The Australian media SBS echoes an article published in Food Science and Nutrition, according to which tea consumption is correlated with higher Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in women, and especially in premenopausal women.
BMD is an indicator that allows you to determine the health of the bones, taking into account calcium and other minerals. It also serves to indicate osteoporosis and the risk of bone fracture.
The researchers were based on epidemiological studies around the world. From these, they detected correlations between greater BMD and tea consumption in postmenopausal women in Canada, England, Taiwan, Iran, Japan and Australia.
In the case of men, they did not detect such a clear correlation between tea consumption and a greater BMD.
Among the causes of this relationship, the researchers mentioned the flavonoids that tea contains, which in some cases mimic estrogen, a key component in good bone health whose natural production decreases during menopause.
The researchers also ruled out a relationship between tea consumption and bone fracture lesions, finding no conclusive link at the time of crossing all the collected data.
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