Have you ever encountered a similar situation:
After drinking a few sips of milk tea,
My heart is pounding!
In the afternoon, a cup of milk tea falls into the stomach,
Wake up until midnight...
Attention foodies!
Although milk tea is delicious,
But the caffeine content in it
Probably higher than coffee!
How much caffeine is in a cup of milk tea?
Caffeine is known to be a naturally occurring compound (xanthine alkaloid compound) found in a variety of plants, such as coffee, some cocoa, tea, guarana berries and kola nuts.
Milk tea is made of "milk + tea", and the tea contains caffeine. The caffeine content in each gram of tea is generally about 20 mg, and the high can reach 40 mg. When making tea, caffeine easily dissolves from the tea leaves into the water.
It's worth noting that a lot of the milk teas on the market are directly concentrated tea powders, so the caffeine content is usually higher.
Is milk tea really more "fierce" than coffee? An evaluation agency has done a laboratory to compare the caffeine content of milk tea and coffee:
Conclusion: The caffeine content in milk tea is mostly higher than that of coffee.
Is caffeine in milk tea safe?
According to nutritionists, caffeine itself has advantages, being able to refresh and diuretic.
Health authorities in the United States FDA, European Union EFSA, Health Canada and other countries have all considered it safe for healthy adults to consume no more than 400 mg of caffeine per day.
According to the results of "Dietary Caffeine Intake Level and Risk Assessment of Chinese Residents", adults can drink up to 1524 grams of milk tea per day without consuming other caffeinated foods. So, for normal people, one cup a day is completely no problem.
It should also be reminded that three groups of people, including teenagers, pregnant women, and lactating mothers, are more sensitive to caffeine and are not recommended to consume it. Some people will experience insomnia, palpitation, hand tremors and other symptoms after drinking, and should also drink less or no alcohol.
Drink milk tea for a long time
It will bring 4 major damage to the body!
In addition to caffeine, milk tea also contains more sugar, additives, etc., so although milk tea is delicious, you must not be greedy.
Accelerated aging
Most milk teas have a high sugar content, and the sugar will eventually be broken down into glucose in the body, and the excess glucose produced is more likely to react with proteins, amino acids or lipids to produce glycation end products (AGEs), which can glycate collagen and elastin and accelerate the aging of the skin.
dental caries
If you don't rinse your mouth in time after drinking milk tea, the sugar in it will provide a "comfortable" environment for the bacteria in the mouth to grow and reproduce, and the bacteria and sugar will gradually "collapse" the teeth and finally form caries.
Cardiovascular disease
The non-dairy creamer in milk tea contains trans fatty acids, and excessive intake of trans fatty acids can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
gout
Fructose ingested from milk tea will also promote uric acid production, and excessive sugar intake may also cause insulin resistance, indirectly reduce uric acid excretion, and increase the risk of gout attacks.