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                       Tea, fluoride and brittle bones

I came across this video with the clickbait title of “How Much Tea Can You
Drink Before Your Bones Crumble [1]” and I got worried. I drink quite a bit
of tea, and now I find out it can cause brittle bones? But having watched the
video, the person in question was a lady who drank 150 cups of tea a day (or
rather—every day she brewed a gallon of water with 150 tea bags and drank
that) who ended up with skeletal fluorosis [2], caused by an excess of
fluourine accumulating in the body.

It wasn't the fluourine in the water that caused the issue (and the video
goes into the history of fluoridation—it does prevent tooth decay), but that
and an excessive amount of flourine in tea caused the condition. It seems
that tea is one of the few plants that will suck up flourine and concentrate
it.

But I don't think I have too much to worry about as I don't drink anywhere
near 150 cups of tea per day.

At least I hope …

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiHTtjWIt8E
[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/skeletal-fluorosis

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