Sorry to be a Debbie Downer on coffee. Moderation is great but too much (and who knows how too much ever is?) can hurt bone health. I do know that soda pop is harmful to bones as it zaps the calcium out but too much coffee can as well. I am of a "certain age" where this is a BIG deal as once we have bone loss, and at an age where fractur…
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer on coffee. Moderation is great but too much (and who knows how too much ever is?) can hurt bone health. I do know that soda pop is harmful to bones as it zaps the calcium out but too much coffee can as well. I am of a "certain age" where this is a BIG deal as once we have bone loss, and at an age where fractures are more likely to occur, healing is more difficult. I take a pill called Boniva to stave off bone loss. Sorry for the lecture but I spend a lot of time on-line trying to circumvent as much as possible the aging process, especially the damaging stuff. P.S. Christie Brinkley has had "work." I know this. She has admitted as much. Not saying she does not live a healthy lifestyle and has a good attitude and good genes, just that she has had some work. In that article on her yesterday, it said she "dabbled" in plastic surgery or something akin to that. I would like a definition of "dabbled." This is not sour grapes on my part. I like how I look or at least have accepted my looks.
A few decades ago, there was an article on Jane Fonda. She was 63 at the time and looked great of course. Next to her was a picture of Irene Ryan (Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies at age 63). Irene had her natural gray hair and probably no make-up on. Very startling to see images of two women at the same age, one aging without help and the other aging with help. I know this sounds snarky and is not becoming for the classy posts that Understandably is known for but JUST ONCE, I would like Christy Brinkley to cut her hair short, get a nice matronly perm, let it go gray (she is gray no doubt) and no makeup and let the Botox out of her system. A lot of pressure would be taken off of us if we did not have pressure like this on some of us.
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer on coffee. Moderation is great but too much (and who knows how too much ever is?) can hurt bone health. I do know that soda pop is harmful to bones as it zaps the calcium out but too much coffee can as well. I am of a "certain age" where this is a BIG deal as once we have bone loss, and at an age where fractures are more likely to occur, healing is more difficult. I take a pill called Boniva to stave off bone loss. Sorry for the lecture but I spend a lot of time on-line trying to circumvent as much as possible the aging process, especially the damaging stuff. P.S. Christie Brinkley has had "work." I know this. She has admitted as much. Not saying she does not live a healthy lifestyle and has a good attitude and good genes, just that she has had some work. In that article on her yesterday, it said she "dabbled" in plastic surgery or something akin to that. I would like a definition of "dabbled." This is not sour grapes on my part. I like how I look or at least have accepted my looks.
A few decades ago, there was an article on Jane Fonda. She was 63 at the time and looked great of course. Next to her was a picture of Irene Ryan (Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies at age 63). Irene had her natural gray hair and probably no make-up on. Very startling to see images of two women at the same age, one aging without help and the other aging with help. I know this sounds snarky and is not becoming for the classy posts that Understandably is known for but JUST ONCE, I would like Christy Brinkley to cut her hair short, get a nice matronly perm, let it go gray (she is gray no doubt) and no makeup and let the Botox out of her system. A lot of pressure would be taken off of us if we did not have pressure like this on some of us.