Posted by Larry Hoover on March 2, 2005, at 14:51:33
In reply to Re: I'm freaked about fluride in green tea again!!, posted by linkadge on February 28, 2005, at 19:28:10
> I'm not sure about the exact math (I will need to find the exact page. But the page indicated that recent studies suggested that common green tea bags, (Ie Tetly was in study) contained about 8-10 times the fluoride that water had. It also linked green tea intake to some sort of bone fluoridation thing, which was somewhat serious.
> Some tea companies even advertise their extremely high fluoride content as a preventitive for tooth decay.
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> I'm getting off of it, untill someone can guarentee a minimum content.
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> I know I'm paranoid, but its because I have too much copper and vanadium in my system. These metals are also found in high levels in tea.
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> LinkadgeBased on the data tealady provided, it would be safe to use green tea extracts rather than using whole leaf products, in any case.
Lar
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