Cola cans could spell bone disaster

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Cola cans could spell bone disaster

 

New Delhi: Now, it could be a battle between saving

calories and breaking bones! For, apart from adding

those extra kilos, colas can also put women at risk of

developing an early osteoporosis, a ‘silent’ disease

that makes bones prone to fracture, by making them dry

and weak.

 

That’s the finding of a new study in US, which means

the cola firms now have another battle to fight after

the notorious pesticide controversy. Several states in

India had banned the soft drinks after the New

Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment had

reported excessive pesticide content in the colas sold

in India.

 

The US study suggests that consuming diet, regular and

decaffeinated cola could reduce bone density and

increase the risk of osteoporosis in women. The

National Osteoporosis Foundation in US says roughly 55

per cent of Americans, mostly women, are at risk of

developing osteoporosis.

 

Cola drinks — such as Pepsi-Cola or Coca-Cola — seem

to increase that risk, according to research published

in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

 

The Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts

University, under the US Department of Agriculture,

researched cases of 2,500 men and women who were part

of the Framingham Osteoporosis Study with the average

age of the subjects being a little less than 60.

 

The amount of cola they consumed was compared to their

bone mineral density, measurements of which were taken

from the spine and from three different spots on the

hips. The study showed that the more cola women drank,

the lower their bone mineral density fell.

 

The study also pointed out that there was no

connection between bone loss and age, menopausal

status, cigarettes, alcohol, calcium content and

vitamin D intake. Interestingly, men who drank cola

did not give the same result. Plus, other carbonated

drinks did not seem to have any link with lowered bone

density.

 

In the past, it was suggested that reduction in bone

density could be because cola replaced milk in the

diet, which would mean less calcium and hence, brittle

bones. But in this study, milk was kept a part of the

diet along with cola. But women who consumed cola had

less calcium in their diet on the whole, which could

explain the finding in the new study.

 

 

 

 

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