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I’m new to tea, i’m just discovering it and enjoying some white (bai mu dan) and oolong tea lately.I drink it several times a day, and as such, usually i end up not drinking much plain water.I read somewhere that drinking tea is better than drinking plain water, but i’m not sure about this information.I’ve always had liquid retention on my legs (not on my feets, interestingly), i’m not sure if this involves some kind of food alergy, i tried different kinds of diet and didn’t get any conclusion.I’m on a diet right now, I quit drinking milk and coffee (that’s why i began drinking tea), and i noticed some improvement in the water retention, but i’m concearned about this. It’s been an issue all my life. I think it is not a matter of any serious illness, but it bothers me.One interesting thing i noticed the other day… i went out of mineral water and made some cups of bai mu dan with tap water.. and roughly half an hour later i noticed my legs were a bit swollen and reddish. I thought it might be due to the quality of the tea, but then i experimented… i bought some good quality water, and drank some cups of bai mu dan brewed with it, and i had no trouble. It seems that the tea might have had some bad reaction with chloride in tap water? I could not find information on this matter. I think it may be an important issue on water quality, not only for the taste of tea, but for health. I was very surprised by this.Can anyone help me with additional information on this subject?I’d be very grateful. -
I believe this is a worthwhile topic for at least part of a permanent article in the Tea Guardian. You are not the only one with the water retention problem in the lower legs.
The allergic reaction when you have tea prepared from the tap water, however, should be watched out. I am not sure whether it is chlorine or something else in the water that reacts with tea to form compounds that is bad for you. I advise using an efficient filter system for your water even for other purposes. I have no first person experience with the water in any locations in South America so I really cannot be very specific, but I have seen different water forming various stuffs with tea and none would cause allergies, unless the water is polluted.I’ll put the water retention topic in my list of articles that I promised readers (and that’s a long list). Meanwhile pls read detail article on water at this link: -
Leo,
thank you so much.When I mentioned I used mineral water, probably I used the wrong term, I think it is spring water. The thing is, all bottled water here is called “mineral water”, so I’m not sure about this.I found this link.. I’m not sure if it’s ok to share it here? It is a non-profit website.It contains the characteristics of bottled water all over the world.This is the one I useIt seems to be good, or at least the best available here. The characteristics seem to be close to the ones you describe in your text.About the water retention.. it really puzzles me, because I’m very careful about everything I eat and drink, I avoid added chemical compounds as much as possible, i never drink soda, my food is always the less industrialized as possible and i avoid things which I know to contain much pesticides.I consider I’m barely overweight (I’m 1,78m tall and weight around 75kg). A lot of overweight women have better looking legs then I do. And it is not cellulite.. i’ve seen a professional in massages for this kind of thing, she said it is not cellulite but water retention (even though both may be related), and asked me if i ingested too much salt… but No! i don’t.So this really intrigues me. I don’t take contraceptives, which may cause water retention. I’ve done a lot of research on this subject and could not reach any conclusion.Whenever you can write something on this topic, Leo, I’m very eager to read it.Thank you, once more.
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