Posted on 02/20/2020 11:17:05 AM PST by nickcarraway
Green tea is one of the healthiest beverages on earth: It’s full of flavonoids that can help reduce inflammation, aids in lowering bad cholesterol and can lessen your chances of heart attack or stroke, Harvard Medical School tells us—all important factors to counteract the effects of the day-old cheese stick and half a sleeve of crackers you sometimes refer to as “lunch.” But does this mean you can drink green tea before bed and reap all its healthy benefits? The short answer: No. Well, not if you want to get a good night’s sleep.
Wait, why can’t I drink green tea before bed? While there’s three times more caffeine in one cup of coffee than there is in a mug of green tea (95 milligrams to about 30), this doesn’t make green tea a bedtime drink. In fact, it’s something you should avoid drinking in the evening in the same way you wouldn’t have a cup of caffeinated coffee an hour or two before bed.
“Green tea before bed wouldn’t be the best idea because it definitely does have caffeine in it,” says nutritionist Sarah Adler, author of Simply Real Eating. “Any amount is going to trigger your adrenals and hormones to be in a more awakened state. A cup or two earlier in the day or midday would be a better idea.”
Maybe I should play it safe and skip the green tea altogether?
Wait, no! Green tea is perfectly fine to drink once or twice a day. You might want to consider restricting yourself to two cups if you have a history of kidney stones, however, because both green and black teas contain high levels of oxalates that could lead to the formation of more,
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“Opting for decaf green tea may not give you as many of the health benefits as regular green tea because decaffeinating it removes some of the tea’s powerful antioxidants,” Riley says. Darn.
Thank you for answering my question!! That’s too bad. But it might be better than drinking decaf black tea, at least I hope!
I like the Steep by Bigelow green tea. Not grassy tasting. A little local honey in it to keep allergies under control.
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