tea

Tea side effects exist. However, the benefits are no less great. Just give one drink a day and see exactly when to eat them.
Tea is a favorite beverage in many places. Especially when this tea served with a more varied, better taste, color, smell, or packaging. There are fruit-flavored tea, honey, spices, even flowers. That is why, tea not only parents but also loved children. Fragrant aromatic drink that is now not only accompany their parents, when talking at home, but the sips of children during recess at school.

“The packaging is attractive to children in love to drink tea, but the taste is sweet and fragrant aroma of her”. The benefits that are stored in the tea beverage. Popular compounds in tea are theaflavins which are antioxidants in a large amount. Own antioxidants are substances that can neutralize or destroy free radicals. In addition to the results of biochemical reactions in the body, free radicals encountered in everyday life, such as vehicle fumes, cigarette smoke, excessive evaporation of alcohol, preservatives, fertilizers, ultraviolet light, and others.

Free radicals will damage cells. Its main deficiency if the body or when the body’s antioxidant excess free radicals. This can lead to the development of cancer cells, liver disease, arthritis, cataracts, and others. “Children are often the victims of passive smoking or air pollution can be helped by the antioxidants in this tea.”
This is according to research carried out in bamboo curtain country, Japan. Although smoking rates in the world is also there, but the incidence of lung cancer is quite small. This is because the consumption of tea daily routine. Of course, not only the antioxidants found in tea, but also in vegetables and fruits. “Therefore, making the tea as the sole antioxidant intake is also clearly wrong.”

Therapy Osa
In fact, a recent study the scientists say, the compounds found in green tea protects the brain from the effects of sleep disturbance. A substance in green tea can counteract the suspected nerve damage due to breathing problems occur when OSA (Sleep Apnea Osbtructive). OSA is a sleep disorder that occurs while in the soft throat. This interference causes stop breathing during sleep for a couple of times. Very typical symptoms of snoring sound. OSA can occur in children and adults. If not handled properly, OSA can lead to lack of oxygen supply to the brain, which can bring a memory disorder. Even so, the benefits of green tea for OSA therapy should be further verified. This is because the discovery was only tested on mice, not humans.

One glass a day
What about the sugar content in packaged tea? “Do not worry can cause obesity“. “A serving of bottled tea drinks, for example, contains an average of 150 calories, whereas a child needs approximately 1,500 calories. Thus, the impact is not significant, except if the child overboard in taking them.”
As long as they are presented with a moderate, there is no negative impact to worry about tea. Moderate for your child to drink tea that is simply one or two glasses a day. This is also true for the tea in paper packaging, bottles, plastic, and others. One or two bottles will suffice. Do not let excessive because there are compounds in tea called tannin. These tannins can bind some metals such as iron, calcium, and aluminum, and formed a bond chemically complex. Because the bound position and hold, then the iron and calcium compounds contained in food is poorly absorbed body.

How to serve tea to children? “Let’s not too thick or dense. As long as they smell and taste is delicious, it’s more than enough. If using a tea bag, then dip a few times only, not to the muted-colored glasses until thick. The more intense the more the tea ingredients tannins in it. Therefore, children are encouraged not to drink too much tea.

What matters more, avoid consuming tea after a meal. If this is ignored, then worry about the child will experience anemia, iron deficiency. “While iron deficiency is a major health problem in children. Many children are iron deficient, making it tired, weak, tired, and reduce the concentration in the study. Achievements can also be dropped”. “Medicine for stomach pain also should not be taken together with the tea, because it can reduce benefits.”

So, watch teatime. Should also not at night or before bed. This is because tea contains caffeine. These compounds have a work force as the central nervous system stimulant that produces increased mental activity. Children may be difficult to sleep. “Before bed, the better it should be drinking milk instead of tea.”