New research by Australian scientists has shown that women between 70 and 85 who drink green or black tea have higher bone density in their hips than women who don't drink tea.
Tea drinkers also lost less bone density over a five year period than non tea drinkers.
The study confirmed previous research, which suggested that tea preserves hip structure in elderly women and may protect against osteoporosis, a condition that affects one in two Australian women over 60.
The results were published in the October edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The researchers from the University of Western Australia studied 275 women between the ages of 70 and 85 over five years.
The authors said that more research was needed to uncover exactly how tea drinking affected bone density.
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