If you are a tea professional, there's nothing worse than having your urologist tell you to quit drinking tea because you've been diagnosed with a kidney stone. That's what happened to me a couple of years ago.I was surprised to find tea on my doctor's list of Foods to Avoid, a list I'm sure is…
Green tea may lead to cancer treatments without hair loss
18th century tea botanical print.The good news from Penn State researchers last week is that a powerful catechin found in green tea may lead to new treatments for some cancers. The better news is that these new treatments might be accomplished without the debilitating side effects of existing chemo-therapies, such as hair loss.Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, commonly known as…
Does drinking tea produce a diuretic effect?
If you thought that drinking a gallon of water each day was the only way to keep properly hydrated, I have great news!As I've said in previous posts, tea is almost 99% water. It is an important source of fluid and can count towards your daily intake of eight cups of fluid. Now the British…