BONY M DRINKS GREEN TEA!

This just in! Got an update on our beloved Green Tea and what ELSE it can do for you. In a recent study our sometimes mouldy tasting, but better with honey fave hot drink, may be able to prevent OSTEOPOROSIS! It'll give you a BONER! Nah, nah...just seeing if you're paying attention.
Seriously though, this is pretty exciting stuff! Here's a snippet from the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry:
Now a new study (8) has found that green tea , specifically the antioxidants in green tea called catechins , may help bone health. In the study, researchers exposed rat cells to green tea catechins in concentrations ranging from 0 to 20 micromoles for 6 days. They measured the activity of an enzyme called ALP, which is a measure of bone-making cells called osteoblasts (9). After 6 days, the researchers found ALP activity to “significantly increase” by 39% at 10 micromoles and nearly 79% at 20 micromoles, compared to the control cells.

The researchers also found that not only did the green tea catechins increase activity of the bone-making osteoblast cells, but also decreased activity of the cells that break down bone called osteoclasts whose activity “is one of the major causes of [bone breakdown] and osteoporosis (10). Specifically there was a nearly 40% decrease in osteoclast function at both the 10 and 20 micromole concentrations. Finally, there were no adverse effects in cell function seen at the highest concentration of 20 micromoles, demonstrating the safety of green tea supplementation.

What the heck is a MICROMOLE......???? Rodent family? Distant cousin to said feeble rats mayhap? I jest. This is very encouraging. Go get some Green Tea peeps! And while I'm on this soapbox...could ya buy ORGANIC please? I'm no zealot when it comes to the organic stuff, but if we're talking Green Tea.....just get Organic and trust me.

Smell ya later.