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now there are three really important

things that you should know if you drink

a lot of tea now normally when you think

about tea you think about something

that’s pretty healthy and um i mean it’s

better than coffee right and people

drink a lot of tea in fact the great

majority of the planet drinks tea but

there are three things that are just

really important

to know if you are a tea drinker now

certain teas are high in something

called tannins now

especially if it’s black tea

like english breakfast tea those teas

are really high in tannins

now green tea is very low in tannins but

when you’re exposed to tannins there’s a

couple things that happen number one

tannin tends to bind

or chelate

iron

okay

zinc

and

calcium so if you’re drinking a lot of

black tea

you’re binding up your iron your zinc

and your calcium and then you may start

experiencing symptoms of those minerals

but also tannins

block the absorption of

thymine b1 and b1 from my viewpoint is

one of the most important vitamins i’ve

done a lot of videos on b1 but if you’re

deficient in b1

you’re going to get anxiety you’re going

to have nervous tension

when you go to sleep at night you might

have more vivid dreams or even

nightmares or restless leg syndrome but

b1 deficiencies relate to a lot of

problems with your nervous system and

since we’re on the topic of b1

i think it’s really important to

understand other things that can deplete

b1 as well let’s go through the list

caffeine which by the way is in tea and

coffee coffee has tannins as well

sugar

refined grains

sulfites

alcohol

metformin

which can cause a symptom of lactic

acidosis which is kind of dangerous so

if you’re on metformin you better be

taking more b1 as well as b12 because

both of those vitamins get depleted

all right raw fish can deplete you of b1

as in sushi antibiotics antacids

diuretics birth control pills

ssris as an anti-anxiety or

anti-depressive medication

seizure medication

human papillomavirus vaccines chlorine

from tap water

and if you chew beetle nut that will

also deplete b1 all right number two the

second problem with tea okay certain

teas are loaded with heavy metals okay

like aluminum lead

and arsenic now i will say that the

source of the tea really will tell you

if there’s these heavy metals for

example if you get your tea from china

there’s been an interesting study which

i’ll put down below that shows that not

only does a lot of teas from china have

heavy metals but they’re loaded with

pesticides one study showed 29 different

pesticides and most of them were illegal

so when you buy tea you really need to

know the source of where you get the tea

japan for example has a much higher

quality tea also one common toxin in tea

is fluoride okay so the soil which the

tea is grown on

really reflects what’s going to be in

that tea

tea has to be grown in acidic soils so

in that environment a lot of things are

absorbed into that plant that can be not

just regular healthy minerals that you

need but actually toxic

metals so the source of the tea

matters don’t go for the cheapest tea

find something that is

comes from a source that’s very very

healthy

now number three

the tea bag itself some of these tea

bags are bleached with chlorine

pronounced

epichlorohydrin okay and this chemical

is actually a carcinogen so definitely

don’t stop drinking tea just make sure

you imply four things with tea make sure

your tea is organic make sure if you

consume a lot of tea that you also take

b1 at the same time as well as taking

minerals okay because t will deplete b1

in minerals

and lastly you might want to buy tea

that it’s kind of like a loose leaf that

is not in a bag or if you’re getting

those little bags make sure the bags are

bleach free tea bags and i would make

sure that you research your teeth to

know where it comes from

the source matters so since you’re on

the topic of tea

if you haven’t seen my video on green

tea check that out i put it right here

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