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Warfield
United States49 Posts
Just wondering TL opinions on this, as me and a friend were having a heated debate about how "healthy" these Green Teas from Arizona were. I say they aren't, they are just a delicious drink that when you look at the design of the bottle it makes you feel like you are drinking some ancient 1,000 year oriental tea of healing and cannabis. | ||
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
(I assume they aren't great for you though, not because of the tea itself but because of all the other crap they probably put in to make it taste better.) | ||
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Terrakin
United States1440 Posts
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
If it is really flavoured properly with green tea/extract then you could expect some of the benefits of green tea; cancer fighting, bacteria killing, anti-oxidant properties, improvement of cardiovascular function. I'd be surprised if it was the equivalent to a real cup of green tea. The ingredients aren't listed on the site, but I can expect since it's a diet drink with 0 calories & purported honey flavour it must contain one or both of the two 'standard sweeteners used in mass soft-drink production: Acesulfame K & Aspartame. Both of these are considered negligible to your overall health, as long as you aren't consuming these drinks by the crate load. So I don't think they are 'bad' for you; they probably just don't do much for you -- similarly to Vitamin Water. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
that's funny, the diet version has 0 calories and 1g of sugar. They put one drop of honey in it so they can legally include "with honey" on the label and then they sweeten it with splenda. Genius  | ||
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Warfield
United States49 Posts
To what limit could I lie to myself telling myself I am drinking something healthy when really it isn't? | ||
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Mortal
2943 Posts
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On December 20 2011 22:52 Mortal wrote: Anything that mass-produced can in no way be good for you. That is a hyperbole, not a truth. | ||
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
On December 20 2011 22:52 Mortal wrote: Anything that mass-produced can in no way be good for you. Yeah, this goes for corn; carrots, broccoli, bananas, apples, spinach etc. | ||
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Xalorian
Canada433 Posts
Funny fact, tea sold in paper bag are not even really good for your health (Lipton for example). Sure, it's not "bad", it's just not that healthy. The only real way to drink a good tea is to buy loose leaf. | ||
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Mortal
2943 Posts
On December 20 2011 22:55 Smurg wrote: Yeah, this goes for corn; carrots, broccoli, bananas, apples, spinach etc. Produced, as in made in a factory. As in not actual food. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On December 20 2011 22:59 Mortal wrote: Produced, as in made in a factory. As in not actual food. The word you are looking for is processed | ||
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Chillton
Canada85 Posts
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trainRiderJ
United States615 Posts
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Ketch
Netherlands7285 Posts
http://www.drinkarizona.com/index_national.html#featured_content That's a better one  Commercial IceTea = Sugar... so... | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
On December 20 2011 22:59 Mortal wrote: Produced, as in made in a factory. As in not actual food. You are not exactly making a convincing argument here. Any food you make at home can be made in a factory. To throw out a general "Anything that mass-produced can in no way be good for you." is just stupid. | ||
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MooseyFate
United States237 Posts
I remember reading an article discussing bottled teas and how they lack a lot of the anti-oxidants and catechin that makes green tea good for you. Top it off with the amount of sugar in there, and I would say drinking this is better for you than soda, but not by much. At least its not carbonated and acidic as hell. | ||
TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
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SpiffD
Denmark1264 Posts
There was also a study of people in high-risk of getting lung cancer in which the group given vitamin E supplements had statistically higher risk of getting cancer over the placebo group. Source Basically nutritionist are claiming all sorts of crap with no science to back it up. EDIT: Spelling | ||
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hummingbird23
Norway359 Posts
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Exempt.
United States470 Posts
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
Proper green tea is non-oxidized, fresh, with no sugar added. In the US, try the Stash brand for the ultimate green tea. Brew at 160 F for 1-2 minutes. | ||
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SoLaR[i.C]
United States2969 Posts
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Smurg
Australia3818 Posts
Drink hot or cold; such are the options that tea gives you. | ||
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Nexi
Australia182 Posts
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hummingbird23
Norway359 Posts
On December 21 2011 00:14 Nexi wrote: It's probably better for you than a coke, but if you want the real deal, brew it yourself. The wikipedia articles on tea are worth reading, as they cite scientific studies. Also, be careful about generalising to bottled teas. | ||
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