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Originally Posted by savithny  So if you look at cultures that drank a lot of tea - do you see problems in them coming from that level of aluminum consumption? Not generally.
I'd feel safe consuming tea at about the level that it has historically been consumed by the cultures that domesticated it and made it a part of their diet. I'm always dubious about things like "tea extract," or concentrations of things done because "if some is good, concentrated must be 10X as good!" So I wouldn't do those, myself.
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But are we, in our modern day environment exposed to more aluminum than those traditional culutures. My issue isn't per se the existence of aluminum or fluoride in the tea, but rather the overall load of those particular elements one is exposed to. Granted my dad doesn't have workplace aluminum exposure which would certainly make the green tea addition a possible concern, but on the other hand it seems that our society sees less of an issue with longer term, lower dose exposures. (ditto the same for fluoride which competes with iodine in the body - not something that would be wise for someone who really needs the iodine)
I too, would tend towards the whole leaf preparation since I think it's entirely likely that there are other constituents within the tea leaf that are also beneficial (which is why isolation certain compounds from herbs isn't a wise idea), but if the green tea extracts had less aluminum/fluoride than the tea that might be slightly attractive.
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Originally Posted by AJP
forget the source now, but I read about a study a few years ago that apparently found organic tea did contain less fluoride, and I think the speculation was that much of the fluoride taken up by the tea plant (which it seems to do quite readily) was coming from fertilizers. How accurate that is, I don't know. Maybe you could find it if you googled around. Even organic tea does have fluoride in it, just from the soil. Personally, I drink organic tea in moderation and don't worry about it (water not fluoridated, rarely drink any prepared drinks that might be made with fluoridated water).
As an aside, I heard this woman interviewed recently http://www.susanhmoss.com/ , and so much of what she said made sense to me given my observations of watching my own mother die of cancer (or as it seemed, die of chemotherapy), as well as the causes of her cancer. I want to read her books now, and just thought I'd mention it in case it could be helpful. She sounded different than most of the people I've heard or read talking about natural cancer therapy. |
The fluoride/pesticide connection would make sense. They have well water so that would certainly cut down on the fluoride exposure.
I'll have to check out the website and her book. So far most of the books that we've read (and especially the one from the ND) have left much to be desired.
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Originally Posted by Cristiaz
At my work, I've read through the book, The Cure for All Cancers (can't remember the author) and she had sooooo much info.
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That particular book is by Hulda Clark. I've heard of it and had some limited exposure to Hulda's theories through one of the local WAPF chapters. I must say I'm a bit skeptical of the parasite-cancer connection.
