Guest guest Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hi EveryOne, Whatever anyone posts to the list belongs to the original poster and should not be shared or reproduced without explicit permission from the author. It is easy enough to just ask permission to share and wait for an answer before doing so. I usually ask whether or not the person wants their name or email address or website shared as well or not. Common courtesy! People who post to this list have a right to know it will not spread around the internet unless they say so. Peace, Love and Harmony, Bev > > > > > > > > > This is one of the reasons I personally drink only organic hand picked > teas, and > > > only use organic hand picked teas for my kombucha. (Other reasons are > that loose > > > leaf tea is higher in antioxidants, and tastes a whole lot better!) > > > > > > It's the older leaves that have the higher levels fluoride. > > > Loose leaf tea is typically two leaves and a bud -- the newest growth > -- and is > > > most usually handpicked. The leaves can be used to make white tea, > yellow tea, green tea, black tea or oolong or pu-erh. The difference is in the > processing. > > > White tea is steamed and dried quickly. The steaming stops the > oxidation. > > > Yellow tea is steamed and dried slowly. The steaming stops the > oxidation. > > > Green tea is pan-fried, or rolled and pan-fried or baked to stop > further > > > oxidation. > > > Oolongs are bruised and baked to stop further oxidation. > > > Black teas are allowed to fully oxidize before firing. > > > Pu-Erh is green or black tea that is aged after oxidation or firing. > This is not > > > the same as brick tea. > > > > > > The issue is not how old the leaf is, but rather how long the leave > was on the > > > bush. Even if the tea is coming from trees 100 years old, the fluoride > content will > > > not be as great in the newly grown leaves, which is what is typically > harvested > > > for higher quality teas. > > > > > > Lower quality teas, such as bagged tea from the grocer, are typically > machine > > > harvested. The machine is unable to distinguish between new growth and > older > > > leaves, so the bagged tea often contains some older leaves. Organic > farming is > > > also not that important to the producers of bagged teas, so higher > levels of > > > fluoride may exist in the soil. > > > > > > Brick teas are typically made of lower grade leaves ... this means > leaves > > > further down the stem -- 3rd leaf or lower -- or leaves that have been > on the > > > plant longer. The leaves are then ground. They absorb more fluoride > from the > > > soil (assuming there are high levels of fluoride in the soil.) because > they are > > > on the plant longer. > > > > > > Higher levels of fluoride exist in soil that has been fertilized or > that have > > > been exposed to pesticides. Organically grown tea plants would not use > > > fertilizers and pesticides that would increase the level of fluoride > in the > > > soil, and therefore the fluoride in the tea leaves. > > > > > > Adults can safely intake 3.0-4.0 mg of fluoride per day without great > risk of > > > fluorosis or acute toxicity. Fluorosis occurs when an individual has > consumed > > > more 10mg. or fluoride per day over an extended period of time. As for > toxicity, > > > the lowest dose that could trigger adverse symptoms is considered to > be 5 mg/kg > > > of body weight, with the lowest potentially fatal dose considered 15 > mg/kg of > > > body weight typically taken in over an extended period of time. Here > are some > > > handy fluoride number I hope you'll find useful. > > > > > > Fluoride Content of Teas > > > Type of Tea > > > Fluoride (mg/liter) Fluoride (mg/8 ounces) > > > Green 1.2-1.7 0.3-0.4 > > > Oolong 0.6-1.0 0.1-0.2 > > > Black 1.0-1.9 0.2-0.5 > > > Brick tea 2.2-7.3 0.5-1.7 > > > > > > Food Serving Fluoride (mg) > > > Tea 100 ml (3.5 fluid ounces) 0.1-0.6 > > > Grape juice 100 ml (3.5 fluid ounces) 0.02-0.28 > > > Canned sardines (with bones) 100 g (3.5 ounces) 0.2-0.4 > > > Fish (without bones) 100 g (3.5 ounces) 0.01-0.17 > > > Chicken 100g (3.5 ounces) 0.06-0.10 > > > > > > So while it is always good to be especially cognizant of the foods and > beverages > > > you consume, you should feel comfortable drinking tea in moderation. > > > You can always opt for preparing you tea with non-fluoridated water, or > > > alternating between real tea and herbal teas. > > > > > > Tea is far more beneficial than harmful. > > > > > > Hope this helps! > > > > > > Namaste -- > > > donnalynn, teasmith, SensibiliTeas, 71 Lawrence Street, Glens Falls, > NY 12801 > > > www.sensibiliteasonline.com > > > Over 540 teas available. Over 350 organic teas in the collection. > > > 10% discount to OK subscribers when you leave the code KT is OK in the > special > > > comments field of the online order form. > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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