Comments on: Bad news for tea drinkers http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers Medicine for the 21st century Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CCKP Diet – Rapid Fat Loss – A Real World Perspective http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers#comment-11450 CCKP Diet – Rapid Fat Loss – A Real World Perspective Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:20:46 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=27#comment-11450 [...] Tea – Not sure on this as I don’t drink it but it seems pretty harmless when taken black, but recent reports suggest it might have negative health impacts. [...] [...] Tea – Not sure on this as I don’t drink it but it seems pretty harmless when taken black, but recent reports suggest it might have negative health impacts. [...]

]]> By: Alina http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers#comment-2097 Alina Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:34:37 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=27#comment-2097 Thank you for your response. So what you are saying is that as long as we drink 2 or 3 cups a day then it is not a problem. Just curious, is the high fluoride content in tea due to how it is farmed (pesticides, fungicides etc.), geographic location maybe? Would organic tea be high in fluoride as well? Are certain types of tea higher in fluoride compared to other teas? Is roiboos high in fluoride as well? It is not technically a tea, is it? A little off topic but does tea stain teeth badly? Which tea(s) would be the worst offenders? Would drinking through a glass straw help? I know that it is many questions but you are so knowledgeable so I take “advantage” of you (LOL). Thank you in advance. Thank you for your response.
So what you are saying is that as long as we drink 2 or 3 cups a day then it is not a problem.
Just curious, is the high fluoride content in tea due to how it is farmed (pesticides, fungicides etc.), geographic location maybe? Would organic tea be high in fluoride as well?
Are certain types of tea higher in fluoride compared to other teas? Is roiboos high in fluoride as well? It is not technically a tea, is it?
A little off topic but does tea stain teeth badly? Which tea(s) would be the worst offenders? Would drinking through a glass straw help?
I know that it is many questions but you are so knowledgeable so I take “advantage” of you (LOL).
Thank you in advance.

]]> By: Chris Kresser http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers#comment-2083 Chris Kresser Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:50:35 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=27#comment-2083 <p>I don't really know the answer to your question.  I still drink 2-3 cups of tea (twig, roiboos, mint, etc.) per day myself, and I'm not too worried about it.</p> I don’t really know the answer to your question.  I still drink 2-3 cups of tea (twig, roiboos, mint, etc.) per day myself, and I’m not too worried about it.

]]> By: Alina http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers#comment-2082 Alina Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:14:12 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=27#comment-2082 Hi Chris, It is such a pity because tea, especially green one, is supposed to be good for you and I really enjoy different kinds of tea. What would you consider as “large quantity of tea”? Does it matter from which part of the world the tea comes from? Are all teas bad? What about roiboos?   Thank you Hi Chris,
It is such a pity because tea, especially green one, is supposed to be good for you and I really enjoy different kinds of tea. What would you consider as “large quantity of tea”?
Does it matter from which part of the world the tea comes from? Are all teas bad? What about roiboos?
 
Thank you

]]> By: mart http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers#comment-1349 mart Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:14:21 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=27#comment-1349 I'm sorry, but in the first few minutes of this video my alarm bells went off. "DDT Science!" in the intro voice-over as a criticism? The same DDT that since Rachel Carson got it banned has been sorely missed by the tens of millions of victims of malaria all over the world, but mostly in Africa. Also Ralph Nader as his go-to guy upon starting research into fluoride? While he may have done some good in a very general sense as a consumer advocate in the past I'd consider his integrity highly dubious nowadays. As a major advocate of government regulation and intrusion into citizen's lives - which is in my opinion an almost universally bad idea - witness the heart-health pyramid and other disastrous government (and mercantilist [big business and government colluding] schemes that have been derided all over this blog. Starting from these premises I'd be willing to put money on this being a very warped documentary film. I’m sorry, but in the first few minutes of this video my alarm bells went off. “DDT Science!” in the intro voice-over as a criticism? The same DDT that since Rachel Carson got it banned has been sorely missed by the tens of millions of victims of malaria all over the world, but mostly in Africa.
Also Ralph Nader as his go-to guy upon starting research into fluoride? While he may have done some good in a very general sense as a consumer advocate in the past I’d consider his integrity highly dubious nowadays. As a major advocate of government regulation and intrusion into citizen’s lives – which is in my opinion an almost universally bad idea – witness the heart-health pyramid and other disastrous government (and mercantilist [big business and government colluding] schemes that have been derided all over this blog. Starting from these premises I’d be willing to put money on this being a very warped documentary film.

]]> By: Chris Kresser http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers#comment-987 Chris Kresser Sat, 01 May 2010 13:24:02 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=27#comment-987 Anne, I have not looked into that issue enough to form an opinion. I do know from reading The Fluoride Deception that the author, Bryson, and Schuld, who I mentioned in the article, consider tea a risk if consumed in large quantities. Anne,

I have not looked into that issue enough to form an opinion. I do know from reading The Fluoride Deception that the author, Bryson, and Schuld, who I mentioned in the article, consider tea a risk if consumed in large quantities.

]]> By: Anne http://chriskresser.com/bad-news-for-tea-drinkers#comment-984 Anne Sat, 01 May 2010 05:05:41 +0000 http://chriskresser.com/?p=27#comment-984 You don't mention whether the flouride is sodium flouride or calcium flouride.  My understanding was that sodium flouride (the kind found in water supplies, toothpastes etc and which originates as a waste by-product of the aluminium industry) was detrimental, but that calcium flouride was not. Do you have an opinion on sodium vs calcium flouride? You don’t mention whether the flouride is sodium flouride or calcium flouride.  My understanding was that sodium flouride (the kind found in water supplies, toothpastes etc and which originates as a waste by-product of the aluminium industry) was detrimental, but that calcium flouride was not.
Do you have an opinion on sodium vs calcium flouride?

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