Cola & bone density.Drinking at least three cans of cola a week--even diet cola may lower hip bone density in women. And drinking more cola may lower bone density further. Researchers studied roughly 2,500 men and women participating in the Framingham Osteoporosis osteoporosis (ŏs'tēō'pərō`sĭs), disorder in which the normal replenishment of old bone tissue is severely disrupted, resulting in weakened bones and increased risk of fracture; osteopenia Study. After taking into account the impact of calcium, vitamin D vitamin D Any of a group of fat-soluble alcohols important in calcium metabolism in animals to form strong bones and teeth and prevent rickets and osteoporosis. It is formed by ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) of sterols (see steroid) present in the skin. , physical activity, and other factors, they found about a 4 to 5 percent lower hip bone density in women who consumed one cola a day than in those who drank less than one cola a month. Bone density wasn't linked to colas Colas is a variant of Nicolas.
This page or section lists people with the surname Colas. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that in men. And women who drank other soft drinks had no lower bone density. However, it's possible that the researchers saw no link because fewer women in the study drank non-colas. What to do: It's not clear why colas may weaken women's bones Nether the drinks' caffeine caffeine (kăfēn`), odorless, slightly bitter alkaloid found in coffee, tea, kola nuts (see cola), ilex plants (the source of the Latin American drink maté), and, in small amounts, in cocoa (see cacao). nor their phosphoric acid phosphoric acid, any one of three chemical compounds made up of phosphorus, oxygen, and hydrogen (see acids and bases). The most common, orthophosphoric acid, H3PO4, is usually simply called phosphoric acid. appeared to explain the link. But it makes sense for women to cut back on cola if they drink it frequently. Amer. J. Clin. Nutr. 84: 936, 2006. |
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