OT: benefits of drinking tea

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of course, it's advisable to take it with a pinch of salt. studies have shown that sodium is
good for us.

Tea's very good. Especially with a touch of milk. On the downside, tea (and coffee and chocolate)
inhibit Iron absorption and so should be avoided near a meal (or swallowing a supplement) which
you're hoping is providing you with Iron.

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Quoted message said:

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of course, it's advisable to take it with a pinch of salt. studies have shown that sodium is good
for us.

Tea's very good. Especially with a touch of milk. On the downside, tea (and coffee and chocolate)
inhibit Iron absorption and so should be avoided near a meal (or swallowing a supplement) which
you're hoping is providing you with Iron.

I think this would be a good benefit for most men as most men get too much iron from their diet. And
unlike women, they don't lose blood every month.
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isn't that because of the caffeine? if so, there are some herbal teas without caffeine.

jobs

steve common said:

Tea's very good. Especially with a touch of milk. On the downside, tea (and coffee and chocolate)
inhibit Iron absorption and so should be avoided near a meal (or swallowing a supplement) which
you're hoping is providing you with Iron.

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of course, it's advisable to take it with a pinch of salt. studies have shown that sodium is
good for us.

Personally I recommend against the consumption of sodium. It reacts too violently with water in ones
body. And all the hydrogen it gives off in the process can be quite troublesome.

Secondly, I recommend (if you need anything besides milk in your tea) sugar rather than NaCl.

Malc

Bill-always hard-Rodgers said:

Tea has no value whatsoever [...] It'll also rot your teeth faster than anything on this earth.
See that stain in the cup when you're done?

Rot your teeth? Really? Stain them for sure, but rot them?

I read something a while back that something in tea was good for counteracting the effects of sugar
or plaque, and thus reduce rotting. A quick search on google turns up several links like this one:
<http://www.atlantisherbs.com/Articles/no_cavi-teas.htm>

Malc

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Personally I recommend against the consumption of sodium. It reacts too violently with water in
ones body. And all the hydrogen it gives off in the process can be quite troublesome.

Idiot. My diet contains 5X the salt considered safe, yet my BP is perfect, and I have no health
problems relating to salt. I also don't dehydrate easily.

Bill R.

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Malcolm Ferguson said:

Quoted message said:

of course, it's advisable to take it with a pinch of salt. studies have shown that sodium is
good for us.

Personally I recommend against the consumption of sodium. It reacts too violently with water in
ones body. And all the hydrogen it gives off in the process can be quite troublesome.

I'll assume you're not trolling and ask, what dark place did you pull this tidbit about salt
reacting violently? Unless you are allergic to salt or have high blood pressure, salt in moderation
is just fine for the average bear and very necessary for running and exercise in general.

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Malcolm Ferguson said:

Personally I recommend against the consumption of sodium. It reacts too violently with water in
ones body. And all the hydrogen it gives off in the process can be quite troublesome.

i don't know about the water in one's body, but when i was i little kid, we used to do experiments
in our chemistry lab and one of the things which we would try to do is drop some sodium in water and
watch it explode.

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Secondly, I recommend (if you need anything besides milk in your tea) sugar rather than NaCl.

i drink my tea plain. no sugar, no milk, no NaCl.

jobs

Bill-always hard-Rodgers said:

Quoted message said:

Personally I recommend against the consumption of sodium. It reacts too violently with water in
ones body. And all the hydrogen it gives off in the process can be quite troublesome.

Idiot. My diet contains 5X the salt considered safe, yet my BP is perfect, and I have no health
problems relating to salt. I also don't dehydrate easily.

Bill, learn to read. He didn't say SALT, he said SODIUM. Don't you remember high school
chemistry class?

oops, I forgot you didn't pass beyond 4th grade. 8^)

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Hi, I'm new to this forum, but would like to add my bit as isn't it all about peoples thoughts,
expereinces and advice? Anyway, how does green tea come into this equation? Has plenty of flavanoids
and helps to speed up the metabalism for a period after drinking a cup. And I hate it when people
say "imagine what it does to your stomach". If you took some of the acid out of your stomach and put
it in a cup, I'm pretty sure it would desolve a lot of thing you could put in it and I wonder what
it would do to tea? Patrick.

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And I hate it when people say "imagine what it does to your stomach".

i guess these are the people that drink coke and pepsi instead of tea? tell them to pull out a tooth
and put it in a glass of coke/pepsi and watch it dissolve.