Bottled green tea is bad??

TiFFz87 · January 2014

Hey guys, question! So I ditched the soda's for a few months now and switched over to bottled Green Tea. The Citrus kind by Lipton. Well this morning I had Cheerwine for breakfast, I know, I feel so extremely guilty now

But I noticed there's the same amount of calories in Cheerwine as there is in Green Tea! 100! WHAT?! I'm so confused, I thought Green Tea was better than soda and have wasted so many months drinkin this stuff! There's 27g of sugars in GT and 28g in CW. Smh I've gotta start paying more attention to labels. What green tea am I supposed to be drinking? I don't like water and I especially don't like plain hot tea. What do i do.....?

Rocbola · January 2014

If you are only caring about calories, and not health, than maybe the soda is on the same level as the green tea. The green tea should be less acidic than the soda, but green tea is something that is really easy to make at home. A fresh preparation is going to be a lot better than a bottled tea.

extraordinary_machine · January 2014

Green tea is good for you...it's the added sugar that Lipton puts in it that adds the calories. Make your own green tea and add less sugar, stevia, etc.

ValerieMartini2Olives · January 2014

Look at the ingredients. Does it say TEA? Maybe tea and sugar? Then it is relatively healthy. May have a lot of sugar though.
Do the ingredients have oodles of other stuff that is not tea or sugar? Then it is liquid candy. Lipton Brisk in a can is nothing more than liquid sugar.
Make your own tea. It is easy, cheaper and you know exactly what is in it

darrensurrey · January 2014

I only drink green tea made with teabags. GT shouldn't be served with sugar or milk. That's like putting beef in coffee to me.

smelius22 · January 2014

Mmmm I love green tea! I get a 44oz one every morning from a tea shop in my town.

If you don't have a "tea bar" type store in your area, you can make it at home and it tastes just the same.

I buy Lipton green tea bags and brew my own and don't add anything. Zero cals and cheap!

ETA: if you buy the bags you can also drink it hot instead of coffee in the mornings. I love doing that when it's cold

RLeighP · January 2014

So much easier to brew your own. Make a lot at one time and pour up some in the morning, it's really just as quick, and cheaper. I make tea and pour it up in mason jars and stick in my fridge, easy to grab in the morning! Add some honey and it's still sweet but way healthier.

kaytaydeb · January 2014

If you like bottled green tea, then you might like iced green tea you make at home. In the summer, I'll put green tea bags in one my reusable cups (sometimes flavored green tea) and stick it in the fridge over night. In the morning, tea bags come out and frozen fruit goes in. The fruit acts as ice cubes and adds flavor. If I don't have frozen fruit, then some times I'll add some of the liquid drink mixes (no sugar, no calories). My favorite is the mango crystal light one with mango green tea.

CathieRochester · January 2014

I make sun tea in a 32 oz. mason jar and ice it down during the day. Add a little sweetner. The best is earl-grey.

tomomatic · January 2014

Some of the benefits from Green Tea are not present in the bottled version.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/187939-facts-on-lipton-green-tea-in-bottles/

Everything in moderation.

fbmandy55 · January 2014

Nothing is bad. Have a 100 calorie tea everyday if it fits in your calorie goal...

Every drink has calories except water and diet soda.

melaniecheeks · January 2014

Have you been logging it all this time and never noticed the calories?

Mangopickle · January 2014

Hint , green tea shouldn't have food dye. Basically anything with FD&C food dye in it probably isn't real food.

bcattoes · January 2014

It's the sugar in both soda and the green tea that contains the calories. If you want to lower the calories, you need to get the diet tea. Or brew your own at home without sweetener.

Bottled green tea is healthy if it's brewed. If it's made from a powder it will not have the same antioxidant level as if it’s brewed. It’s the antioxidants that make green tea healthy.

bcattoes · January 2014

Hint , green tea shouldn't have food dye. Basically anything with FD&C food dye in it probably isn't real food.

Food dye does not magically change food into something other than food. It just makes it more cosmetically appealing.

rahlpn · January 2014

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.

OperationSkinty · January 2014

I am not too big on hot tea either but I do like iced tea. I usually drink Bigelow mint green tea. I let it steep for a few minutes then poor it over ice with a packet of splenda. It's refreshing and tastes better than just plain green tea.

zapinkleopard · January 2014

Read your labels and probably see if you can find a diet green tea. I buy diet green tea and it has zero calories.

RockinTerri · January 2014

I haven't had any in awhile, but I used to get an Arizona Diet Green Tea with Ginseng. No calories, and while there were some artificial sweeteners, it didn't taste syrup sweet.

TheSlorax · January 2014

drink whatever you like as long as it fits into your day and under your calories. to that end, don't label foods as "good" or "bad", "healthy" or "unhealthy". simple.

also, unless you have a medical condition that requires you to limit your sugar intake, don't worry about it.

I recommend reading this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

jonnythan · January 2014

If you are only caring about calories, and not health, than maybe the soda is on the same level as the green tea. The green tea should be less acidic than the soda, but green tea is something that is really easy to make at home. A fresh preparation is going to be a lot better than a bottled tea.

And neither are even remotely as acidic as your stomach contents.

Green tea and soda are health-wise virtually identical.

judychicken · January 2014

I make my own green tea everyday for iced tea all flavors green tea with stevia no calories.

TiFFz87 · January 2014

Thanks for all the good answers you guys! I don't feel as bad about it anymore and my plan is to just make my own green tea from this day forward! haha. Thanks again!

lovenhatelife · January 2014

Sometimes I buy bottle green tea, but I only ever get the diet green tea since it has 0 calories and it tastes the same as the reg green tea. However due to the cold winter months, I started to buy green tea bags and been drinking hot green tea. I cant remember the last time I had soda. Once summer comes, I'll continue to make green tea from the bags. I find it to be more cost effective, especially buying the green tea bags in bulk at Sams club.

bcattoes · January 2014

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.

jonnythan · January 2014

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.

bcattoes · January 2014

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

disasterman · January 2014

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.

jonnythan · January 2014

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.

bcattoes · January 2014

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.

extra_medium · January 2014

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.

Bottled green tea is bad??

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