Tea

[Shadell]

Studies have linked tea to various health benefits.

People who drink more then 2 cups of green tea a day are 50% less likely to develop dementia in old age then those who drink less then 3 cups a week.

It fights cancer, boosts athletic performance, makes you think clearer, and even helps people lose weight by naturally boosting metabolism.

Most of these benefits are much stronger in green and/or white tea then in black, though tea should probably have all of those benefits.

So why do Americans drink coffee and soda?

[Mitera Nikkou]

Natural selection?

[Helel]

Oh, but tea destroys the iron in your bones. Moreso than coffee or anything else. Except Magneto, I guess.

But if you do happen to have steel for bones, the other benefits are worth it. :p

[Mitera Nikkou]

At least iron is easy to replenish. It's getting harder to find good sources of calcium (including milk).

[Shadell]

The whole thing with Calcium is a bit odd. People with high protein diets tend to have a larger incident of hip fractures. Milk and other dairy products are high in protein. Consequently they don't actually help you meet your calcium requirement anywhere near as well as other sources of Calcium do. Soy products, leafy vegetables, etc.


The green tea destroying iron study was done in relation to extracts, not the tea itself. Presumably the concentration they're dealing with is far higher then one would normally take. if drinking the tea.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 410AAGLMoP (Lists all the proposed health benefits, the first response lists the iron effect and links to a summary of the study that identified it.)

[SweetSophia]

It certainly is an appropriate subject for the room. I've grown rather fond of Tea myself although that may have originally been rooted in my interest in countries with cultures tied into tea. Now, it and juices are the only things I drink anymore. Unfortunately my drinking habits of bogging tea down with milk and/or refined sugar might counteract some of the healthiness of it.

Still, tea is a great drink, especially mint tea.

[Flannery]

So why do Americans drink coffee and soda?

We ****ing need it!

[Shadell]

We ****ing need it!

Soda wouldn't pass the government's minimum standards for health if it were in the water instead.

And coffee is an addictive drug.

[Raleigh]

Actually I drink tea practically all the time. I can't stand coffee as the smell of it alone wires me up so much I can't take it never mind drinking the stuff. I also come close to passing out if near it for too long as I am highly sensitive to smells in general and that one is too strong for me to take. Soft drinks I avoid as my kidneys can't handle them and if I drink more than about three in a day over the course of four days I wind up with a trip to the emergency room and a kidney infection.

[Flannery]

We ****ing need it!

Soda wouldn't pass the government's minimum standards for health if it were in the water instead.

And coffee is an addictive drug.

Sun-Drop is my Crack. If I have one can, I want another. I have toned down my soda intake in the past few weeks.

[Miyukicl]

by each coffee cup one cinnamon tea's cup