Question regarding fluoride content.

[cri7ica1]

So about a year ago I made the switch from coffee to green tea and immediately fell in love. I drink 1 cup of mid grade matcha and roughly 6 bags of Kirkland Sencha mix(Ito En) daily. It's recently come to my attention that I may be drinking too much and putting myself at risk of developing fluorosis later in life. I tried to enquire with Ito En on the fluoride content of their bagged green tea and they refused to answer. In fact, they almost seemed offended that I would ask such a question. I live in Montreal, so there is no fluoride in our drinking water, but I'm still quite worried. So my question is simple, am I in fact drinking too much? Should I be worried? I really love the stuff.

[teaformeplease]

Occasionally well meaning friends send me this article:

http://www.livescience.com/28078-skelet ... nking.html

The important thing to note is that this woman drank a pitcher of tea made from 100 tea bags every day for 17 years. You're not coming anywhere near that concentration so I wouldn't be worried.

[chingwa]

I'd be more worried about your caffeine load before fluoride issues anyway...

[cri7ica1]

Thank you for the responses. According to ito En there is only 8 - 12mg of Caffeine per bag, so I figure my caffeine intake is actually quite reasonable. Somewhere around 150mg daily.

[Kevangogh]

There is one Dr. Joseph Mercola, who for years was trying to scare the bejeezus out of everyone about fluoride poisoning from green tea. Then one day a few years back he took all of those scary web pages down and guess what he did soon after that? He started selling matcha!

[Mrs. Chip]

There is one Dr. Joseph Mercola, who for years was trying to scare the bejeezus out of everyone about fluoride poisoning from green tea. Then one day a few years back he took all of those scary web pages down and guess what he did soon after that? He started selling matcha!

LOL, Thanks Kevin!