So, read and memorize tips on how to drink tea and not do harm to your health.
An ancient Chinese proverb says: do not drink tea on an empty heart. Do not drink strong tea if you are hungry, and even more so, do not replace the tea with meals. Doing this is not worth it because tea is by nature a cold product. Getting inside our body, hot tea, however paradoxical it may sound, can cool our stomach and spleen. This is extremely harmful for their normal functioning.
Do not drink too hot tea. Some fans are "hot", they drink directly boiling water, burning the larynx, esophagus and stomach. Frequent burning of the esophagus and digestive organs can lead to their deformation, to the development of tumors. The temperature of the tea, suitable for consumption, should not exceed 60 degrees. Take care of your stomach and do not provoke his illness by drinking hot drinks.
Cold tea is also not suitable for drinking. Hot and warm tea invigorates, refresh your head, relieve fatigue . Cooled tea has the opposite effect. After drinking cold tea, you will freeze and feel weakness and weakness. Frequent use of strongly brewed tea can provoke headaches, insomnia, anxiety, nervous excitement. This is due to the fact that, together with a lot of strong tea, the body receives an excessive amount of tannin and caffeine. These substances act excitantly on the nervous system.
The brewed tea should be used as quickly as possible. If the tea is long standing, for example, in a teapot, then it starts to multiply microorganisms and bacteria that can cause a variety of intestinal infections. Also, stale tea loses its transparency, palatability and nutritional value. Better immediately use the brewed tea, and each time brew fresh and delicious.
Do not brew tea leaves more than three times, because with subsequent brewing, not only the nutritional value of the tea leaf is lost, but harmful elements are also released, which are present in very small quantities in tea. It is necessary to know that during primary brewing tea leaves give about 50% of their properties, with the secondary - about 30%, at the third - about 10%.
Do not drink tea before eating, the food may seem tasteless to you, since tea helps to dilute the saliva and irritates the taste buds. Also a glass of tea, drunk before eating, can disrupt the proper digestion. It is better to drink tea an hour before eating.
Drinking tea immediately after eating food is also harmful, since tea slows down digestion, adversely affecting the entire digestive system. Wait half an hour, then enjoy a cup of fragrant tea.
In no case can not drink a cup of medicine. Drugs, reacting with tannin contained in tea, turn into a difficult digestible sediment. Drugs, washed down with tea, not only will not bring a curative effect, but can seriously harm your health.
Do not drink tea, standing in a cup for more than 5 hours. Such tea is unpleasant and often is the breeding ground for pathogenic bacteria. Therefore, it will be more useful and tastier to brew fresh, fragrant tea. And with old tea you can water a flower, wipe a wound or skin irritation, rinse their eyes or rinse your mouth after eating.
And the last tip: do not drink tea unlimited quantities. This is harmful to health. The maximum daily "dose" of tea is 6 cups.
Drink tea and be healthy!