By Derek Henry, Holistic Health Coach for Healing the Body
Tea has been promoted as a healthy beverage for decades, with green tea leading the way with legions of articles promoting its antioxidant content and other health promoting factors.
Although tea certainly does have benefits related to people’s health, there are also some nuances to understand about commonly drank teas, in order to avoid the negative consequences that can come with many of them.
Caffeine Content
Coffee is mostly cited for its high caffeine content, which ranges in the 95-200 mg range for an 8 oz brewed cup. However, green and black teas also have decent caffeine content, coming in at 24-45 mg and 14-70 mg respectively.
Repeated exposure to caffeine can be hard on the adrenals and eventually create fatigue, anxiety, mood swings, sleep disturbance, irritability, and depression.
