Flouride in green tea
Green tea is famous for being contaminated with high levels of fluoride. This is frustrating, because green tea is phenomenally good for your health. It has been proven to lower “bad” cholesterol levels, and it may even help prevent cancer and neurological disorders. It’s probably one of the healthiest beverages you can ever drink.
The tea plant that produces green tea just happens to uptake a huge amount of fluoride from the soils. So when there’s fluoride present in those soils, the green tea will have a surprisingly high concentration, sometimes as much as 25ppm.
An interesting article on this issue is found at Toxipedia.org:
http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Fluoride+Content+in+Tea
While this fluoride in green tea might not be a health hazard all by itself, the governments of the world seem insistent on pumping even more synthetic, chemical fluoride into the water supplies, thereby creating a high risk for fluorosis. Adding green tea to the fluoride consumption you might experience from tap water is a recipe for disaster: brittle bones, discoloration of teeth and even cancer.
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http://www.infowars.com/the-10-worst-toxins-hidden-in-vitamins-supplemen...
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Funny you bring this up because there was just an article on a lady who died from drinking too much tea for years.
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/03/24/460558/
But in the above article the lady drank nearly 100 bags a day!! I think a few cups is fine. Fluoride is added to most public water and in toothpaste among other things. Its good for the dentes.
waltrhere is a link to the article about green tea and metabolism
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/70/6/1040
waltrgreen tea is shown to help precent cancer as well, not cause it. other benefits include cholesterol control.
"Additional benefits for regular consumers of green and black teas include a reduced risk for heart disease. The antioxidants in green, black, and oolong teas can help block the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol, increase HDL (good) cholesterol and improve artery function. A Chinese study published recently in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed a 46%-65% reduction in hypertension risk in regular consumers of oolong or green tea, compared to non-consumers of tea."
http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/benefit_of_drinking_green_tea
i also know i read somewhere that it has a helpful effect on metabolism but i'd have to find that again
waltralso it should be noted what the source of it in the green tea is.
calcium fluoride is found naturally in dirt and is not harmful to humans, silico fluoride is what is found in industrial chemicals and can be harmful if ingested in large quantities.
waltrhowever, high levels of flouride will help prevent enamel decay off of teeth.
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/fluoride-treatment
I wouldn't disagree that flouride prevents enamel decay of the teeth. I would just rather gargle and spit it out instead of bathing in it and swallowing. Not sure about you, but my dentist insisted I spit when he gave me a flouride treatment. Not sure why the Government wants me to swallow it.