Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: STUDY: Tequila -- good for bone health... Not just a pretty face (Picture: Getty) For many tequila is a bringer of joy. Coeliac Awareness Week 2017: 18 delicious gluten-free recipes you should try And according to new research it couldbe giving us something else bone health. Scientists at theCenter for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) in Mexico have identified substances in the tequila plant (yep it comes from a plant you learn something new every day)that enhance the absorption of calcium in the body. Could this be good enws for osteoporosis sufferers?(Picture: Getty) According toScience Daily a blue variety of the agave tequilana plant the one tequila is made from contains substances that are able to improve ones absorption of calcium and magnesium both of which contribute to maintaining good bone health. And thats even if you have osteoporosis a condition which weakens the bones. Now you know how to pick between tequila and Sambuca (Picture: Getty) To find this out researchers induced osteoporosis in female mice before giving them agave fructans polymers of fructose molecules found in the plant. Eight weeks later they took samples
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