Does tea stun your growth

Answer 1

Response to "Does tea stunt your growth?"

Mankind has consumed Teas since the beginning of time. The question is such a general question, considering the limitless number of types of teas possible. Generally, if Teas are made from beneficial herbs, it is far more likely that the teas will be good for you than having an adverse reaction such as stunting your growth. Already, we know that Teas is better than coffee, Pop, Store Bought juices, and others. Teas is especially better than the more processed drinks with additives, preservatives, artificial flavors, and colorants.

Thus, it all comes down to what the blend of tea you are talking about is. There are teas to help you sleep, Teas to help relieve constipation, Teas to give you energy.Teas to reduce appetite cravings, Teas to get married with by tradition, home made Sun Teas. It would seem possible then that some type of tea could cause an adverse reaction in the right person, of course, depending upon what the individual could and could not take. Like Coffee some Teas have an element of Cafine and can also make you have to urinate due to the "Tanic Acid" acting like a diuretic on your body (Which might be useful to relieve bloating for some). If you can't have Cafine per doctor's orders, due to the side effects you might not want to drink a lot of certain types of teas, of course you wouldn't want to eat chocolate for the same reason.

You can make a Tea from boiling pine needles, and drink it and the only benefit is that you would be getting natural vitamin C, helping you fight colds. This is traditional in some cultures. Of course, there have been poisoned teas that could cause slow insanity but these were brewed on purpose with an added chemical.

Hence, if we are to generalize and say "Does tea stunt your growth", then we would have to respond with the generalized answer "No". Stick with the general well known Teas and you'll be OK. I personally prefer unsweetened Teas, since no one really does well with sugar.

If you cruise the internet, you will see that the new fad is "Green Tea" for health benefits, although there are many others, that are known to be helpful for specific ailments, as well as some that just taste good as an alternative to water.

I would suggest that if you look for specific substances/chemicals/impurities that may have a side effect of stunting ones growth in some individuals (like from a medical study), you come back and let the rest of us know about it here. Because, that's going to be the cause, not Teas, in general, themselves.

By the way, there are some teas out there with some pretty good flavors. I make mine with home made distilled water, so that I don't have the Chlorine (Cell Killers) and the

Floride (Poison) in it. Hey, Floride may be good for on the teeth, but NOT in your bloodstream. Flavored Teas are better than the Flavored Waters for you, and cheaper

per Gallon.

I hope that helps answer your question. I think I'm going to go enjoy a nice cold glass of Ice Tea now.