Green Tea TO GO?!
Also, they say drink 2000mL of water a day and on another website it said drink 1000mL of green tea a day. Does the 1000mL of green tea count for part of the water as well? because the green tea is just sugar put in water...
they say you need 2 cups of green tea for any of the benefits to work.. this true?
Thank you for your time.
Answers: i bought the 10pack of Lipton's Green Tea to go (the sugar packets you put in a 16.9oz bottle of water) and I was wondering if it is just as good for you as other green teas? Because they say green tea has amazing health benefits? and i was wondering if drinking this greentea to go all the time would be just as healthy. Anyone know?
Also, they say drink 2000mL of water a day and on another website it said drink 1000mL of green tea a day. Does the 1000mL of green tea count for part of the water as well? because the green tea is just sugar put in water...
they say you need 2 cups of green tea for any of the benefits to work.. this true?
Thank you for your time.
Tea does have many health benefits, but contrary to public craze the difference between types of tea is minimal. Green tea, black tea, oolong/wulong, white; they all are high in antioxidants, and have no calories (when consumed without sugar or milk/cream). The instant packet tea has the lowest quantity of beneficial compounds due to the high processing it goes through.
In general tea can be counted as part of your daily water intake (high caffeine content in many teas and coffee can dehydrate you to a certain extent, but not too drastically). Those packets also do not contain sugar I believe
Most of the studies about health benefits from tea were tested with drinking two or more cups of tea a day. This is a good mark to aim for. I would recommend trying higher quality loose leaf tea, since they have much more complex flavor and being less processed have more antioxidants (I'm including links to a couple of my favorite sources, but even basic grocery stores are starting to carry loose tea)
But above all, if you like the taste of a certain type of tea over another, drink that. And if you don't like the taste of tea at all, drinking water and eating fresh fruits and vegetables will get you the same "miraculous" health benefits.
I'm not an expert on tea, though I do enjoy the occasional cup of tea. Apparently, the Lipton To-Go sticks do naturally provide the antioxidants of one's typical cup and/or mug and/or glass of green tea. I'm not sure about the volume of beverage that it is recommended that one drink on a daily basis, however. My apologies.
First off, you are misinformed in your answer to the question about sugar. White sugar IS processed with char, which comes from ground animal bones. Char is also used in fish aquariums. Now, for your question. Green tea IS great for you-buy only if its not overly processed, which those little packets are. By the time they are dehydrated, ground, and processed, much of the nutritional value is lost. Your better bet would be to get some high quality tea leaves, and make your own tea. Avoid the bagged teas, as they are most often bleached and contain chemical residues. As for your water question, water means WATER-pure, unadulterated water. If it has other stuff in it, the body has to work harder to seperate the sugar and other ingredients from the useable water. Use spring or steam distilled water. Tap water, and waters labeled as "purified or enhanced" contain boatloads of chemicals.
yuck -buy some tea bags and brew your own. your cup of tea (hot or cold) will contain far less chemicals and the earth will like you better.