{"id":1446,"date":"2010-02-09T07:36:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T12:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicholsclan.com\/tinblog\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2010-02-08T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T03:11:12","slug":"bones-of-iron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/2010\/02\/bones-of-iron.html","title":{"rendered":"Bones of Iron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espnsportsnetwork.net\/IMAGES\/beer-glass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Beer Glass\" src=\"http:\/\/www.espnsportsnetwork.net\/IMAGES\/beer-glass.jpg\" alt=\"Beer Glass\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a>It <a title=\"Beer prevents weak bones\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/lifeandstyle\/2010\/feb\/08\/drinking-beer-prevent-weak-bones\" target=\"_self\">turns out<\/a> that beer is a rich source of silicon, which in turn helps to keep your bones strong.\u00a0 But wait!\u00a0 You can&#8217;t just be out drinking any old beer.\u00a0 Wheat beers and light beers made from corn grains are not so helpful.\u00a0 It needs to be beer loaded with malted barley and hops.\u00a0 Yum.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Claire Bowring, from the National Osteoporosis Society, said: &#8220;These  findings mirror results from previous studies which concluded that  moderate alcohol consumption could be beneficial  to bones.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Catherine Collins, a dietitian at St George&#8217;s Healthcare NHS Trust in  London, tried to take the wind out of the sails by noting, &#8220;Silica may well contribute to bone health but in a minor way.\u00a0 It  is not really significant compared with nutrients that we know are  essential for bone health&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But personally, I&#8217;m taking no chances.\u00a0 I working on bones of iron.\u00a0 Now if I just figure out what to do about the joints of Jello that hold them together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that beer is a rich source of silicon, which in turn helps to keep your bones strong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/2010\/02\/bones-of-iron.html\" title=\"Read Bones of Iron\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-justforfun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1453,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions\/1453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}