Tea is a drink rich in antioxidants that is good for your health. As long as you choose it carefully in supermarkets. A nutritionist reveals 3 types of tea to ban from your shopping that are not that good for your health.
In winter, many of us drink tea to warm us up, sometimes even several cups during the day. While this antioxidant-rich drink is good for your health on paper, buying the wrong tea in the supermarket can ultimately be more harmful than good for your body. In any case, this is what the Buying guide to eating well of Dr Jean-Michel Cohenpublished by First editions last September.
In this very practical book, the nutritionist deciphers no fewer than 700 consumer products found in supermarkets, including teas found in supermarkets. The opportunity for us to realize that if there is a better tea for health and effective teas for losing weight, there are also commercial teas that it is clearly better to avoid drinking during the winter (and throughout the rest of the year too). Dr Jean-Michel also presents 3 different types of tea the consumption of which must absolutely be limited for health reasons.
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3 Types of Teas You’re Best to Avoid Drinking
- tea bags : as the nutritionist doctor points out, even if the practicality of bagged tea often makes us prefer it to loose teas which must be put in a spoon or a tea ball before infusing it, their quality often leaves something to be desired . As the nutritionist explains, “we will prefer whole leaf tea and that with broken leaves offered mainly in bulk, these are better than the broken leaves, used for bags”. In addition to the improved taste qualities of loose tea, the doctor also points out that “tea dust, less noble than the leaf itself, is often added to the bags”which prevents us from taking full advantage of its virtues.
- gourmet teas that contain synthetic flavors : if you like teas with fruity or spicy flavors, “be careful not to only buy flavorings”, warns Dr. Jean Michel Cohen. According to him, certain commercial teas even contain more aromas than physically identifiable constituents of the tea. To list only them, he specifies that this is the case for teas “cupcake style, lemon tart, chocolate pear, but also red fruits, apple and even mint”. This doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy flavored tea, just that you should choose those that mention a “natural flavor”. All others are synthetic flavors created in the laboratory.
- tea drinks masquerading as tea : in addition to real teas, the doctor also invites you to be wary of certain teas which are not really teas. “Certain products are not simply the combination of several plants, but are real sweet drinks, we also find sugar as the first ingredient: we are a long way from simple infusions without calories!” he warns. So you know what you have to do: make sure to read the list of ingredients in your box of tea before going to the checkout so you don’t end up drinking sugar.