For the sake of physical and mental health, don't drink tea in 7 situations!

"Drinking tea is just soaking leaves, there is no particular requirement."

"Tea is a good thing, the more the better!"

If you think so, then I really want to remind you:

Although tea is good, drinking it incorrectly will harm your body.

Especially in the following 7 situations, don't force yourself to drink tea when you shouldn't.

When should you drink it, when should you avoid it, don't let your health be "drunk".

1. Don't drink tea on an empty stomach: A cup of tea in the morning, health care? No, it is to nourish stomach disease

Many people drink tea when they get up in the morning, especially green tea, and feel refreshed and invigorated.

Listen to a piece of advice: drinking tea on an empty stomach = soaking medicine with your stomach.

Tea polyphenols, caffeine, and tannic acid are contained in tea leaves. When your stomach is empty,

they will directly stimulate the stomach wall and even cause stomach pain, acid reflux, and panic.

Especially for people with poor stomachs, drinking tea on an empty stomach is "seeking death".

• The correct way to open it is: eat something first, then drink tea to maintain health.
• An old saying goes: "Drinking tea on an empty stomach will clean your intestines and stomach." It is not to scare people, but a truth recognized by both Chinese medicine and modern nutrition.

2. Do not drink overnight tea: Don't drink overnight tea even if you save money

Some people think that tea is very expensive, and they are reluctant to pour out a pot of tea, so they drink it overnight.

Listen, this "saving money" may be exchanged for "harming the body".

The tea polyphenols in overnight tea will oxidize and decompose to produce harmful substances.

Especially in summer, when the temperature is high, overnight tea is easy to breed bacteria. If you are not careful, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, and bad breath will come to you.

The key to drinking tea is "freshness".

Once the tea changes taste, color, or has a strange smell, don't drink it again.

In a word: It is better to pour it out than to drink it hard.

3. Do not drink strong tea: the stronger the more refreshing? Wrong, the more you drink, the more you may feel anxious

Many people put more tea leaves and less water to refresh themselves, but the result is that their face turns red, their heart beats fast, and they can't sleep.

That is not health preservation, but "over-stimulation".

The high content of caffeine and tannic acid in strong tea can cause nerve excitement, excessive gastric acid secretion, and affect iron absorption.

Especially pregnant women, patients with hypertension, and anemia should avoid strong tea.

Remember: moderation is the most nourishing, and strong tea is the most harmful.

There is a golden ratio for brewing tea-3 grams of tea leaves with 150 ml of water, just right.

4. Don't drink hot tea: love to drink "boiling water"? You are gambling with your life

This one really needs to be hammered on the blackboard again:

The World Health Organization has long said that drinking hot drinks above 65°C is a 2A cancer risk!

In short, the temperature is too high, which can easily burn the mouth, esophagus and gastric mucosa.

Repeated burns = chronic inflammation = cell mutation = increased risk of cancer.

You think you can handle it, but your body is already quietly damaged.

The best temperature for drinking tea is 50~60℃, warm, not hot.

Stop drinking boiling water - "hot tea for health" is wrong, "warm tea for life" is right.

5. Don't drink tea before bed: Want to sleep peacefully? Then stay away from tea

Have you ever had this experience -

Drank some tea at night, but ended up lying in bed with your mind too clear? Tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and had insomnia all night.

The caffeine in tea stimulates the central nervous system. The closer you drink tea before bed, the more likely it is to cause insomnia, dreaminess, and increased heart rate.

Especially green tea, black tea, oolong tea, which have a significant refreshing effect.

If you really like to drink hot drinks at night, you can choose light herbal tea, such as chamomile, lily, etc.

But the principle is still one sentence: After 8 o'clock in the evening, it is not advisable to drink caffeinated tea.

6. Do not drink tea before or after meals: it hurts the stomach, nutrition, and also affects digestion

Many people drink tea while eating, feeling comfortable and relieved.

But what you don’t know is:

• Tannic acid in tea leaves will combine with iron and calcium in food to form difficult-to-absorb precipitates.
• Especially for people with anemia, children, and pregnant women, drinking tea after meals for a long time will greatly reduce the efficiency of nutrient absorption.
• In addition, drinking tea before meals will dilute gastric juice and affect appetite; drinking tea immediately after meals will easily dilute digestive enzymes, leading to flatulence and indigestion.

Correct approach: It is appropriate to drink tea half an hour before meals and one hour after meals.

7. Do not mix and match medicinal tea: Don’t use tea to deliver medicine anymore, this is a taboo!

Some people are used to delivering medicine with tea, and even superstitious about "tea brewing medicine for health preservation".

This really needs to be emphasized:

• Theophylline will affect the dissolution and absorption of drugs, and even produce side effects.
• Iron supplements, cardiovascular drugs, sedatives, etc., when they encounter theophylline, they are easy to fight. At the least, the efficacy of the drug is weakened, and at the worst, it is poisoning.

Chinese medicine also says: "Tea breaks the power of medicine." It means that tea is cold and easy to neutralize the power of the drug, making the drug ineffective.

Therefore, when taking medicine, use boiled water seriously.

Don't use tea to "save trouble". You save time but lose your health.

Having said so much, I am not advising you not to drink tea, but I hope you drink it wisely and healthily.

In a word, tea is a good medicine, but also a poison. It all depends on how you drink it.

Remember the seven things not to drink:

1. Don't drink on an empty stomach;
2. Don't drink overnight;
3. Don't drink strong tea;
4. Don't drink hot tea;
5. Don't drink before going to bed;
6. Don't drink before and after meals;
7. Don't drink mixed medicinal teas.

If you drink tea correctly, it is a good way to regulate your body and mind;

If you drink tea incorrectly, it is a sharp weapon that slowly consumes your health.

Don’t wait until something goes wrong before you regret it.

Health preservation starts with a cup of “right tea”.

Share this with your friends who love tea, so that they don’t continue to “drink the wrong tea”.