Green Tea, Superhero or Villain?

My Medical Minute

I was cruising the net the other day and parked my net cruiser in a site on green tea. To my chagrin I discovered something about green tea that I had not known before. I am well aware of the benefits of green tea like its weight reduction capacity, its ability to reduce certain cancers and its massive antioxidant punch. I really didn't know that it had a downside.

Green tea contains fluoride and I was well aware of the evils of fluoride. Fluoride bonds easily and strongly to another element called aluminum. Aluminum is found in the brains of those who have succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Therefore we should work very hard to keep both of these out of our bodies. Fluoride also displaces iodine in the body and iodine is the most important component in the proper functioning of the thyroid gland. Ever heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Google CFS and iodine for more information. So, do I throw out all my green tea or what?

I pondered the situation until I arrived at several conclusions. For years I have been very diligent to remove all aluminum sources from my kitchen. Basically I have replaced everything aluminum with stainless steel. In the shop and at work if aluminum is to be handled, the gloves go on. Even things like antiperspirants, read the label and if aluminum is on that label leave it right there on the shelf. Then I made another discovery.

Green tea comes from a small evergreen shrub called Camellia Sinensis. As a matter of fact, both white and black tea come from that same shrub. White tea has the least fluoride content and the older the green tea, the more fluoride content it has. So guess who's switching over to white tea? I am not throwing out my green tea, just using it less than before and adding white tea to my daily regimen. I am not afraid of fluoride as long as the aluminum sources are reduced to zero!

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A. C. V. For Me!

My Medical Minute

It's all because of my stomach you see! I have what is called a sensitive stomach. I eat something that does not agree with me and wow do I get fire burning straight up from the gut. The other bad one is coffee or any of the cola's high in caffeine. Guaranteed to light my fire and keep it going for a while. I am not big on stuffing my body full of chemicals so I try to use food as medicine.

Once upon a day, the safety guy came out on the job site where I was working and asked, "Hey Reg, what do you do for heartburn?" The guys know that I am always yapping about what is good for you and what is not. This time I was almost speechless because I didn't know what to say. I control the burn by knowing what is in the food I eat and not eating the things that hurt me.

One of the guys standing close by said, "Oh, that's easy, I drink vinegar."

"Vinegar." I repeated incredulously, "Just like white vinegar?"

"No, not quite," he replied, "I use apple cider vinegar."

Now, I had heard of apple cider vinegar and that it was supposed to be good for a whole bunch of things but I had never heard about it being used for indigestion. I promised myself I would try it A.S.A.P. And try it I did! ACV as I call it has the effect of taking your breath away. I always grimace when I smell it because it has this powerful effect on me. I take a tiny sip straight and then swallow as quick as I can. For a few seconds my gut seems to burn even hotter and then within a few minutes it settles down completely. These days I pour about a quarter inch of ACV into a cup and then add about a quarter cup of ginger ale. This seems to make it a lot more body friendly. Google apple cider vinegar and indigestion and you will find about as many people for whom apple cider vinegar does not work as does. It works for me!


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Put A Little Ginger In Your Step

My Medical Minute

Last summer my stomach went to war with me. I don't know what I ate but it turned into pure burning fire. I decided that I would hit this thing all out. I very carefully monitored everything that I ate. I fed myself only the things that I knew would not hurt me, water and vegetables, well maybe a little more than that. Then I turned to the internet and googled indigestion teas. One site had four options the first one was ginger and the second one was peppermint. Peppermint I was familiar with and had just forgotten about. Ginger on the other hand was new. I knew about it but had never used it. Thus began my ongoing research about ginger.

Ginger is not only a digestive aid it offers many benefits. It is not only used to treat headaches and common colds but it also pushes the testosterone levels up. It is said that flat ginger ale, crackers and ginger can work wonders. I prefer a cup of green tea with a half teaspoon of honey and about a third teaspoon of powdered ginger. The ginger settles to the bottom so when you get to the last quarter cup of tea it is helpful to swirl the liquid in the cup to get the ginger up and then drink it quickly to get the ginger in the system.

I do the ginger ale thing with a quarter inch of apple cider vinegar in a quarter cup of ginger ale. Ginger ale has 24 grams of carbohydrates per cup and this is about two tablespoons of sugar so I stick to a quarter cup of ale. But this is another story!


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