Thread: Want to get the health benefits of Tea - don't add milk

Researchers from the Charité Hospital, Berlin have found that the beneficial effects of tea are greatly reduced upon adding milk.

It appears that proteins in milk bind to some of the substances present in tea, leading to a vast reduction of their beneficial effects.

The researchers asked healthy women volunteers to drink either freshly brewed 500 ml of black tea, black tea with (skimmed) milk, or boiled water as control.

They found that while drinking tea (without milk) significantly increased the ability of the artery to relax and expand to accommodate increased blood flow compared with drinking water, the addition of milk completely prevents the biological effect.

The Chinese tea is of two varieties: green tea and oolong, which is prepared by mild fermentation of green tea.
The rest of the world uses black tea.
We in India mainly use the three-part process called CTC (curl, twist and cure). Fermentation modifies the catechins and offers a slightly acidic and pungent flavour.

Source: January 7, 2007 issue of the European Heart Journal

Don't know about medical stuff.. But tea without milk is waste for me... Black tea is good say "Once in a blue moon" , but not everyday...

thanks for the post panch, i just have 2 cups of tea a day, one with milk n one without.

anybody who has drank the real Darjeeling tea (always taken without milk) knows what goes wrong when u add milk to tea.
I prefer it even without sugar. just brewed in hot hater, brewed not boiled.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

I prefer it even without sugar. just brewed in hot hater, brewed not boiled.

Definitely not my drink...

some people say that tea is bad for health..but after reading this post i gonna drink tea 2 times a day

i drank tea five times a day before i was taken to the hospital..

usually now i drink very mild manjushree tea with lemon in it( told by my doc for my parencyma)

i think tea is good for health. thats all what the localite use when someone gets in fever, and usually the tea makes them feel better.

I like lemon tea, hav it occasionally...

Wagh Bakhri brand tea is the best unk:

-F

Drinking tea gives me gas ! Any solution to this, please ? (I prepare tea with water, only a small amount of milk, and of course tea, BB Red Label)
Drinking coffee everyday gives acidity ! So, I am in a bind, can't take tea or coffee everyday ! Can't do without it either, 'cause I need something to wake me up !

tea+milk+sugar = gas
u need to drop either milk or sugar.
and try Green label for a change.

Originally Posted by pshrinivasan

Drinking tea gives me gas ! Any solution to this, please ? (I prepare tea with water, only a small amount of milk, and of course tea, BB Red Label)
Drinking coffee everyday gives acidity ! So, I am in a bind, can't take tea or coffee everyday ! Can't do without it either, 'cause I need something to wake me up !

How about an alarm clock??????

-F

Originally Posted by panchabhut

tea+milk+sugar = gas
u need to drop either milk or sugar.
and try Green label for a change.

Thank you, I will try Green Label and without milk. I can't do without sugar, it would taste like medicine !

The main advantage of tea lies in the fact that it is a completely natural product, without any added flavorings, colors or preservatives.Tea contains high levels of antioxidants, some of which are called polyphenols, flavonoids, and catechins, and all of which take on the “free radicals” in the body and prevent them from harming the healthy cells on board.Green tea is famous for its calming effect on both body and mind. studies have shown that this calming effect is caused by the L- Theanine amino acid found in the leaves of green tea.