How many of you drink soda? Okay, a lot of us do. Now, how many of you drink a cola or a diet cola? Have you ever thought about soda and osteoporosis?

Me neither. My soda of choice is cola. I’ve been trying to cut back on soda for years, because of the calories and sugar, but I just came across some research that has me convinced that I need to really watch my cola consumption…

It turns out that researchers were curious about whether soda intake was linked to osteoporosis. They studied over a thousand woman and a thousand men, and compared how much soda they drank to their bone mineral densities in their hips.

They found that women that drank cola or diet cola had significantly lower bone mineral densities. Men who drank cola didn’t show this effect, and other sodas didn’t seem to have this effect.

So I’m thinking that at the very least I shouldn’t take my calcium supplement with my cola? 😉

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