A nutritionist, Uju Onuorah, says it’s not advisable to take tea within the morning on an empty abdomen.
Ms Onuorah, in an interview on Saturday, mentioned the perfect time to take tea was two to 3 hours after consuming.
“Teas are acidic in nature, and having them on an empty abdomen can disrupt the acid-basic steadiness, which may result in acidity or indigestion.
“As well as, keep away from having tea proper earlier than going to mattress as it will possibly intervene along with your sleep cycle and would possibly even interrupt sleep a number of occasions through the evening,’’ she pressured.
She suggested that common consumption of teas could assist to cut back the chance of sure power ailments.
Ms Onuorah mentioned analysis pointed to teas containing pure substances referred to as polyphenols resembling Catechin that would battle power ailments.
The nutritionist, who spoke in commemoration of the 2022 Worldwide Tea Day, mentioned that antioxidants had been discovered to assist stop and scale back the chance of Diabetes Kind Two, blood strain and a few sorts of cancers.
Nonetheless, the nutritionist mentioned that scientifically, teas had not been discovered to remedy ailments.
She added that researches have been nonetheless ongoing to determine the extent to which teas may assist to cut back the chance of the ailments.
Ms Onuorah cautioned {that a} important side-effect of consuming an excessive amount of tea was caffeine overload, including that giant quantities of caffeine within the physique would possibly result in nausea, nervousness, dizziness, heartburn, restlessness and belly cramping.
“As well as, some individuals may expertise free stools and different gastrointestinal points. Teas may work together with sure medicines.
“Tea is a wealthy supply of a category of compounds referred to as tannins; tannins can bind to iron in sure meals, rendering it unavailable for absorption within the digestive tract,’’ she cautioned.
In response to her, taking two or three cups of tea a day shouldn’t be unhealthy.
“Those that expertise complications, dizziness or nausea after taking tea ought to both cease or seek the advice of a health care provider or nutritionist,” she mentioned.
She suggested pregnant ladies and other people residing with medical circumstances to seek the advice of a diet skilled for the perfect approaches to consuming tea.
Worldwide Tea Day is a UN observance day to advertise and foster actions towards implementing actions favouring the sustainable manufacturing and consumption of tea.
The theme for the 2022 observance is: “Tea and Truthful Commerce’’.
(NAN)
