Studies in recent years have shown that binge drinking can decrease bone mass and bone strength, and increase your risk of osteoporosis.
Now researchers have found a possible mechanism -- alcohol disturbs genes necessary for maintaining healthy bones.
For the study, researchers injected rats with an amount of alcohol equivalent to binge drinking for three days or to chronic alcohol abuse for four weeks. They found that alcohol affected the amounts of RNA associated with genes responsible for bone health.. RNA serves as the template for making proteins, the building blocks of bones and other tissue.