What are the benefits of drinking tea at a normal level? Now it can be any tea from kalamine to herbal tea.
After a long time of drinking tea at a normal level, you have a lower chance of osteoperosis.
That was a news story a couple of months back - I think that they studied green tea drinkers, though.
You will also have fewer coffee-related problems. Tea is not as bad for you as coffee.
Since this is MPSIMS, I don’t feel the need to back that statement up.
any benefits for teeth?
Here’s something fairly recent:
As far as I know there haven’t been any studies showing significant health benefits for herbal teas.
Moderator’s Notes: This question is more properly suited for our GQ forum - probably.
what is a ‘normal level’?
you’know, normal consumption.
IIRC tea contains a high level of anti oxidants (Sp?). Higher in green tea, but still significant in black.
Anti-oxidants are good things aren’t they?
I drink lots of tea. Love the stuff.
Made properly of course - no sugar, BOILING water, and leaft to brew for 1 or 2 minutes.
/me sings…
o/" It’s a very good english custom, though the weather be cold or hot, if you’re feeling dreary, a cup will make you cheery, and it always hits the spot…"\o
eww I hate sugar in my tea…
Tea has a chemical which opens up the bronchial tubes and improves breathing, it also has a constituent which enhances learning. It contains flouride, but also stains the teeth. I read that Mao Tse Tung used green tea to rinse out his mouth. The subject of herbal teas is too vast to cover - if you specify an ailment, people could recommend a blend.
A bronchidilator, you mean? Are you referring to plain ol’ caffeine?
No, I mean theophyline. (sp)
Hey! Theophylline is the name of the drug that I give to my ancient one remaining pug, and it effectively keeps her chronic bronchitis in check. However, before reading this thread, I didn’t know it came from tea.
Just in case your asking in Boots or somewhere I think that should have been camomile not kalamine (calamine lotion is that pink stuff your mum put on your chicken pox).
I don’t think there are likely to be any benefits for teeth (over and above the trivial amounts of calcium you’d get from the milk). On the contrary, both tea and coffee lead to a slight staining of teeth and the tannin will etch the enamel a little, although probably not enough to lose sleep over.
Here’s a site for South African rooibos tea, which you can get in supermarkets in the UK now. It claims some health benefits over “normal” tea, and tastes quite similar in my experience.