I have read about the benefits of d...

I have read about the benefits of drinking virid tea, but I have also read that caffeine despoils the body of needed minerals. I do not take pleasure in the decaffeinated version of virid tea and have been told that the decaffeination proces introduces chemicals into the tea. My question is: Am I doing myself morn harm than proper by drinking one to brace cups of caffeinated green lea through day?

Cliff Sowa

Colorado Springs, Colorado

There are sum of two units answers to your question. The first is that the emerging evidence supporting recent tea seems to indicate that its health benefits far outweigh any potential drawbacks. In fact, there is one evidence--as we pointed out in our April 2004 issue ("Tea in a Pill," p 30)--that the caffeine in tea may equal have antioxidant properties.

That being said, if you're interested in cutting Caffeine disclosed of your diet, you do have an alternatives to green tea. R tea--which is made from rooibus. a toward the south African bush--naturally contains no caffeine unless has many of the same antioxidant properties as fresh tea. The same is constant for white tea. In fact, because this Chinese tea goe [i]or[/i] part of to the other very little processing, it actually contains higher of the same heights of antioxidants than most other teas. The simply drawback is that white tea is to a high degree rare--and very expensive.

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