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Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

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Re: Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

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Oh no! I drink a lot of tea...

47 year old woman...drank a pitcher of tea made from at least 100 tea bags daily, for 17 years

Whew, not even close. Also, WTF. Glad to see that simply halting the excess consumption should allow her body to repair the imbalance over time.

Re: Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

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Oh no! I drink a lot of tea... 47 year old woman...drank a pitcher of tea made from at least 100 tea bags daily, for 17 years Whew, not even close. Also, WTF. Glad to see that simply halting the excess consumption should allow her body to repair the imbalance over time.

Ha ha, I had the same thought and was coming to post the same excerpt. I drink a huge amount of tea... but not 100 bags a day. I already knew about the fluoride in tea. Also in some other things:

http://www.fortcollinscwa.org/pages/fluoride.htm

Re: Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

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Oh no! I drink a lot of tea... 47 year old woman...drank a pitcher of tea made from at least 100 tea bags daily, for 17 years Whew, not even close. Also, WTF. Glad to see that simply halting the excess consumption should allow her body to repair the imbalance over time.

They must have been some pretty nasty tea bags for that to be affordable. 100 half decent teabags each day would be barely cheaper than smoking.

Re: Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

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Oh no! I drink a lot of tea... 47 year old woman...drank a pitcher of tea made from at least 100 tea bags daily, for 17 years Whew, not even close. Also, WTF. Glad to see that simply halting the excess consumption should allow her body to repair the imbalance over time.

At some point you wonder if putting more teabags into the same pitcher doesn't actually make it any stronger. There's gotta be a saturation point for tea solutes. Except maybe for the flouride in them.

Re: Too Much Tea Causes Unusual Bone Disease

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after she drank a pitcher of tea made from at least 100 tea bags daily, for 17 years, researchers report.

Duh! Also 100 tea bags daily is a lot more than what people call "too much"!

Too much water will also cause death http://www.smh.com.au/national/bushwalker-died-from-drinking...

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