Thursday, April 23, 2009

喝茶不洗杯, 閻王把命催


This article explains the right way to drink tea. Read on.

中國是茶的故鄉,種茶、制茶、喝茶的歷史更是源遠流長。


我國民間一直流傳著這樣一句諺語:「清晨一杯茶,餓死賣藥人」,可見茶的保健功效非同一般。

同時,我國又有句俗語,「喝茶不洗杯,閻王把命催」。

說的就是,茶雖有益健康,但錯誤的飲茶習慣卻會帶來相反的結果,「不勤洗茶杯」就是最常見的一種。

天津藥物研究院副教授李紅珠告訴《生命時報》記者,沒有喝完或放得時間較長的茶水暴露在空氣中,茶葉中的茶多酚與茶銹中的金屬元素就會發生氧化,形成茶垢, 附著在杯子內壁,而「茶垢」就是危害人體健康的罪魁禍首。

因為茶垢中含有鎘、鉛、汞、砷等有毒物質以及亞硝酸鹽等致癌物,這些物質進入人們的消化系統, 與食物中的蛋白質、脂肪酸、維生素等相結合,不僅阻礙了人體對這些營養素的吸收和消化,還會使腸胃等器官受到損害。此外,經常不清洗的茶杯,還留有更多水垢,其中也含有大量的重金屬,對健康極為不利。

因此建議,每次喝完茶後,即使杯子沒有茶漬,也要認真清洗一下

Read also:
1. Are You Drinking The Right Tea?
2. Benefits of Green Tea - 25 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea
3. Tea Wards Off Cell Mutation

3 comments:

molly said...

Is that true? I thought olden days people use the same teapot for making tea again and again until the teapot turn dark colour.

Marco said...

@Molly, I think the old practice is not hygienic. If you like to drink tea, let's go for porcelain teapot and cups.

Money4Invest said...

I was shocked to read this, my office's tea cup is yellowish even I washed it several times. I think I better throw it away and use the new cup. Thanks for the info.

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