Common sense of drinking Coffee moderate consumption of Coffee will not cause Osteoporosis

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I like coffee a lot. I drink at least one cup a day, sometimes two cups a day. I heard that drinking coffee has diuretic effect, drink every day, then a long time can lead to osteoporosis, is it so? I would like to ask what I need to pay attention to in the diet?

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The reporter consulted Yan Shigui, an orthopedic expert from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Medical University, and Zhang Weifeng, a senior public nutritionist and professional qualification training teacher for nutritionists from Guanglian College. Their views were basically the same-

As long as you don't drink too much coffee, it generally won't have much impact on bone density, because the incidence of osteoporosis is related to individual factors, eating habits, living habits and other factors; but for older people and people with insufficient bone density, it is recommended to drink less or not drink coffee.

In fact, the medical community has some controversy over this issue. In foreign countries, a large number of clinical studies have been done on the relationship between coffee drinking and bone mineral density, but the conclusions are not uniform. Caffeine in coffee does have a diuretic effect, which increases the excretion of calcium in the urine and promotes the secretion of calcium in the small intestine. The effect is proportional to the intake of caffeine. However, if it is only a small cup a day, and the diet structure is more reasonable, the nutritional status is better, pay attention to supplementing calcium from other foods, and the sun and exercise are sufficient, then it can be considered that the impact on bone density is not significant. But if you drink three or four cups of coffee a day, it may still have an impact on bone density.

If this reader is worried that his coffee habit will affect his bone density, he can take more dairy products, beans or calcium tablets in his daily life, get more sun exposure, and do moderate strength exercises to increase his bone density.