Tea and Artery Function

Adding milk to tea can blocks its beneficial effects, potentially explaining why green tea drinkers appear better protected than consumers of black tea.



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[haute]

Sipping my green tea without sweeteners or milk as I watch this. Viva la tea!

[HooLyKeKyy]

Go Netherlands! Honestly the only reason I see why English people drink their tea with milk is because they make their tea soo flipping strong and bitter that it is super gross (and I asume that this is less so when they add Milk). In the Netherlands most people also don't like bitter tea, but instead of adding Milk, we take out the tea bag faster and we have lots of diffrent flavours of tea.

[FamilyFizz]

We drink a green and black tea blend, but with soy milk added. Guess we better look to drink it without milk instead! Thanks Dr Greger! 😉

[psychedelicdreamer]

I'm from the Netherlands and I was thinking "but we drink it without milk" and then you said it. I'm glad black tea is about as good as green tea, because even though I've been drinking green tea for a couple of decades for health, I always still prefer black tea for flavor.

[barbaraodanakachildrensauthor]

What of other nondairy, non-soy milks such as oat milk or almond milk?

[weirdunclebob]

Sweet. I drink plain green tea most days though I'm aiming for once a day at least. This has encouraged me to try harder :)

[learnerlearns]

Dr.Greger,

Thank you for showing your references in the video. Providing references from bone fide scientific peer reviewed journals helps people see where the data came from and assures a greater level of confidence. It also helps thwart the glut of pseudoscience claims made by less conscientious people and non-scientists.

I would like to suggest you also provide links in the description section so your interested viewers can read those papers for themselves.

regards,
LL

[veg]

"what's the downside of a little milk abstinence" answer: none ^^

[tanyas.]

Dr. Greger, please make a video on the effect of Green Smoothies on the Endothelial Cells. I'd like to clear that up once and for all.

[maiqueashworth]

Dr Greger and team, I would like to thank you for all the amazing work you do. It's so refreshing in these days to see information always backed up with good science. We need some way to get your message across to a larger proportion of the world population. People are confused because they are constantly bombarded with news supporting unfounded beliefs. Thank you again.

[Kate-zlzl]

Appreciate that the good data is laced with humor--Dr. Greger cracks me up sometimes!

[ColdCutz]

Oh thank god. I LOVE my Earl Grey straight.

[royroy]

Looks like everyone wants to know about other forms of milk. Almond, cashew, oat. Etc...

[ES]

Good to know !! I love these videos, so informational ! Green tea ftw xx

[enjacku]

I make matcha with soymilk sometimes, do you think that'd hurt the good effects? I also drink Earl Grey with soymilk on occasion too.

[carstenaltena]

Fascinating. I'm from the Netherlands and drinking black tea right now. Without milk of course.

[JamScottMusic]

Thank you so much for these videos - love them! So good to have advice I can trust ☺️

[TheVeganSpartan]

These videos are always really informative I appreciate them greatly ! Keep it up

[offthegridhealth]

Dr. Greger, would it be feasible that casein could blunt the health benefits of other nutrients?

[woody]

Confused. The literature I can find on side effects of caffeine states that caffeine is a vasoconstrictor which narrows veins and arteries. In my case at age 65 when I drink tea my ankles swell just like they would if I eat salt which I quit doing. I found a forum where numerous people claimed the same problem. I have been on a whole food vegan diet for years that would make Esselstyn smile. I am 6 ft tall and only weigh 135 lbs and am active and live a lifestyle modeled after the Okinawan centenarians. If tea should improve circulation why am I getting symptoms of vascular insufficiency in my legs? I even developed hemosiderine staining in the lower legs after about a year of adding green and white tea to my diet, and I only use it on average 50 percent of the time and only 2 or 3 grams of loose tea in a day...maybe 4 occasionally which is equivalent of 2 tea bags. If I stop the tea, the edema abates. I am now a tea addict after seeing all the benefits and don't want to give it up, but this information on blood flow and green tea makes me really wonder????