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MR._BELLA
MR._BELLA

I have osteoporosis. I am wondering if green tea or herbal tea is good or bad for osteoporosis.

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  • EileenH
    EileenH MR._BELLA

    Posted

    There is this:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2754215/

    and this

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728912/

    BUT, and it is a big but, that doesn't mean it is correct/reliable. It is peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in a journal - but who were the peer reviewers? If they are in the same field and believe the same thing they will be more likely to approve it. That is true for all peer-review and I know nothing about that in this case. Most of the names are Chinese - although in the second case they are based in the USA. There really are a lot of questions to be asked about work from China - sorry, but it is often true.

    I haven't read the papers in detail - the second paper suggests green tea helps avoid OP in women, less so in men. But these are meta-analyses of epidemiological studies and they rely on reporting of information by the participants - how far back can YOU remember what you drank? And there are a lot of confounders - do men smoke loads more than women and does that have an effect they ask?

    • MR._BELLA
      MR._BELLA EileenH

      Posted

      Eileen, I will read this. Thank you. I just don't want to do anything that would make my OP worse.

    • EileenH
      EileenH MR._BELLA

      Posted

      I honestly doubt the amount of tea westerners drink would make much difference! If black tea made osteoporosis worse the whole of the UK would have crumbled in a heap long ago - me included!

  • margaret22251
    margaret22251 MR._BELLA

    Posted

    Hi i drink sench green tea every day and i have middle foot osteoporosis, not noticed any difference, but i drink it because i like it.

    when my son lived in Japan he got the taste for it, and said he felt better, but of course he ate better as well.

    I think it does no harm to try different things as long as you feel well doing it. I have not read anywhere that green tea does not react to pred.

  • Vicki200252
    Vicki200252 MR._BELLA

    Posted

    I just happen to read an article that Arthritis AUSTRALIA have on their website regarding foods etc. and green tea was one of the drinks they suggested in the morning.

  • MR._BELLA
    MR._BELLA

    Posted

    That is good news, I have severe osteoarthritis. Thank you.

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