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Osteoporosis is a condition that means your bones are weak, and you’re more likely to break a bone. Since there are no symptoms, you might not know your bones are getting weaker until you break a bone! Osteoporosis affects 8 million women, yet knowledge about the disease’s most visible symptom is lacking among both patients and physicians, according to new survey findings released today at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) in San Antonio, Texas.

Drinking cola may increase risk to women’s bones. Women who drink cola may be increasing their risk for low bone mineral density linked to osteoporosis, researchers say.

A study of 2,500 people concluded that drinking the carbonated beverages was linked with low bone mineral density in three different hip sites in women, regardless of age, menopausal status, calcium and vitamin D intake and use of cigarettes or alcohol.

Similar results were seen for diet pop and less strongly for decaffeinated pop.

In men, there was no link with lower bone mineral density at the hip, and both sexes showed no link for the spine.

The report by Katherine Tucker, director of the epidemiology and dietary assessment program at Tufts University in Boston, and her colleagues, appeared in this week’s issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

“The more cola that women drank, the lower their bone mineral density,” Tucker said in a release.

“There is no concrete evidence that an occasional cola will harm the bones. However, women concerned about osteoporosis may want to steer away from frequent consumption of cola until further studies are conducted.” continue…

While nearly 80 percent of women at risk know osteoporosis is a disease that causes weak and fragile bones, less than 50 percent are aware that bone fractures from everyday activities can be a sign of osteoporosis, according to a survey of 400 women age 50 and older. Additionally, a survey of 100 primary care physicians revealed that while 97 percent consider themselves knowledgeable about osteoporosis, just 38 percent reported they “always” tell patients age 50 and older that low-trauma fractures may be a sign of the disease.

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