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......................................................................................How often do you need to drink before it does you any good??
Must say I've tasted better....a lot better lol

Marion

Permanently I think. I drink green tea peppermint infusion which I quite like but green tea on its own is quite bitter.

Ann
Glos

Hi Marion - if you don't like the taste try adding a slice of fresh lemon - I drink all different types of tea inluding green as I haven't had milk for years. Also I slice lemons and freeze the slices on a tray then layer them in a plastic box so I've always got lemon slices at the ready. Jx

I have the pineapple and grapefruit one, which is a bit better than one my son gave me to try...yuck lol.

Dont think I could drink it all the time though, take a bit of getting used to.
I thought after my one cup that would be me all healthy inside :)) only kidding lol

Marion

Hi Marion

I wouldn't overdo it with the green tea if I were you. When I was ill with thyroid cancer and spent a lot of time doing research on it, I found out that there were reports stating that green tea contains very high levels of fluoride, which interferes with the normal function of the thyroid (it speeds it up).

This is why you sometimes see articles boasting green tea as a slimming aid, because it speeds up your metabolism (controlled by the thyroid gland).

(Ok, so I guess you're all running for the green tea now, eh, LOL)

Seriously, though, in some people the thyroid can't cope with these rollercoaster highs and lows and sometimes malfunctions. You can then end up hypothyroid (underactive thyroid) or hyperthyroid (overactive thyroid).

To be honest, there are so many differing views on this topic (some for, some against) if you do a Google search on it (e.g. fluoride in green tea) that it's hard to know what to do for the best. I guess the only thing we can do is read up on it and make our own decisions.

I decided to stop drinking it regularly (because of the fluoride in it) and now only have the occasional cuppa (but then I no longer have a thyroid to worry about as it was totally removed a few years back!).

Anyway, just thought I'd share that with you and the others.

Regards - Athena

Thank Athena, good excuse for not having it often lol.


Marion

LOL, some brands smelt like doggy poo to me!

Oh thats nice lol

I was in Japan when I was pregnant & was given green tea

"Yuck" I thought - I know I'll drink it quickly then it's over & done with.

Low & behold - they refilled my cup !!!!!!!!!

I have tried it once since as I thought perhaps i didn't like it in Japan because I was pregnant & result =


I still think it's yuck!!

I'm just having normal tea right now.
I will maybe have an odd cup of the green one.

I quite like some of the other fruit teas though, just for a change.

Marion

i got orange tea with cinamon in
thats nice,

green tea sounds like sumut you shoud advoid
like green snow

Green snow??? Is that what happens when a dog drinks green tea then..pees in the snow lol

Orange and cinamon sounds nice.

Marion

I like it if it has something like lemon, in it - on it's own yuck.

Buy a box drink a few cups - shove it back in the cupboard and forget it is there - then buy another box - I have three boxes now LOL

I dont like green tea - but I do like Apple tea - the Turkish type and cinnamon and orange.

Think I best avoid it then, I've only got half a thyroid left and I sort of want to hang on to it. That op was not nice and I don't want to go through it again lol.

I'll stick to my tetley decaf

I have tried a peach flavoured one and that was lovely. I also tried jasmine green tea and it tasted like I was eating flowers, did not like it. Have tried plain green tea and don't have it often as sometimes I can't stand the taste

xxxxx

I too tried it and didn't like it! I quite like valerian tea to help me sleep altho I do add a little honey to it sometimes. Have several boxes of different ones I have bought and only used a few bags, then it gets stuck at the back of the shelf, as you say lol
It is so hard to know what to eat, drink, put on your skin etc etc as there are so many different theories all the time.
One thing I do know is that I will avoid aspartame like the plague.
Have actually been drinking filtered water for a week or more, which is most unlike me as I always hate plain water, even bottled water I don't like, but thought I had better try when I had the uti last week. Think I will make an effort to continue with water more than tea and coffee etc I do like the highjuice 'squashes' which don't have aspartame in, there is a raspberry, cranberry and blueberey one, which is tasty.
Lizx

I like green tea! Maybe thats why the quack was put me on thyroid hormones though?! But if you get enough iodine in your diet fluorine shouldnt be a problem - flourine is chemically very close to iodine, and will replace it if no iodine is there.

n

Iv got some body lotion with Green Tea in,,,from what you have said ,i think it must smell nicer than it tastes..