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Shots of tequila aren't just good for kicking the party up a notch.New research suggests tequila can also help boost bone health. Scientists in Mexico have discovered a substance in the tequila plant that helps boost the absorption of calcium.
The blue variety of the Agave tequilana plant also helps improve magnesium absorption - both are essential compounds for healthy bones.
"The consumption of fructans contained in the agave [plant],in collaboration with adequate intestinal micriobiota, promotes the formation of new bone, even with the presence of osteoporosis," said Dr. Mercedes Lopez of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Mexico in a Science Daily report.
Now I'm beginning to wonder if drinking a bottle of Patron a day is better than drinking a glass of milk a day. If it is then I'm good.
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Topic - Drink up!... - kootenay 12:16:01 05/08/17 (12)
- Watch your brain cells die... I partake maybe once or twice a year, one beer. Whoopie!! - 3+4=5 09:21:07 05/09/17 (0)
- I vaguely remember a tequila party in college - Barry 18:51:56 05/08/17 (4)
- RE: I vaguely remember a tequila party in college - Sondek 20:59:34 05/08/17 (1)
- Oh, to be young, naive, and possess a good liver! - FenderLover 07:16:30 05/09/17 (0)
- El Toro, possibly? - Alpha Al 20:22:40 05/08/17 (0)
- I got into tequila... - kootenay 19:11:15 05/08/17 (0)
- Wonder no more (?). - Tweaker456 15:35:47 05/08/17 (0)
- I need to go to the liquor store - G Squared 14:02:45 05/08/17 (0)
- RE: Drink up!... - Inmate51 13:37:21 05/08/17 (0)
- That ever other day margarita will now become an everday thing. Last broke bone 34 years ago - Road Warrior 12:46:26 05/08/17 (0)
- there was one I had that had red sea salt I think - bullethead 12:45:19 05/08/17 (1)
- If you don't have problems drinking with worms... - kootenay 13:28:16 05/08/17 (0)