather than the systemic effects. I should just make more of an effort I guess...

Why can't coffee be the thing that is good for you? I drink lots of that! (I have heard of a number of benefits for coffee as well but not in the area of cancer prevention).

Smalltown RN said...

Did the tea drinkers use milk in their tea? Just a thought...calcium...and what is with the green tea....and bone density...guess I better go do me some reading....