Posted by RobertDavid on May 29, 2006, at 22:47:02 [reposted on May 30, 2006, at 22:18:20 | original URL]
In reply to How about a Greeen Tea question?, posted by heaven help me on May 29, 2006, at 13:07:37
> Does anyone know if Green Tea has caffeine in it? And if so, how does the amount (and type) compare to coffee? And, does green tea interfere with meds at all?
> thanks
> blessings
> maryMary:
I think green tea is a great option for those that can't tolerate the amount of caffeine that's in coffee. In addition, I have a book called "Super Foods" which names foods that are really good for you. They name 14 in particular that seem to be very good for you for various reasons. Green tea was named as one of them (and actually black tea is very good for you as well).
Studies suggest (per the book) green/black tea lowers blood pressure, helps prevent cancer and osteoporosis, lowers risk of stroke, promotes heart health, prevents sunlight damage to the skin as well as contributes to youe daily fluid needs. It's also an antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anticavity and helps prevents cataracts. They claim there is some evidence that the caffeine in tea has an antimutagenic property which is associated with an anticancer effect as well as protection from the development of Parkinsonc's disease. Appearantly the benefits of tea are less significant in decaffeinated tea. And it is suggested that consumption of higher intakes of tea (high intake of flavonoids) seem to help to in reducing the risk of developin dementia. Tea may actually help in weight loss as well by increasing energy expenditure.
As noted by a previous posted there is less caffeine in tea than coffee, roughly one third less and appearantly caffeine from tea seems to elicit fewer of caffeine's typical side effects.
So for those that like an energy boost, but perhaps can't tolerate to much caffienated coffee (me) there are many reasons to drink green or black tea. I haven't heard that there is any drug interaction with tea, perhaps someone else has some info on that. Rob
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