Green Tea Protects Against Heart Disease

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amandarey92 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:56:01 GMT

What about the Green Tea selection on Ocha? Are those a high quality green tea? I've been learning as long as I can lately about green tea (http://www.walax.org/), but there's only so much information available online. I'm really glad I was able to find this source. Thanks guys!

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onefreespirit — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:33:12 GMT

What about the Body Ecology green tea extract? It is supposed to use a process where it retains it beneficial attributes and be fluoride free and decaf. It tastes like fresh brewed. Even though it is $19.00 for a bottle you get enough servings where it is not to badly priced and it is convenient. It used to be sold on this site and is still sold at the Body Ecology web site. I am wondering why Dr. Mercola no longer sells it.

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rickdog — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:47:06 GMT

Why was my comment critical of Dr Mercola removed? He's making claims that are contradictory. It it the policy of this website to remove any critism, and if that is so that is contradictory to a scientific approach and then this site is merely a promotional site with little substance. Here I'm saying it again:

Dr Mercola as previously posted an article on tea painting it as a deadly food, read the posting here and decide for yourself:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/24/green-tea-protects-against-heart-disease.aspx

After reading this article users posted that they have stopped drinking tea. How can such a negative portrait of tea be painted previously but now it's touted as a great thing? I'd like Dr Mercola to comment on this and for the person deleting valid but critical comments to stop it. Truth can only be revealed by serious and critical dialog.

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rickdog — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:41:09 GMT

only green tea is touted for it's health benefits. green tea is promoted this way because of efforts from japan that don't paint the whole picture and have skewed the perception of health benifits in favor of the greens. there are benefits from black teas also, some actually have more polyphenols and antioxidants than greens. i advise tea drinkers to do their own research. just as any commercial profit-driven market, propaganda shrouds the truth on teas.

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rmasi001 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:13:22 GMT

So I wrote a comment on the Cassava bars here because there was no room for comment under the ad. I showed why they are not healthy. (Sugar, Whey Protein, Soy Lecithin). My comment was removed and I was downgraded in my user status, whatever that means. What's going on? Dr M resorting to censorship?

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Julieanne — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:27:59 GMT

Doug900

Sorry, I hit the wrong sign - meant to giveyou a 'thumbs up' but gave you a 'thumbs down' by mistake. Don't know why you were given so many negative points for this message.

On the subject of tannin - I have read more than once that adding milk (to black tea) neutralises the tannin.

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Kreative Keira — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:36:07 GMT

Seeing as I live in Japan and have a traditional Japanese tea room (which are very rare nowadays) that is almost the same as Taian, which was one of the most famous of the great tea master of Rikyu, anyways, I don't really have much of a point, except that we have a tea room where there is a very ritualized and specific way of drinking matcha. Nobody here that I know drinks matcha on a daily basis. Matcha is often used in desserts, but not much for beverages. It would be insulting the very long history of the tea ceremony.

But I can't imagine drinking brown colored green tea! One time I visited my mom in the US, and her green tea was far from green, yuck! We buy green tea here about $15 for 100 grams, and the secret to enjoying high quality tea is to not add boiling hot water to it. About, I think, 70 degrees celcius is a good temperature, 90 degrees is too hot, 80 degrees is also acceptable.. Boil water, let it cool off a little then add it to the tea pot with the tea leaves, and you'll have a good cup of tea. Sometimes I also drink catechin tea here.

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TWS500 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:24:10 GMT

I have found a very good bottled iced tea - TEAS' TEA... It is of Japanese origin... The basic drink contains only purified water, tea and ascorbic acid and is unsweetened. It comes in about a dozen types or flavors like with lemongrass, or oolong, or one that I particularly like Green White - both the teas together. It is very tasty and I hope healthy. And, yes, I read the Newsmax article.....And while Newsmax is good, it is mainstream..... The Teas' Tea can be found at Whole Foods and other stores and has a very good web site which offers a huge amount of information about tea and making tea. The drink is not inexpensive but I enjoy it and when I'm drinking that, I'm not drinking something else not as healthy. I also drink Royal Matcha hot and iced green tea.

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TWS500 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:09:45 GMT

I hear, like Doug900, that white tea is better in several ways than green or black... Green has more floride than white; black more floride than green. White has more antioxidants than both and is less processed than both.

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mohammad kazemi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:06:00 GMT

Why is Doug getting Minus points White tea is good. Also he says he combines them both. Why is he getting hated on lol.

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KimCheeOma — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:02:46 GMT

In reading "The Enzyme Factor", the author, Hiromi Shinya, recommends limiting consumption to 2 cups because of the effects of too much tannin on the stomache and organic varieties. He also worked in Japan part of the year, and found that his patients there who drank large amounts of green tea over long periods of time had some serious GI issues, too.

I have been steeping 2 Bigelow organic green tee bags with fruity herbal blends for a few years, so I I think it puts me at lower risk for tannin aggravated GI issues. I used to be a daily half pot coffee drinker, but found it impossible to tolerate when I became pregnant 5 years ago, as it made me awfully nauseated. That helped me to make the switch to tea later. I have really grown quite fond of tea. I recently begun to branch out to more varieties, and am discovering some delicious white tea and herbal blends. White tea is supposed to have less tannin while rich in antioxidants.

Just bought my first rooibos blended with blueberry and tried it this morning with my usual green tea and herbal blueberry blend. I won't do that mix again, but I will try it by itself later. Maybe I will find it more enjoyable alone or with some other herbal teas. Perhaps a ginger flavor would be more complimentary, as it has a distinctively rich, bold flavor.

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Gauranga — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:21:38 GMT

Is it possible to find a high quality decaffeinated green tea?

Do the benefits still exist in decaf?

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clueless_203 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:09:12 GMT

Hello everyone. Hope you are all well.

I received an email from Newsmax this morning with a very interesting article about what could happen if you were to drink too much iced tea. I know green tea is healthy, but I just wanted to share this with those of you who enjoy regular iced tea. Here is the link:

www.newsmax.com/.../115433.html

Hope you enjoy the article. Have a great day!

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Hal — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:51 GMT

One note about oxidizing green tea...

When I used to brew tea with hot water from spiggets at work, it would turn brown in seconds.

I believe that chlorine in the water may be the cause.

Also, letting tea stand in air for a time would also turn it brown.

Hal

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DDS_203 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:51:50 GMT

It's hard enough to feel safe about food that is produced in the US never mind in a foreign country. It's all about making the biggest profit no matter where in the world you conduct business. And if you think the word "organic" means it's safe.....who's regulating tea grown in China, India or any other country? I hate to be skeptical, but after all that's part of self preservation.