A Taiwanese survey has found that drinking tea helps prevent osteoporosis in elderly women. The National Cheng Kung University Hospital surveyed 368 women above the age of 65 to try to find out if their lifestyle had an impact on their bone density.
Out of the 368 women, whose average age was 74, 60 women had the habit of drinking tea while 308 women seldom drank tea, Dr Chang Yin-fan, one of the five doctors who conducted the survey, told the German Press Agency dpa.
Among those who drank tea, 28 women (46.7 per cent) had osteoporosis compared to 195 (63.3 per cent) of the non-tea drinkers, he said. The study corroborates findings by Chinese and Western scientists that drinking green tea is good for health and helps prevent many illnesses.
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