A study from Australia measured the relationship of tea consumption to hip bone density in elderly women. The tea drinkers had slightly better bone density, measured over 5 years, than the non-tea drinkers. The abstract does not mention whether the tea was drunk plain, or with milk. Anyone from Australia care to comment on what would be usual ? In the UK it would be reasonable to assume the tea would be black, and drunk with milk. In the US the default is no milk.
"Tea drinking is associated with benefits on bone density in older women" - abstract from a research paper by the University of Western Australia, and others, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Access to the full article requires a subscription.
abstract Vol. 86, No. 4, 1243-1247, October 2007