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Tea and Weightlifting/Weight loss Anonymous
I see a lot of people around here saying that you should cut sodas and instead drink water/milk/tea.

I can see where water and milk come in, but tea? Are you guys referring to sweet or unsweet tea? Green Tea etc...

And what is the benefit of drinking it?
>> Anonymous
Well tea is basically water, but with added natural caffeine and antioxidants. It's like water, but better. As long as you're not loading it with sugar.
>> Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_effects_of_tea_on_health
>> Anonymous
>>472244

Fresh, loose-leaf tea, no sugar.

Go here:

www.adagio.com

Go crazy.
>> Anonymous
Well, the only reason I mentioned sweet tea was because a guy I know who does competitive body building drinks a shit ton of cranberry juice, and I asked him if it was bad for him because of all the sugar in it (33g) and he said the sugar keeps his insulin levels up and increases metabolism.

So I figured the sugar in sweet tea might give the insulin boost plus the antioxidants etc.
>> Anonymous
OP here

Thanks for the link.
>> Anonymous
OP here

Thanks for the link.

and yes I do live in the south btw, so I know what your talking bout with the shit ton of sugar in our tea.
>> Anonymous
Southerner here, just dropping by to announce that sweet tea is, in fact, the shit.
>> Anonymous
Oh, no doubt that southern sweet tea is the tears of angels, but it isn't exactly amazingly good for you.
>> Anonymous
>>472264

Enjoy your diabeetus.
>> Anonymous
>>472264

As a Southern I'm going to have to agree with this statement.
>> Anonymous
!ROOIBOS TEA FAGGOTS!
>> Anonymous
>>472301

Rooibos isn't tea, it's a tisane.
>> Anonymous
>>472221
The general idea is that water is good for you, but OHMYGODIMUSTHAVEFLAVOREDEVERYTHING.
>> Anonymous
All tea leaves contain fluoride; however, mature leaves contain as much as 10 to 20 times the fluoride levels of young leaves from the same plant.[37][38][39][40][41][42] In general, the level of fluoride in tea is inversely related to the EGCG contents: the more EGCG, the less fluoride. White tea contains less fluoride than green tea and black tea, because it is made of buds and young leaves only.

The fluoride content of tea depends directly on soil and air pollution; tea plants absorbs this element at a greater rate than other plants. Care in the choice of the location where the plant is grown may reduce the risk.[43]

According to Andreas Schuld of the Canadian Parents of Fluoride Poisoned Children, tea is very high in fluoride content, much higher than the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) set for fluoride in drinking water.[44] Decaffeinated teas have an even higher fluoride content, which is thought to be due to high fluoride levels in the water used in decaffeination. According to Schuld, fluoride could reduce the anti-cancer properties of tea, or even possibly cause cancer at continued toxic levels of the mineral. For instance, Schuld references a 1998 study which found positive correlation between colon cancer and tea intake. The high fluoride content could also cause neurological and renal damage, especially in the presence of aluminum. Additionally, the high fluoride content could cause osteoporosis, arthritis, skeletal fluorosis[45] and other bone disorders.

I would never drink tea just because of that....i mean i consumer fluoride but it has a crazy amount of it in there
>> Anonymous
(cont from previous post)
http://www.fluoridealert.org/50-reasons.htm

14) When complexed with aluminum, fluoride interferes with G-proteins (Bigay 1985, 1987). Such interactions give aluminum-fluoride complexes the potential to interfere with many hormonal and some neurochemical signals (Strunecka & Patocka 1999, Li 2003).

15) Fluoride has been shown to be mutagenic, cause chromosome damage and interfere with the enzymes involved with DNA repair in a variety of cell and tissue studies (Tsutsui 1984; Caspary 1987; Kishi 1993 and Mihashi 1996). Recent studies have also found a correlation between fluoride exposure and chromosome damage in humans (Sheth 1994; Wu 1995; Meng 1997 and Joseph 2000).


don't drink tea if you really must have a flavored drink get some dextrose and some kool-aid....mix and then you have glycogen+flavor+water