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Tea

Tea is a beverage made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. It is one of the most consumed drinks worldwide. The three main types of tea, green, black, and oolong, have different processing methods and therefore different bioactive compounds. Tea is rich in polyphenols, including flavonoids, theaflavins, and catechins, which have antioxidant properties.

Category
Beverage
Molecular Formula
Varies depending on the type of tea and its processing
Mechanism of Action
The bioactive compounds in tea, mainly polyphenols, have antioxidant properties that help neutralize harmful free radicals in the body. Some compounds may also have anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effects.
Evidence Grade
B

Other Names

  • Camellia sinensis
  • Green tea
  • Black tea
  • Oolong tea

Primary Benefits

  • Antioxidant properties
  • Potential heart health benefits
  • May improve brain function
  • May aid weight loss
  • May protect against certain types of cancer

Recommended Dosage

Adults 3-5 cups daily
Children Not established

Side Effects

  • Caffeine dependence
  • Insomnia
  • Heartburn
  • Dizziness
  • Irregular heartbeat

Precautions

  • Pregnancy and breast-feeding
  • Anemia
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Bleeding disorders
  • Heart conditions

Interactions

  • Birth control pills
  • Anticoagulant / Antiplatelet drugs
  • Stimulant drugs

Key References

  • Higdon, J. & Drake, V.J. (2013). Tea. Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University.
  • Khan, N., & Mukhtar, H. (2013). Tea and Health: Studies in Humans. Current pharmaceutical design, 19(34), 6141–6147.
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“the other strategy is to get something like green tea or coffee that you can drink by the time you finish in you know a big cup of green tea the hunger will have passed”

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“people drinking green tea how well does that prevent different types of cancer”

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“a few cups of tea a day reducing your risk of developing cancer”

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“black tea actually can call out those stem cells from your bone marrow to increase their levels in your circulation”

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“cow dairy okay actually is fat milk has got fat in it like butter which is made out of milk and um and the fat when you put it into your tea does change its flavor but that's not what we're talking about here we're talking about the fact that when milk or cream is put into tea the fat molecules in the cow dairy form little soap bubbles these are microscopic soap bubbles they're called micelles fat likes to stick with fat and so tea is mostly water and so when you pour milk into tea the the bubbles the dairy fat sticks together and a little makes a little tiny soap bubble and what does it do those sub bubbles trap the polyphenols from tea it traps the catechin so you've got some good stuff wrapped in a soap bubble of of dairy and now when you drink the tea the catechin is trapped in the soap bubble it doesn't get absorbed as easily in your stomach and it just rolls down your gut and a lot of it comes out the other end okay and so you're missing out on a lot of the good stuff you…”

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“I enjoy green tea, coffee, leafy green vegetables like Swiss chard and kale, mushrooms, spices and herbs like rosemary, basil, turmeric, cinnamon, and seafood like salmon and sardines.”

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“drinking re just prior of bedtime we could say an hour before bedtime 30 minutes an hour maybe a little bit longer was able to number one improve sleep latency meaning you fall asleep faster it improved overall sleep time and it improved the quality of test subjects sleep namely improving their non- RM deep sleep time”

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“tea bags themselves are made of either polypropylene, nylon or cellulose which you would think wouldn't have microplastics but they must be mixed there must be a mixture of stuff in there.”

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“Green tea is extremely effective at killing Fusobacterium nucleatum.”

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“tea bags can shed microplastics. So you can have a billion particles of microplastic shed from a single teabag.”

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“Matcha is truly a superenriched polyphenol enriched tea.”

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“I would bring coffee. Okay. Um because of all the polyphenols in coffee, I'd bring tea.”

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“glucose is going to go up, triglycerides are going to go up and so then if you kind of squint and read the tea leaves it's like huh I think metabolic dysfunction”

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“there are so many other tests that I talked about in my book and that you've talked about on your podcast apob uric acid fasting insulin hom IR hscrp liver function tests ggt all these other tests that are great that can really tell us more about mitochondrial dysfunction oxidative stress chronic inflammation but the ones I'm mentioning are the ones that you will not have to fight with your doctor about like the the the everything I just mentioned like the doctor should order on an annual physical and it's really about us learning to act like read the Tea Leaves of what they're saying and not look at them in this algorithmic way but like how together if they're creeping up or if many of them are a little bit high like we need to focus all of our energy on improving mitochondrial capacity basically and and bring those numbers down which we can do very very quickly once you start getting the mitochondria moving through more of those substrates a lot of them will just naturally come down.”

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“other things for gp1 secretion the thids also Fiers has been shown specific amino acids so high protein foods things that involve a lot of veine and glutamine uh green tea and specifically the uh elic the EC um ecgc that uh is one of the compounds in green tea that's been shown to stimulate glp1 curcumin”

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“they're having goat milk and goat cheese but their goats are eating wild plants that have phytochemical some of those you know cheeses and goat milks have actually higher phytochemicals even than green tea which has a lot that comes from for example cakin that you can get from the goat milk which is from the goats that are eating the plants that have these compounds that benefit their health”

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“they move naturally they have amazing food phytochemical rich food uh food that's you know it's rich in all these plant compounds that are found to connect to longevity for example uh in in Korea I was sitting with this guy who was making milking the goats and and we're making goat cheese together and he like he gives me this tea I'm like what is this he oh this is Wild Sage Tea and I looked at he said what is the plant I looked it up and then I looked up the plant and I analyzed you know what it”

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“The trick is that you want to fill your body with fluids. For me, constant coffee, tea, hot water, all the way through the day. Being hydrated and filled with liquid takes away any feeling of hunger.”

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