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“Concerns have arisen that overly generous consumption of sodium, caffeine and phosphate may be detrimental to bone, as may be low dietary intakes of potassium, especially when dietary calcium intakes are simultaneously in adequate.”
“We conclude that caffeine appears to surpass the antispasmodic effects of beta-adrenergic stimulation, at least in part, by depleting intracellular stores of Ca++.”