Comments | maiabee8: tea without milk??

maiabee8

tea without milk??

Jan 10, 2007 13:21

apparently darjeeling tea is good for the heart, except when you add skim milk. What? I drink a large glass of darjeeling with skim milk just about every morning, it's delicious and I know black tea drinkers have lower incidents of ovarian cancer (something I may be at risk for for other reasons), but that I wouldn't get the heart benefits because ( Read more... )

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beckyzoole January 10 2007, 21:00:47 UTC

Depression is bad for the heart. Drink your tea with milk, because it makes you happy and happiness = health. :-)

You'll just have to get heart benefits from red wine instead. Darn.

You know, it turns out... dakiwiboid January 11 2007, 00:42:12 UTC

that was a very small study with 16 participants. My doctor always tells me that small-study data is interesting but not necessarily reliable. I wouldn't worry about it until more reliable data comes out. Drink your tea the way you enjoy it. Tea's good for you.

Re: You know, it turns out... maiabee8 January 11 2007, 01:29:59 UTC

ah, I didn't know it was such a small study, thanks for the info!

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Re: You know, it turns out... tanteliz May 28 2007, 05:27:22 UTC

How utterly ridiculous! Think about it logically - does anything in the milk affect the way the good parts of the tea are absorbed? Hate crappy studies like this!