I read in article that Green tea is actually bad for you because it contains high levels of fluroide and aluminum.
http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/02/22/why_green_tea_would_be_healthy_except_for_this_one_dangerous_issue_004.htm
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/09/10/green-tea-fluoride-thyroid.aspx
this bothers me because I was drinking about 4-5 cups a day for months thinking this was healthy.
Has anyone heard of this???
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1 Susan S // Jun, 2008
Mercola scares me. Their whole purpose is to undermine people's sense of security, and then offer their own "solutions." I don't like the way they jerk their readers around.
Having said that, tea, whether black or green, is a food source of fluoride. Fluoride is not at all toxic at the levels found in tea. I am glad to have a source of fluoride in my diet, as my water is not fluoridated. I don't get cavities.
Aluminum is not a danger, either, in the levels found in tea. We don't need any aluminum in our diets, but it is not a toxin at the levels found in tea.
As for your thyroid, the element that affects your thyroid is iodine. Tea is not a significant source of iodine.
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