Milk and tea

[Domn]

Hi!
I really like to drink all sorts of teas, but unfortunately really like to consume diary products. I've heard that milk is stopping the antioxidants in tea. So in other words you must not add milk to tea not only because you ruin the taste but you prevent antioxidants and other good stuff from being absorbed in your body. I am fully aware of that but my question is something else:
How long after consuming tea, you can "safely" drink a cup of milk or yoghurt?
By safely I mean by not disrupting tea consumption. Furthermore I am curious how long after tea you can drink a lemonade and still get that help from vitamin C to more efficiently absorb antioxidants.


About tea and milk: http://www.naturalnews.com/025670_polyp ... ables.html
About tea and vitamin C: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 151919.htm

Thank you very much for your answers!

Domn

[Intuit]

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[Oni]

What do cows have to do with tea drinking?

[Proinsias]

What do cows have to do with tea drinking?

The milk that people put in tea often comes from cows

Do I win anything?

[brad4419]

Hi!
I really like to drink all sorts of teas, but unfortunately really like to consume diary products. I've heard that milk is stopping the antioxidants in tea. So in other words you must not add milk to tea not only because you ruin the taste but you prevent antioxidants and other good stuff from being absorbed in your body. I am fully aware of that but my question is something else:
How long after consuming tea, you can "safely" drink a cup of milk or yoghurt?
By safely I mean by not disrupting tea consumption. Furthermore I am curious how long after tea you can drink a lemonade and still get that help from vitamin C to more efficiently absorb antioxidants.


About tea and milk: http://www.naturalnews.com/025670_polyp ... ables.html
About tea and vitamin C: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 151919.htm

Thank you very much for your answers!

Domn

I can't help you much with this question at all but I will give it my best.

I drink tea just because I like the taste, any anti-oxidant benefits are an extra. I would agree that for "most" teas I believe milk ruins the taste but if your drinking tea for the health benefits then probably an hour would be long enough to wait before consuming dairy but Im just guessing this because the tea should be digested by then along with a bit of anti-oxidents.

Im sure Im not right but I can't be too wrong...right?

[brad4419]

What do cows have to do with tea drinking?

The milk that people put in tea often comes from cows

Do I win anything?

You win some milk and cookies, there probably in your kitchen

I wonder if a cow drinks green tea will it get any anti-oxidents?

[Teacup1980]

Try Hojicha Milk Tea!! Just put Hojicha leaves into milk and boil it until the aroma gets strong.

[Katy1977]

I wasn't even aware of how adding milk negatively affects the health benefits of tea (this is really a shame) and am glad I only add milk to chai and black teas. Although I do live a very healthy lifestyle I cannot say that I wouldn't combine berries with cream, fruit with yogurt, or have blue cheese dressing on my salad...

Katy1977

[TwoPynts]

Natural News is not the most reliable publication. I would take any information presented within (especially with all of those "might" and "may" qualifiers) with a grain of salt.

And a spot of tea.

[Katy1977]

Natural News is not the most reliable publication. I would take any information presented within (especially with all of those "might" and "may" qualifiers) with a grain of salt.

And a spot of tea.

Thanks TwoPynts, I feel much better now.

Katy1977

[chingwa]

I for one take everything I read on the internet VERY seriously.... especially health websites and tea forums......

[britt]

I've actually found Natural News to be one of the more reliable sources of health news as they don't seem to be tied to the big drug or food companies. In this article, they were talking about a study that was done in Germany and it seemed to me they were relaying that info to their readers, as they interpreted the published paper.

What the study apparently found was that milk inhibits antidoxants from entering the bloodstream, therefore reducing their benefits.

I've seen a lot of tea variations using milk in Japan, such as matcha latte, etc. This doesn't seem to bother the Japanese, and they are one of the healthiest peoples in the world. I don't use milk in tea, but that's because I just prefer it straight.