Lead Contamination of Tea
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2015-12-30

At what level of tea consumption might the benefits of tea start to be countered by the risks of lead contamination for green, white, black, and oolong tea for children, pregnant women, and adults in general?

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This is one of the things that changed my daily diet. If you look at my smoothie recipe, for example (A Better Breakfast http://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-better-breakfast/), I’ve recommended throwing in tea leaves, and I’ve been a big fan of matcha (Is Matcha Good for You? http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-matcha-good-for-you/). I still enjoy doing both, but am now more careful where my tea is sourced. Note, as soon as I learned of this I made announcements on Facebook (http://facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org), Twitter (http://twitter.com/nutrition_facts), and Google+ (https://plus.google.com/+NutritionfactsOrgMD/) to inform everyone before I even started making this video. So, if you closely follow my recommendations (which I elaborate on extensively in my new book How Not to Die http://nutritionfacts.org/book), please make sure to keep an eye on our social media where I can post things within minutes of learning about them.

I’ve got a whole slew of new tea videos coming out, but here’s some of the ones I’ve done over the last year or two:
• Is Caffeinated Tea Dehydrating? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-caffeinated-tea-dehydrating/)
• Antimutagenic Activity of Green Versus White Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antimutagenic-activity-of-green-versus-white-tea/)
• Treating Gorlin Syndrome with Green Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-gorlin-syndrome-with-green-tea/)
• Treating Genital Warts with Green Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-genital-warts-with-green-tea/)
• Why Do Asian Women Have Less Breast Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-asian-women-have-less-breast-cancer/)
• Beauty is More than Skin Deep (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/beauty-is-more-than-skin-deep/)
• Cancer Interrupted, Green Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-interrupted-green-tea/)
• Can Gargling Prevent the Common Cold? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-gargling-prevent-the-common-cold/)
• What’s the Best Mouthwash? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-the-best-mouthwash/)

Where else might you find heavy metal risk? (besides my music collection :)
• Get the Lead Out (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/get-the-lead-out/)
• Amla and Triphala Tested for Metals (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heavy-metals-in-protein-powder-supplements/)
• Heavy Metals in Protein Powder Supplements
• Filled Full of Lead (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/filled-full-of-lead/)
• Fish Intake Associated With Brain Shrinkage (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fish-consumption-associated-with-brain-shrinkage/)
• Mercury vs. Omega-3s for Brain Development (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mercury-vs-omega-3s-for-brain-development/)
• California Children Are Contaminated (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/california-children-are-contaminated/)
• Cadmium and Cancer: Plant vs. Animal Foods (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cadmium-and-cancer-plant-vs-animal-foods/)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-contamination-of-tea and he'll try to answer it!

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