You Won't Believe What Drinking Tequila Can Do To Boost Your Health

  Drinking tequila is good for your bones, a Mexican scientist reports. Specifically, the Agave tequilana has properties that aid in the absorption of calcium and magnesium, which are essential to bone health, reports Science Daily. Dr. Mercedes López from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) in center Mexico explained, 

 "The consumption of fructans contained in the agave, in collaboration with adequate intestinal micriobiota, promotes the formation of new bone, even with the presence of osteoporosis."

Researchers induced osteoporosis in mice and gave them agave fructans over two months. Researchers "found that mice that consumed this fructans synthesized nearly 50 percent more of such protein, in addition that the diameter of their bones was higher compared with the subjects which were not supplied with derivatives of the agave."

Lopez said: "However, it is very important that people have a healthy intestinal microbiome, because only then it is possible that bacteria ferment fructans to transform them into fatty acids."

Osteoporosis affects 200 million people worldwide, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation. In people over age 50, one in every five fractures is related to Osteoporosis.