Thursday, September 18, 2008
How cola effects girls who play sports
Girls, have you ever broken any bones? Do you play a lot of sports? Well, a study done by Grace Wyshak, a Harvard biostatician, shows that girls who drink a lot of soda and play a lot of sports are more likely to fracture bones. The study done with 9th and 10th grade girls showed that girls who drank cola had bones that fractured 5 times as often as girls who didn't drink cola. For some reason, other drinks that are carbonated had less of an impact than the cola did. The results of this also share that the girls will probably have bone problems when they are older because if the bones are being effected at such a young age, then it will hurt them later on in life. A study has not yet been done with boys, but they say that they need to watch them closely too. http://discovermagazine.com/2000/nov/breakpop
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This is really interesting. I had never heard of cola having an effect on bones. Cola is being related to various diseases and now bone growth too. Makes you think more about getting cola next time you're thirsty.
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