SIDE EFFECT TO GREEN TEA

We hear a lot about green tea. However their are cautions.

http://toughertimestoday.blogspot.com/2016/08/green-tea-side-effects.html

Lead Contamination of Tea

 Lead Contamination of Tea (Even if it says Organic if from China think twice and do your research first.  This knowledge is not published much.

China burns about half of the world’s coal, spewing heavy metals, such as mercury and lead, into the atmosphere and affecting the development of neighboring children. But what if you don’t live in China or eat anything produced in China?

You could still be exposed to mercury that settles in the oceans if you eat fish and seafood, but some people drink something from China: tea. China is one of the biggest exporters, but their rapid industrialization has raised concerns about lead contamination. Lead is a toxin that can affect almost every organ in the body, and the more lead in the soil, the more that ends up in the tea leaves, and the closer the tea is grown to the highway, the higher the levels, suggesting leaded gas, which wasn’t banned until the year 2000, may also be playing a role.

And just like larger longer-living fish accumulate more mercury, longer living leaves accumulate more lead. Young tea leaves appear to have two to six times less lead than mature leaves; so, not only do the young leaves that are used to make green tea and white tea have significantly less lead than the older leaves used to make black and oolong tea, the lead in black and oolong tea appears to be released much more readily into the tea water when brewed. And so, the health risk from lead may be 100 times lower for green tea compared to oolong and black.

Since certain fungicides may have heavy metal impurities, one might assume organic teas would be less contaminated, but in a study of 30 common teas off North American store shelves, there did not seem to be less toxic element contamination than regular tea, though presumably organic tea would have much less pesticide contamination. In terms of lead, the source of the tea, the country of origin, appears to be the most important factor. So, bottom line, how much tea is safe to drink?

It seems it matters where the manufacture brought the tea from,
 container's used and don't forget the pots/cups you brew it in. 

Based on the most stringent safety limits in the world—like California’s Prop 65 parameters—and the largest studies of tea lead contamination from around the world, this is what I was able to come up with.

If you’re not pregnant, and just drinking green tea, it doesn’t matter where you get your tea from. You can drink as much as you want, but given the average levels of lead in Chinese black tea samples, more than three cups a day would exceed the daily safety limit for lead.

Now that’s if you’re drinking tea, throwing the tea leaves or tea bag away. If you’re eating the leaves, like drinking Matcha tea, which is powdered green tea, or throwing tea leaves in your smoothie like I like to do, I wouldn’t add more than two or three heaping teaspoons unless, you’re using Japanese green tea, which is so low in lead that you can safely eat 15 spoonfuls a day—the only reason I would caution no more than eight is that could exceed the daily recommended limit for caffeine for adults.



What about children? If you’re a 70 pound 10-year-old, lead still isn’t a problem drinking green tea, but the safe caffeine intake for children is probably only down around three mg per kg, which would limit you to about four cups a day, though I wouldn’t add more than two spoonfuls of Japanese green tea to a child’s smoothie for caffeine reasons and more than one of Chinese green tea for lead reasons. Similarly, I wouldn’t like to see children drinking more than one cup of black tea a day and wouldn’t want them eating the leaves at all.

Pregnant women should be able to drink a cup a day of green tea throughout pregnancy, regardless of source, based on average tea lead levels, and the limit for Japanese tea is really just the caffeine limit, above four cups a day. I wouldn’t recommend drinking black tea during pregnancy, though, or eating any kind of tea leaves, unless you know you’re getting tea from a low lead source.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by Katie Schloer.


Lead in black Chinese tea is 100 times the level in Green tea. I don't drink tea, but if you do, this video will help you select the best tea.  Japanese tea has much less lead than Chinese one.  Chinese tea and produce is often super loaded with heavy metals due to lack of environmental laws enforcement.  So if you eat garlic or ginger or other things Made in China, don't overeat them or try get those from less polluted
countries... http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lead-contamination-of-tea

Yes heavy metals shows up in the body's iris

CLEANSING THE LUNGS in 72 hrs.

Cleansing the lungs in 72 hours as we say is not very difficult if we have the will power and put our mind to it.
http://www.ewao.com/a/1-burzynski-cancer-cure-finally-released-by-the-feds/


1. Get rid of dairy products like milk, butter, cheese and other milk products.  Say no to them.  When we introduce milk products, the body stores toxins. So get rid of toxins that are produced when we consume milk products.
2. Herbal teas or organic tea helps in flushing out the toxins from the body.  Initially, you may experience constipation, but this is a sure shot way to get rid of unnecessary toxins which are causing harm to your lungs.
3. Drinking warm water squeezed with lemon helps. To be precise squeeze the juice of two lemons in 300 ml of water and drink it before breakfast.  Lemon is acidic and helps flush out the toxins from your lungs
4. The other good choice is juice of grapefruit.  You may choose pineapple juice if you are not very happy with the lemon juice.  As long as these are natural juices, it will not affect the natural working of your lungs.  The magic is to go natural.  Many of these natural juices contain anti oxidants and help in natural cleansing of the body.

5. Carrot juice about 300 ml taken as mid lunch helps in alkalizing your blood during the 72 hour period.
6. The trick is to not load your lungs and at the same time eliminate the toxins from the lungs.
7. The natural juices of grapefruit, lemon and pineapple help in improvising the breathing system of your body.
8. Carrot juice is a cleanser by itself and is ideal for the body even otherwise. When it comes to lung cleansing, it does the cleaning effect internally.
9. Juices with potassium lend a cleansing effect and have it in lunch time.  It fights bacterial effectively and this prevents lung infection.
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optional suggestions .
Approximately 400 ml of the juice of cranberry will help fighting bacteria that is present in the lungs. This means you will be automatically fighting the infection in a healthy manner.

Hot baths help always. It is one way to release the toxins through sweating. The more you hot bath, the higher is the release of toxin

Inhale the steam of eucalyptus in hot water and cover your head with a heavy  towel. You will sweat and release toxins. When you inhale, it lends a soothing effect as well.

Get an air purifier

Clean with home made cleaning agents, vinegar, i.e.

 Vacuumed, but first, sprinkle carpets baking soda to help keep the air more clean

 Do not smoke or be around those that do. (avoid public smoking areas)

15 Plants and Herbs That Can Boost Lung Health, Heal Respiratory Infections And Even Repair Pulmonary Damage

A wave of viral and bacterial infections is sweeping across the Northern Hemisphere and people are taking longer to heal from an array of symptoms within the respiratory system. If you are resorting to conventional medicine to address these infections with antibiotics, you are not only adding to the problems associated with antibiotic resistance, but you're also doing little to address the healing mechanisms within your body to address the cause. Herbal remedies not only boost lung health, but they can heal infections and even repair lung damage. Here are 15 of the best herbs to boost lung health.


1. LICORICE ROOT

Licorice is one of the more widely consumed herbs in the world. In Traditional Chinese Medicine it occurs in more formulas than any other single herb because it is thought to harmonize the action of all other herbs. Licorice is very soothing and softens the mucous membranes of the throat and especially the lungs and stomach and at the same time cleanses any inflamed mucous membrane that needs immune system support. . It reduces the irritation in the throat and yet has an expectorant action. It is the saponins (detergent-like action) that loosen the phlegm in the respiratory tract, so that the body can expel the mucus. Compounds within this root help relieve bronchial spasms and block the free radical cells that produce the inflammation and tightening of the air ways. The compounds also have antibacterial and antiviral effects to them as well which helps fight off viral and bacterial strains in the body that can cause lung infections. Glycrrhizins and flavonoids can even help prevent lung cancer cells from forming which means they can even prevent lung cancer.
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Post Note:
 Lobelia is the best herb for the lungs for oxygen and removing poisons. Not  many know how to use it, better in formulas for the lungs


''LOBELIA (Plant and Seed) (QUOTED material follows) Botanical Name: Lobelia inflata. Common names: Bladder podded lobelia, wild tobacco, emetic herb, emetic weed, lobelia herb, puke weed, asthma weed, gag root, eye-bright, vomit wort. Medicinal properties:Emetic, expectorant, diuretic, nervice, diaphoretic, antispasmodic.


...Lobelia acts differently upon different people, but it will not hurt anyone. It makes the pulse fuller and softer in cases of inflammation and fever. Lobelia reduces palpitation of the heart. It is fine in the treatment of all fevers and in pneumonia, meningitis, pleurisy, hepatitis, peritonitis, phrenitis, nephritis, and perositis.

There should always accompany the lobelia with cayenne pepper which is the purest and best stimulant that is known in the compass of medicine.

PIf you've never worked with herbs...best to avoid Lobelia. I learned by using the tincture that starts out with 5 drops. It's one of my basic herbs on hand at all times.
These are my favorite research sites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia

http://www.iherb.co/
Lung diseases:
 http://diseases-researches.blogspot.ca/2016/03/most-common-diseases-of-elder_24.html

EAT THE WEEDS (Teas)

This is about Stinging Nettle (urtica) a excellent herb in the wild. Get to know wild herbs. I love herb walks and this is where I learn about this plant. Do not gather near traffic, lead gets into the plant from fumes of the exhaust of car, truck etc. This makes an excellent tea, lots of nutrition's and has many medical properties too. Many others and fruit trees, not sprayed, make into excellent teas. (..."fruit thereof for medicines...the " GMO was non existent in history.

http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-cook-wild-herbs-stinging-nettles.html
see the rest on how to cook them at Sherms Organic News

http://shermsrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/11/lime-jello-salad-festive.html
http://shermsorganicnews.blogspot.com  a new start in blogging of herbs and recipes.

Lavender Scones with Lavender Honey Cream - Recipes

Lavender Scones
Scones and Lavender, what could be more quintessentially British! This recipe makes an incredibly light dough, mainly due to the sour cream. They are simply luxury on a plate especially with a Lavender Honey Cream filling.

1 1/2 cups plain flour

1/2 tsp Baking powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1/4 cup Sugar

1 cup Sour Cream

1 tsp Dried Lavender flowers

Preheat the oven to 225 degrees

In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.

Then simply add the sour cream and stir with a large spoon until the dry ingredients are holding together (if the mixture is a little crumbly add a very small splash of water.

Turn the scone dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently, this won’t take long and you don’t want to break the dough down to much so knead for about 1- 15 seconds (you’ll feel its enough!).

You want to make a large flat rectangle about 3 or 4 centimetres thick. Now select the amount of scones you want to make, you could probably make 6 out of this mix or 4 big ones (depends on how greedy your feeling!).
Using a butter or palette knife cut the scones out and place them on a greased non stick tray. 
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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Honey Lavender Cream
Meanwhile you are going to need a filling, and this cream is going to do it!!
142ml (half a standard pot of double cream)
1 tsp Dried lavender (pulsed or chopped)
4 tsp Honey
Mix together, whip into soft peaks and its done!
Once the scones have cooled to just warm, gently slice and add lashings of the perfumed cream.. 
Serve immediately and try not to eat all of them at once!

Iced Rose Tea, Lime Blossom Tea, Lavender Hot Chocolate - Recipes

What could be more luxurious than making delicious drinks from flowers. Not just healthy drinks, but simply divine drinks! Why not spoil yourself, forage some flowers and create one of these fantastic hot or cold beverages!

Lime Blossom Tea

Lime blossom, also commonly known as linden, is an ideal herb whenever a relaxing effect is needed. With its sweet, clean aroma, lime blossom tea is a soothing remedy for a hard day, a difficult week, or a troubling year.

How to Make Lime Blossom Tea

To make lime blossom tea, pour one cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of the dried flowers. For a strong enough diaphoretic effect for fevers, use two teaspoons. Let the tea steep for about ten minutes, covered. Drink lime blossom tea three times a day while treating nervous tension, hypertension, or a cold or flu, or as a relaxing night cap enjoy a cup at the end of the day.

Iced Rose Tea

Like the rose hips, the petals of the rose flowers also have numerous medical uses. They are presumed to be both healing and calming and can cleanse the pallet as well invigorating the nervous system.

How to make Iced Rose Tea

Press dried rose petals and a few fresh into a tea pot and cover securely. Pour boiling water into a pot and let brew to the desired strength.

Strain the tea into a tall jug and refrigerate for an hour or so. When ready to drink simply serve in a tall glass with ice and a few fresh rose petals.

Lavender Hot Chocolate

Lavender like the two flowers above is also known for its health benefits. Its aroma is believed to benefit anxiety and insomnia. Its oil is used as an antiseptic agent and it is also used as a relaxant, carminative, and sedative in aromatherapy. This recipe is a little naughty, but hey surely the health benefits out way the naughtier bits??

How to make Lavender Hot Chocolate

• 3 cups of Full Fat Milk

• 2 teaspoons lavender (good English Lavender)
• 1 Bar Dark Chocolate (70% Cacao)

• A little cream (whipped lightly – Lavender honey cream if you have it)

In a saucepan, bring the milk to a simmer over medium heat (don’t let it catch on the bottom of the pan!). Turn off the heat, cover the pan, add the lavender, and steep in the hot milk for 3 to 5 minutes, keep checking the flavor for your desired strength. Strain the milk through a tea strainer. Now, here’s an even more fun bit.. Take the still wrapped chocolate bar and smash it on the worktop, taking turns at both ends, undo one end of the wrapper and pour the smashed chocolate into the warm milk. Over a low heat whisk the milk vigorously until the chocolate is melted and the mixture froths (if you lie a sweeter mix add a little sugar now). Pour equal amounts into 4 small mugs or as I like it 2 huge mugs! Top each with the whipped cream, and why not sprinkle some chopped pistachios and a few more flowers over the top too!

The last one was a little less healthy than the first two but hey… Live a little and enjoy these little gifts from nature!

http://www.modernalternativemama.com/blog/2012/10/08/monday-health-wellness-immune-boosting-tea/