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Starting to Have Reservations About the Health Benefits of Green Tea

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Hello everyone,

Well, at this point I sincerely wonder what's safe for people to drink and eat anymore. I have been drinking green tea consistently now for the past four months (a cup a day in the morning) because of its supposed cancer-fighting capabilities and other health benefits. However, I just came across an article on the Web that suggests green tea can actually increase the risks of lung cancer, high blood pressure, difficulty breathing and other heart problems including heart paplpitations/rapid heart rate.



I'm concerned because I'm an asthma patient. My asthma was very negligible and mild while I was in the U.S. but ever since I have been based here in Central Africa for work-related purposes since 2008, I tend to wheeze frequently and experience shortness of breath from time to time and suffer from allergies due to the dust, the pollution (cars and trucks that give off clouds of fumes/smoke while they ride on the street), etc.


As a matter of fact I've been experiencing rapid heart rate and heart palpitations for quite some time now and I'm begining to suspect it could be the green tea as well. At this point I wonder if I should stop drinking green tea for quite a long whileor perhaps stop doing so completely. Here's the link where I came across that info:


http://cancer.emedtv.com/green-tea/green-tea-side-effects.html
 

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If anything, only the caffeine could have any negative side effects. The sources that article uses are both homeopath orientated, homeopaths have no obligation to prove anything are generally full of bullsh1t anyway.
Also a cup a day is nothing
 
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Do some self experimenting. Drop it for a week and see if you experience any changes. If not, then just go back to caffeine free green tea.
 
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The Japanese are some of the healthiest and longest lived people on the planet and they drink green tea like a religion over there.

I am pretty sure the study was paid for by one of the big pharmaceutical companies who would have you stop drinking green tea and instead take one of their drugs that have 50 side effects worse than the problem you are treating.
 
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marmel75 said:
The Japanese are some of the healthiest and longest lived people on the planet and they drink green tea like a religion over there.

I am pretty sure the study was paid for by one of the big pharmaceutical companies who would have you stop drinking green tea and instead take one of their drugs that have 50 side effects worse than the problem you are treating.
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I agree, the pharmaceutical industry is downright CRIMINAL these days.

Anyway, I don't think green tea is a health miracle or anything. I'm sure it's good for you, but drink companies like Lipton probably over-hyped it to hell and back to sell more of their bottled tea drinks.
 

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You answered your own question.

You are now based in central Africa.

You have allergies to the environment; dust, pollen, etc.

And you're blaming your ills on green tea?

Green tea may increase heart rate, nowhere close to a cup of coffee though. Maybe 1/10th of a cup of coffee, regarding caffeine content.
 
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