There are more and more "bad habits" in modern life, such as sitting, playing with mobile phones, greasy eating, etc., but the top two are still smoking and drinking, and it is difficult to quit.
To make matters worse, many people both smoke and drink, often accompanied by tea. Many smokers and drinkers like to drink tea in order to detoxify tobacco and alcohol, and it is said that they can also scrape off the tar in their bodies.
So, can drinking tea really offset the harm of tobacco and alcohol? What kind of tea is suitable for different people?
First, can drinking tea detoxify tobacco and alcohol?
"Eat and sleep, get up two bowls of tea" - it turns out that our great poet Bai Juyi also likes to drink tea.
Nowadays, when it comes to tea, many people will associate it with health, and even say that drinking tea can prevent cancer. In response, a study of 500,000 Chinese drinking tea habits was published in the European Journal of Epidemiology.
The researchers recorded the amount of tea the participants drank and compared it with the number of cancers during this period, and the results came to the surprising conclusion that people who drank more tea had a higher risk of cancer than those who drank less tea.
Further analysis found that among the participants, those who liked to drink tea had a greater probability of smoking and drinking, and their overall cancer risk was higher than that of those who did not smoke or drink. In addition, when participants did not smoke and did not drink too much, those who consumed more than 4g of tea per day still had an increased risk of stomach cancer compared with those who drank tea less than once a week.
That is to say, the effect of drinking tea on the prevention of cancer is not significant, and if it is combined with tobacco and alcohol, it will increase the risk and cannot reduce the harm.
When smoking, smoke mainly enters the lungs, in addition to the physical hazards caused by solid particles, there are also chemical hazards caused by harmful substances such as tar and nicotine. However, the tea that drinks tea enters the stomach and intestines, and after absorption, it enters the bloodstream, and cannot play a role in clearing the lungs and scraping tar.
Similarly, drinking tea does not solve the wine. In fact, drinking tea after drinking alcohol may be bad for the kidneys. Theophylline can diuretic, alcohol has not been completely decomposed on tea, under the diuretic effect, alcohol will enter the kidneys, irritation to the kidneys, damage to health.
Second, the benefits of drinking tea are so many
However, although drinking tea can not detoxify tobacco and alcohol, there are still many benefits for the body, such as:
1. Helps with antioxidants
Tea contains more tea polyphenols, which have antioxidant effects and can scavenge excess free radicals from the human body. Studies have found that the antioxidant effects of tea polyphenols are stronger than those of vitamin E.
2. Help to drink more water
Drinking more tea is equivalent to drinking more water, provided that the concentration of tea is not too high. Water is the source of life, and all life activities of the human body require the participation of water. The benefits of drinking more water are many, such as reducing uric acid levels and preventing gout; reducing the concentration of metabolites in the urine, preventing urinary tract stones and other urinary tract diseases; speeding up gastrointestinal peristalsis, preventing constipation, etc.
3. Beneficial to brain health
Researchers at the National University of Singapore found that regular tea drinkers had a more rational organization of cognitive-related areas of the brain, or reduced the risk of cognitive decline by 50 percent in older adults, compared with those who never drank tea. The study is the first to demonstrate that drinking tea is beneficial for brain health.
4. Improve the power of the gastrointestinal tract
Studies have found that part of the extract of tea can regulate the secretion of gastric acid, promote gastric motility, and promote intestinal peristalsis. There are also studies that have found that tea has a certain role in regulating the intestinal flora, which can regulate the permeability of intestinal mucosal cells and reduce the risk of diarrhea.
Therefore, drinking tea in moderation is still beneficial to the body, but it will not have the function of detoxifying tobacco and detoxification. If you want to avoid tobacco poisoning and alcohol poisoning, the best way is not to smoke and drink alcohol.
Third, what physique to drink what tea, did you drink it right?
Did you know that different tea leaves have different production processes and are suitable for people with different physiques to drink. Therefore, if you want to drink tea for the benefit of the body, you must also look at the personal physique and choose the right tea.
Black tea: it belongs to fermented tea, with sweet and warm taste, warm stomach, warm spleen and stomach deficiency. After fermentation, although the tea polyphenols and caffeine in black tea are reduced, they are more suitable for people who are intolerant to caffeine.
Green tea: belongs to the non-fermented tea, slightly cold, helps to reduce the fire, suitable for people with internal heat constitution and stomach heat to drink. Conversely, people with cold, stomach ulcers, and easy insomnia are not suitable for drinking.
Green tea: that is, oolong tea, cold and hot, cool and sweet, can clear the heat and moisturize the lungs, suitable for most people to drink.
Black tea: belongs to the post-fermentation tea, with the effect of warming the spleen and warming the stomach, quenching thirst, eliminating phlegm, etc., especially suitable for people with cold constitution, and the elderly are also suitable for drinking.
Fourth, these 3 kinds of "tea" should be drunk less
Of course, not all teas are beneficial, the following 3 kinds of "tea" should be drunk as little as possible, it is best not to drink.
- Tea
Some people have a heavier taste and prefer strong tea. However, the high content of tea polyphenols, caffeine and theanine in strong tea may destroy the gastric mucosa, and children, menstruating women, people with poor gastrointestinal function, and caffeine sensitive people are not suitable for drinking.
- Hot tea
Tea can be drunk while it is hot, but be careful not to overheat it. Our esophageal mucosa is very delicate, normal tolerance temperature at about 40 ° C ~ 50 ° C, if you regularly drink hot tea (temperature ≥ 65 ° C), easy to damage the esophageal mucosa, long-term past, will affect the repair function of the mucosal epithelium, increase the risk of esophageal cancer.
- Moldy tea
Tea also has a shelf life, not the healthier it is the older it gets. If the tea leaves are not properly preserved and moldy, they may also contain aflatoxin (a Class 1 carcinogen), which may lead to poisoning after drinking in large quantities, causing dizziness, dizziness, diarrhea and other symptoms. Long-term drinking may also lead to liver damage and even increase the risk of cancer.
In short, although drinking tea has many benefits, it cannot eliminate the harm caused by smoking and drinking alcohol to the body. Please don't waste your body while trying to save it, this will only make you smoke and drink more brazenly, more than you lose!
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