Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by cmccabe on Monday March 25, 2013 @12:05AM (#5435399)

dhissami is actually correct that more expensive teas are lower in fluoride than cheap ones. However, it's because of an accident of biology, not because anyone designed it that way. Higher quality teas tend to be made from younger leaves, and the younger the leaf, the less fluoride.

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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by eurleif on Monday March 25, 2013 @12:14AM (#5435433)

But most people don't use 100 tea bags a day. Low levels of fluoride aren't going to kill you.

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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by cmccabe on Monday March 25, 2013 @12:32AM (#5435503)

I never said they would. I just said that expensive tea has less fluoride-- a statement of fact. Based on what I've read on this subject, less than ten cups of tea a day should be fine. Also keep in mind that there is usually fluoride in tap water.

And now that we've mentioned tap water and fluoride, I guess we can expect the kooks to come out...

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Re:Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease by dhissami on Monday March 25, 2013 @12:22AM (#5435467)

eurleif, I agree with you, but the exact long-term side effects are unknown. And since I drink tea to relax, it's something I don't want to worry about...else it would defeat the point.

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