Bottled green tea is bad??

rondaj05

Starbucks Tazo green tea bags that are pretty yummy. I brew about 32 oz at a time and I add 1 TBS stevia to the pitcher while it's still warm then chill it and drink. I also like the Lipton Green bottled teas mixed berry and citrus DIET. I don't drink them often but they're good to grab if I'm out and about and want something better than diet soda.

Yes! I love love love the Tazo Zen! It's kinda spearminty and so good... I was gonna mention the Lipton Diet green teas but you beat me to it.

crystalnichle

I always brew the hot tea bags then dump over ice. The ice that melts helps dilute it a bit so its not as strong and its much better than plain hot tea!

MysteriousMerlin

Green tea and soda are health-wise virtually identical.

Um, no. Green tea has antioxidants that has been shown in multiple studies to help prevent disease. Soda does not.

From what I've read, you're better off making your own. You'll get a lot more out of it than from a pre-made, bottled product.

disasterman

Green tea and soda are health-wise virtually identical.

Um, no. Green tea has antioxidants that has been shown in multiple studies to help prevent disease. Soda does not.

Brewed tea has virtually nothing whatsoever in it, and certainly not in any significant quantity.

I'd be interested if you could establish which exact antioxidant compounds you're talking about, how much of that compound is in a cup of green tea, and the purported health benefits of that quantity of the compound.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/green-tea
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/benefit_of_drinking_green_tea
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/antioxidants-in-green-and-black-tea
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12871030
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/10/3285S.full

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/83/2/355.abstract
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15223064
http://www.annalsofepidemiology.org/article/S1047-2797(00)00066-1/abstract


While there is a lot of research to be done and many unknowns, my money is on green tea != Coke when it comes to health.

I'd bet that the bottles/cans of sweetened green tea that you typically find in the store are extremely close to Coke health-wise and have very little of the beneficial antioxidants found in many of those studies.

If you drink a gallon per day it might add up to something, but I think if antioxidants are the goal there are many more effective ways to get them and still have your Coke in the meantime if you prefer it.

I'd bet you're right! But the assertion was made that green tea and soda are health-wise virtually identical. Speaking about brewed green tea, that's certainly not the case. I appreciate it when people in these discussions try to set the record straight that a lot of what people worry about is irrelevant to weight loss And there's a point to be made that there are many health claims of the faddish variety made about a lot of food that are unsupported, unlikely, or downright false. That said, these attempts often go overboard and reach into absurdity when taken to the extreme. There are qualitative differences with food that are important to some of us. There are also different substances in foods that have different effects on the human body. I realize those differences may not be important to everyone but pretending that all food is equivalent "if it fits in your macros" is just silly.

jonnythan

Green tea and soda are health-wise virtually identical.

Um, no. Green tea has antioxidants that has been shown in multiple studies to help prevent disease. Soda does not.

Brewed tea has virtually nothing whatsoever in it, and certainly not in any significant quantity.

I'd be interested if you could establish which exact antioxidant compounds you're talking about, how much of that compound is in a cup of green tea, and the purported health benefits of that quantity of the compound.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/green-tea
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/benefit_of_drinking_green_tea
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/antioxidants-in-green-and-black-tea
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12871030
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/10/3285S.full

I can see you made no attempt to answer my actual questions.

If you can read, you can find the answers.

None of these links actually answer the questions.

Please reread the questions. Answer them if you can.

Spoiler: you can't.

disasterman

Green tea and soda are health-wise virtually identical.

Um, no. Green tea has antioxidants that has been shown in multiple studies to help prevent disease. Soda does not.

Brewed tea has virtually nothing whatsoever in it, and certainly not in any significant quantity.

I'd be interested if you could establish which exact antioxidant compounds you're talking about, how much of that compound is in a cup of green tea, and the purported health benefits of that quantity of the compound.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/green-tea
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/benefit_of_drinking_green_tea
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/antioxidants-in-green-and-black-tea
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12871030
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/10/3285S.full

I can see you made no attempt to answer my actual questions.

If you can read, you can find the answers.

None of these links actually answer the questions.

Please reread the questions. Answer them if you can.

Spoiler: you can't.

I just skimmed the last link she provided and got answers to all of those questions. If you really wanted to know you'd do the same.

Spoiler: You don't. You just want to argue.

bcattoes

Green tea and soda are health-wise virtually identical.

Um, no. Green tea has antioxidants that has been shown in multiple studies to help prevent disease. Soda does not.

Brewed tea has virtually nothing whatsoever in it, and certainly not in any significant quantity.

I'd be interested if you could establish which exact antioxidant compounds you're talking about, how much of that compound is in a cup of green tea, and the purported health benefits of that quantity of the compound.

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/green-tea
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/benefit_of_drinking_green_tea
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/antioxidants-in-green-and-black-tea
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12871030
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/133/10/3285S.full

I can see you made no attempt to answer my actual questions.

If you can read, you can find the answers.

None of these links actually answer the questions.

Please reread the questions. Answer them if you can.

Spoiler: you can't.

I just skimmed the last link she provided and got answers to all of those questions. If you really wanted to know you'd do the same.

Spoiler: You don't. You just want to argue.

Even if it didn't provide the exact quantities of anything, it proved wrong the statements that soda and green tea are "are health-wise virtually identical" (unless someone can prove that statement by providing links to similar health benefits from drinking soda) and that "Brewed tea has virtually nothing whatsoever in it, and certainly not in any significant quantity". Enough to provide health benefits is significant.