Tea, perhaps, is loved by everyone. He has so many varieties and varieties that anyone, even the most picky person, can find something to his taste. It's not a secret for anyone that this drink, if properly used, brings a lot of benefit to our body. However, in addition to the benefits, tea, alas, has drawbacks. For example, if you misuse this drink, you can seriously damage your health. Let's learn about the "tea bans" that will help you enjoy a fragrant drink without worrying about your health.
1. Burning tea
An overly hot beverage can irritate the mucous throat, stomach and esophagus. If you use very hot tea for a long time, it will lead to changes in these organs. Studies have shown that if you drink tea, the temperature of which is above 65 degrees, then this will lead to increased pain in the walls of the stomach. The correct drink should in no case be hotter than 55 degrees.
2. Too strong tea
The high content of tannin and caffeine in a strong drink can provoke insomnia and severe headache, sharply raise blood pressure.
3. Cold tea
Warm and hot tea can give you cheerfulness, clarity of consciousness and vision. But the cold drink gives not very pleasant side effects in the form of congestion of phlegm and stagnation of mucus.
4. Long brewing
If the tea is brewed too long, its essential oils and polyphenols will begin to oxidize. This will deprive the drink of taste, aroma and transparency. In addition, prolonged brewing also reduces nutritional value, as vitamins P and C, amino acids and other valuable substances simply disappear. Also, if the drink is longed to heat, the content of harmful bacteria will increase in it.
5. Tea before eating
A couple of cups of tea( as, indeed, any other drink), drunk before dinner or dinner, leads to the dilution of saliva and gastric juice. Because of this, the food seems tasteless, and the digestive organs begin to hardly digest proteins and other nutrients. It is better to drink tea at least half an hour before meals.
6. Multiple brewing
As a rule, after the third brewing, no useful substances remain in the tea leaves. Studies have shown that the first infusion "takes" about half of the nutrients in tea, the next - about 30%, and the third - only 10%.If we continue to "torture" the drink further, then all the harmful components will come to it, which, albeit in an insignificant amount, are contained in tea leaves.
7. Tea after eating
Not only tea, but any other drink immediately after ingestion, significantly reduces the concentration of gastric juice, which slows digestion and worsens the work of all its organs. You can drink tea only after 25-30 minutes after a meal.
8. Yesterday's tea
The drink, which lasted a day, not only loses all its useful substances, but also turns into an ideal nutrient medium for bacteria. Therefore, drink it is not necessary. It is better to use it externally for medicinal purposes. For example, mouthwash yesterday's tea helps cope with eczema, bleeding gums, inflammation of the mouth, pustules on the tongue and strengthens the teeth.
9. Taking medication with tea
Do not take tablets or capsules with tea, as the tannins contained in the beverage form tannin, from which most of the drugs are less easily absorbed.
Brew and drink tea correctly, and you will get only one benefit from using this truly wonderful drink!