Drinking Mexican Tequila Could be Good for Developing Healthier Bones Mexico News Daily
go to original September 18, 2015

Drink Tequila to Stay Healthy? (IBTimesTV)

The blue agave plant from which the celebrated liquor is made is also seen as an emblem of Mexico, and now researchers at the Centre for Investigation and Advanced Study (Cinvestav) have identified certain properties within it that improve the absorption of magnesium and calcium into the bones.

As a result, those who consume the Agave tequilana Weber could benefit from a healthier bone structure. And the plant itself could be used to treat osteoporosis.

The consumption of fructose molecules contained in the agave plant, when combined with intestinal microbiotics, was found to boost the production of new bone tissue despite the presence of osteoporosis. The findings were the result of experiments carried out on laboratory mice.

...The results of the investigation should open up the possibility of new types of treatments to combat osteoporosis, a disease estimated to affect 200 million women worldwide and linked to one-fifth of fractures sustained by men over 50.

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