Green tea

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  • jaynizat
    jaynizat Posts: 20 Member
    It is true that you do get used to things if you stick with them for a while. It took me a while 'getting into' green tea, but now I enjoy them. I also drink them quite weak..otherwise they can be a bit bitter.
  • ise311
    ise311 Posts: 107 Member
    d_thomas02 wrote: »
    Earl grey green tea is the only green I like! Funny how people's taste differ.

    I tried once earl grey green tea, Twinnings brand. Awful. Had to throw it away after 2 gulps. I'd stick with my usual plain japanese green tea.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    cindybgood wrote: »
    Maybe try "Matcha" tea (google it)...many health benefits and one cup of Matcha has the antioxidant equivalent of 10 cups of regular green tea. Excellent boost for the metabolism. Tastes kinda yucky on it's own, but if you make it into a Matcha latte (i add almond milk and honey) it is quite delicious:)

    This is untrue
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    The hematocrit tic life institute and raw food world web sites say it can reduce toxins in the blood stream for dialysis patents. However can block absorption of iron. One to two cups a day is fine but more than four a day can be damaging to liver and cause toxicity. It is good to rotate the tea by taking a break every six weeks. It appears to have antioxidant qualities and help kidney function in moderation. Just google green tea kidney and you will get a lot of info. It also helps if you have kidney stones and oxalates in the blood to prevent formations by reducing oxalates in the blood. So yes in a term it is detoxifying!
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    The hematocrit tic life institute and raw food world web sites say it can reduce toxins in the blood stream for dialysis patents. However can block absorption of iron. One to two cups a day is fine but more than four a day can be damaging to liver and cause toxicity. It is good to rotate the tea by taking a break every six weeks. It appears to have antioxidant qualities and help kidney function in moderation. Just google green tea kidney and you will get a lot of info. It also helps if you have kidney stones and oxalates in the blood to prevent formations by reducing oxalates in the blood. So yes in a term it is detoxifying!

    Yeah, no.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    The hematocrit tic life institute and raw food world web sites say it can reduce toxins in the blood stream for dialysis patents. However can block absorption of iron. One to two cups a day is fine but more than four a day can be damaging to liver and cause toxicity. It is good to rotate the tea by taking a break every six weeks. It appears to have antioxidant qualities and help kidney function in moderation. Just google green tea kidney and you will get a lot of info. It also helps if you have kidney stones and oxalates in the blood to prevent formations by reducing oxalates in the blood. So yes in a term it is detoxifying!

    Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.
  • ClimbingZack
    ClimbingZack Posts: 35 Member
    edited January 2016
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    It has a natural diuretic effect, which people seem to mistake for some kind of detox. Detox has just kind of lost any meaning these days, hasn't it?

    Actually, green tea is hydrating; very similar to good old H20:

    "It was found that tea consumption did not produce a diuretic effect unless the amount of tea consumed at one sitting contained more than 300 mg of caffeine (equivalent to six or seven cups of tea).

    This position was confirmed by a study (Scott et al., 2004) that compared regular tea consumers with non-consumers in a crossover study of fluid balance during extreme physiological stress. Participants were members of an expedition at Mount Everest Base Camp. Even when tea was drunk at high altitude, where the risk of dehydration is considerable, there was no evidence that tea produced a diuretic effect when consumed by habitual tea drinkers."

    http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v61/n1/full/1602489a.html

  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Cholesterol issues? Here's what I think will help more than trying any kind of detox
    First, if you're overweight, losing weight will tend to help. It will particularly help with triglyceride levels and LDL levels, which will lower total cholesterol. Extremely low calorie diets have a tendency to make HDL worse, but you shouldn't be doing one without a doctor's supervision, anyway.
    Second, Exercise will help. There is more evidence for cardio in that realm over strength training, but a little bit of anything is better than a whole lot of nothing. It is particularly strong in helping raise HDL.
    Third, eliminated trans fats to any extent possible. In particular, trans fats from hydrogenated oils are clearly and strongly associated with cholesterol. Natural trans fats occurring in some cheeses and meats are mixed.
    Fourth, reduce saturated fats. The long term evidence of saturated fat in cardiovascular disease and long term cholesterol is a bit of a mixed bag, but there is clear evidence in the short term of it raising cholesterol. The biggest effect it has might be that every calorie of saturated fat is less calories from whole grains, mono unsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fats. If you regularly eat sour cream, a quick substitution is Greek yogurt, replacing saturated fats with protein.
    Fifth, oatmeal, and possibly other unprocessed whole grains with high amounts of soluble fiber. There is evidence that oatmeal binds up bile released by the digestive system, forcing the body to replace it. The key ingredient to make bile is ... cholesterol, so your body has to use it up making new bile.
    Sixth, plant stanols by eating more plants, soy in particular. Stanols are molecules in plants that work similar to cholesterol, so in humans they might trigger receptors that make your body think you have a high amount of cholesterol already, so that it doesn't need to make more.
    Seventh, for low HDL, nuts, seeds, fish, flax, and things that contain omega 3's are noted to have some effects. In some rare instances a lack of some dietary protein might be the culprit.
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,055 Member
    ise311 wrote: »
    I tried once earl grey green tea, Twinnings brand. Awful. Had to throw it away after 2 gulps. I'd stick with my usual plain japanese green tea.

    I use Bigelow's earl grey green tea. Hard to find locally for me so usually buy on-line 6 boxes at a time. o:)
  • sineadc94
    sineadc94 Posts: 26 Member
    I love green tea and I think why people find it bitter is they don't brew it correctly. It's meant to be brewed at 80 degrees Celsius (sorry not American have to convert that yourselves) but all that means is you put some cold water in the mug then the boiling and then put the tea bag/infuser in. My favourite green tea flavour at the moment is a strawberrys and cream one makes it so much easier to get more water into me throughout the day. Hope this helps!
  • jaynizat
    jaynizat Posts: 20 Member
    I've not seen a Strawberry and Cream green tea, I'll have to look out for that one, it sounds delicious.

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