What Is Better To Drink, Tea Or Coffee ?

[beezaneez]

i drink 6-8 coffees per day, i like tea also. my doctor has advised me to drink lots of water to keep my liver in good condition ( liver problems ) anyway would tea substitute drinking water ? does it flush out the liver ? coffee i have read will make me feel hungry as it sends blood sugar levels haywire, so have been told, i notice that im putting on belly / weight and i dont like it even though i dont eat much , i crave sweet things and pastries, sweets etc maybe this is connected to drinking too much caffiene ?

so mabe i need to stop coffee ( maybe one in morning ) and drink more tea ?

your thoughts please

[Heaton21]

I also have a liver problem in that it's only working to 60% capacity, so I've been advised. My doctor has told me to drink more water and less tea/coffee. I'm just the opposite and have gone off sweet things and much prefer savouries.
I was also advised not to drink much alcohol but as I'm TT, that doesn't affect me.

[lady-janine]

could you try fruit teas without sugar? that might be easier.

[piggynose]

wow serious caffeine overkill, how do you sleep?

[Buenchico]

>>>wow serious caffeine overkill

You are joking, aren't you, Piggynose? When I was at college I drank 30 mugs of coffee each day, with 3 really big heaped teaspoons of Nescafé in each mug. (i.e.the equivalent of 90 cups per day). I might have cut back these days but most people would probably still regard 6 to 8 cups as within the 'normal' range.

However, as you get older, caffeine isn't particularly good for your blood pressure, so tea might be a better choice of drink. (I now drink around 20 mugs of tea, and perhaps an occasional coffee, each day. And that's after a pharmacist suggested I cut back a bit!)

[piggynose]

i drink 1 cup of coffee every morning. I remember going to a lunchtime buffett about 5 years ago, eat as much as you want, inc coffee, so i had about 7 tea-cup size coffees, later on at about midnight, i had panic attacks, took me about 5 hours to return to normallity, it was horrible!!

[johnny37]

How is 'a cup of coffee' measured. I drink around 6/7 mugs a day, each mug with two teaspoons of coffee. Is that fourteen coffees? While not as much as Buenchico I honestly believe there is no evidence at all this does any harm. It does not keep me awake and yes, it can be counted as part of your liquid intake. I have regular kidney and liver checks for diabetes and both are perfect (at 70 years of age!). Doctors should know better than offer unfounded avice.

[boxtops]

Weak tea, preferably without milk, is much better for you than milky drinks - and there are so many choices of herbal, white or green teas these days, you will surely find one you like :-)

[woofgang]

why are milky drinks not good boxy?

[Sheann]

Try taking Milk Thistle supplement for your liver, I always take it after having any alcohol, and try cutting down as much as possible on caffeine

[joko]

drink decaf.

tea and coffee is mostly water so it will have some effect towards flushing the kidneys - any liquid that has no stimulant etc will help

when doctors say drink 2 litres of water a day - or whatever it is - they don't just mean add an extra 2 litres of plain water on top of what you normally drink each day ... they mean 2 litres or more of fluids - squash etc - any drink that is mostly water counts in that total.

[whiskeryron]

I agree with joko we all drink Decaf Tea & Coffee, much better for your 'elf
& tastes quite good, we also add only Long Life Skimmed Milk which we also use on our cereals.

WR.

[joko]

methyl - tea does not contain more caffeine than coffee!
that is a myth

[jomifl]

Coffee on average contains 3X as much caffeine as tea per cup as drunk.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1032351
I have 2 cups of tea per day and occasionally a cup of coffee.