In the 'Symptoms - Food - Beverages' section of our in-depth questionnaire we ask the following question about tea consumption:
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Do you consume non-herbal ('ordinary') black tea?
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Your answer |
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"No / rarely / don't know" |
No tea consumption |
A risk factor |
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"About one cup per day" |
Tea consumption |
A risk factor |
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"About two cups per day" |
Tea consumption |
A risk factor |
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"About three cups per day" |
Tea consumption |
A risk factor |
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"Four cups or more per day" |
High tea consumption |
A risk factor |
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Your answer will affect the likelihoods of the conditions below.
Any answers in green reduce the likelihood of the condition.
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Comment |
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Caffeine Intoxication |
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Consequences of Poor Diet |
Black tea has some healthy components (although green tea is better, and white tea better still), but it can interfere with the absorption of some nutrients such as iron, especially when taken with meals. |
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GLOSSARY
Iron
An essential mineral. Prevents anemia: as a constituent of hemoglobin, transports oxygen throughout the body. Virtually all of the oxygen used by cells in the life process are brought to the cells by the hemoglobin of red blood cells. Iron is a small but most vital, component of the hemoglobin in 20,000 billion red blood cells, of which 115 million are formed every minute. Heme iron (from meat) is absorbed 10 times more readily than the ferrous or ferric form.
Last updated: May 10, 2007
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