Tea And Health: Since Lynnee Was Asking...
Check out this site: Tea-4-Health
A UK site. Figures. :P
Health Facts
- Approximately 40% of the nation’s fluid intake today will be tea (referring to UK kua).
- Tea without milk has no calories. Using semi-skimmed milk adds around 13 calories per cup, but you also benefit from valuable minerals and calcium.
- Tea with milk provides 16% of daily calcium requirement in 4 cups. Tea contains some zinc and folic acid.
- Tea with milk contains Vitamin B6, Riboflavin B2 and Thiamin B1.
- Tea is a rich source of minerals manganese, essential for bone growth and body development, and potassium, vital for maintaining body fluid levels.
- The average cup of tea contains less than half the level of caffeine than coffee. One cup contains only 50mg per 190ml cup.
- Tea is a natural source of fluoride and delivers 45% of your daily requirement if you take 3/4 cups per day.
- Only 11% of UK water supply has fluoride added.
- Green and black teas are from the same plant, Camelia sinensis, and contain similar amounts of antioxidants and caffeine.
A UK site. Figures. :P
Health Facts
- Approximately 40% of the nation’s fluid intake today will be tea (referring to UK kua).
- Tea without milk has no calories. Using semi-skimmed milk adds around 13 calories per cup, but you also benefit from valuable minerals and calcium.
- Tea with milk provides 16% of daily calcium requirement in 4 cups. Tea contains some zinc and folic acid.
- Tea with milk contains Vitamin B6, Riboflavin B2 and Thiamin B1.
- Tea is a rich source of minerals manganese, essential for bone growth and body development, and potassium, vital for maintaining body fluid levels.
- The average cup of tea contains less than half the level of caffeine than coffee. One cup contains only 50mg per 190ml cup.
- Tea is a natural source of fluoride and delivers 45% of your daily requirement if you take 3/4 cups per day.
- Only 11% of UK water supply has fluoride added.
- Green and black teas are from the same plant, Camelia sinensis, and contain similar amounts of antioxidants and caffeine.
2 Comments:
Yup!
urm if I recall correctly, Fluoride is not the main thing that cleans the teeth, but it acts as an anti-agent to counter the effects of acid. PH level and all that crap.
Ooo, thanx! Can I link you too?
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