Saturday, July 17, 2021

Excess caffeine intake may be linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis

 I drink green and oolong tea, plus Darjeeling, which is very lightly fermented. You can steep these teas two to three times, but the caffeine in each steep may be similar. With six mugs of tea every morning, I could be approaching 300mg of caffeine a day. I'm near addicted to great tea, and nothing else comes close. It's the bitterness I like. 

My teeth went black the other year, though, and I thought I had developed a severe illness, as no amount of brushing would get it off. I became convinced it was on the inside, and went to my dentist all worried. She laughed and got it off with polish, but then told me off, telling me to add milk to the tea. No way, man! 

University of South Australia researchers have a bone to pick when it comes to drinking too much coffee as new research finds that excess caffeine may be linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis.


Investigating the effects of coffee on how the kidneys regulate calcium in the body, researchers found that high doses of caffeine (800 mg) consumed over a six-hour period almost doubled the amount of calcium lost in the urine.

Medical Xpress

Excess caffeine intake may be linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis

9 comments:

lastgreek said...

"Excess caffeine..."

Excess of anything may be linked...

"My teeth went black the other year, though, and I thought I had developed a severe illness, as no amount of brushing would get it off. I became convinced it was on the inside, and went to my dentist all worried. She laughed and got it off with polish, but then told me off, telling me to add milk to the tea. No way, man! "

That's just the tannins ("dye"). Nothing to worry about and easily removed by the dental hygienist. It's the main reason I add milk to coffee and teas. Try to find milk substitute that you may like, say, almond milk?

You should worry when the teeth turn orangy-yellow because that means the tooth enamel is gone and the dentin is exposed. If that happens, your teeth are basically fucked :( So easy on the acidity foods, especially those lemony teas and beverages (biggest culprits) and always wait at least 30 mins or so before brushing after a meal or beverage.

Trivia: The late Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse would take his coffee black.

Kaivey said...

I lived right near a street market once, well, for 17 years, in fact. It was a fruit and vegetable market and I would come home with loads of it because it was so cheap, but often very ripe, so I would eat it all in a few days. I thought I was doing a good thing as fruit is said to be so healthy, but my enamel is quite thin now, my dentists says. I'm very careful with brushing and use a fluoride rinse too, as my dentist advised.

lastgreek said...

Best toothpaste, as in you got nothing to lose and it may actually help, is the Sensodyne Repair and Protect containing along with fluoride “NovaMin”. The particular molecule has been around for many decades and has been used by doctors for bone regeneration. Not definitive, but still worth a try.

Ahmed Fares said...

We have three apple trees in our yard, which is great, except that I can't eat apples. The malic acid in them eats away the protective coating from the Sensodyne Repair and Protect toothpaste that I use.

A couple of years ago, I was mowing the lawn and decided to have a few apples. Big mistake. It removed the protective coating and made brushing my teeth absolute agony for about a week until the protective coating built up again.

So yes, Sensodyne toothpaste is amazing stuff.

Peter Pan said...

My parents got dentures in their thirties - a full set for my father and a partial for my mother. They never complained about dental problems again.

lastgreek said...

When life gives you apples, you make apple pie.

lastgreek said...

Dentures should be a last resort (like if you cannot afford any other option).

My mother (81) has had about a dozen dental implants in the last 15 years or so. When I took my mother for her regular check-up last year, the dentist showed me her panoramic x-ray. No bone loss whatsoever thanks to the dental implants, just like if she had her own teeth -- unlike those who have dentures.

lastgreek said...

"Bioactive Glass Nanoparticles" (Novamin). Google this, K. It's been around for decades, used for bone regeneration in wounded combat soldiers:

https://medium.com/@ravenstine/the-curious-history-of-novamin-toothpaste-620c6bef8881

As I said before, it's not definitive, but you can ask your dentist if he/she thinks it's worth a try. There are other products similar to this one where the particles are smaller and thus have a higher likelihood to penetrate the dentinal tubules and thus provide a "glass" shielding.

Trivia: In Canada and the U.S., toothpaste is highly regulated, and damn are they slow. It took them forever to ban Colgate Total (the older version) one shitty toothpaste, fluoride notwithstanding :(

Peter Pan said...

When your teeth are finished, it's time to get dentures or something more expensive, like implants. The #1 objective is to put an end to the pain.

I've had several abscessed molars and the choices are root canal or extraction. I had them extracted, and never looked back.

It's not an exaggeration to say that the #2 cause of tooth loss is lack of money. The poor in Canada/US have crooked, rotten teeth.