FDA Warns Green Tea Makers about Health Claims

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This is what I am speaking about. The FDA supposed to be watching out for us, but they choose to watch out behind their own agenda. Perhaps Big Pharma can't regulate green tea, aye? so this is what is behind all these clamp down on herbs and food supplements. Big Pharma can't regulate it, so you are not allowed to make these kinds of claims that it's good for your health. Like Marijuana, too, like all supplements, as this is why doctors never tell you to take herbs, they tell you that vitamins don't work, that eating healthy does not matter, it's in your genes and that is why we get cancers, diabetes, it has nothing to do with your diet...HA!So I am not buying it and never did since I was 16 yrs old. I told my paternal grandmother to throw away all her pills and take supplements and herbs, and stop

eating sugars and she'll be ok, but she would not listen to me or trust in herself, so she died on 9.11.2000, her heart went out on the machine she was hooked up to, she had altimers and diabetes, she was 92 though, but she suffered badly to the end. I love her very much and miss her terribly.OH well...there is something that my maternal grandmother always said, you can't get out of here alive...!!! wise woman, she is still alive turned 92 last January, but she also has a numerous amount of aliments and can hardly see any more.Bye for now Michelehttp://www.care2.com/causes/health-policy/blog/fda-warns-green-tea-makers-about-health-claims/posted by: Ann PietrangeloThe makers of two brands of green tea drinks received warnings from the Food and Drug Administration about their unauthorized claims regarding the nutritional value of its products.A warning letter dated August 23 went to Unilever, Inc. about its Lipton Green Tea 100% Naturally Decaffeinated, saying that claims about the tea’s antioxidant content and linking of green tea to lower cholesterol makes the tea a drug and subject to proof of safety and effectiveness. The letter goes on to say, “The therapeutic claims on your website establish that the product is a drug because it is intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease. Your Lipton Green Tea 100% Natural Naturally Decaffeinated product is not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced uses and, therefore, the

product is a new drug...â€The August 30 warning to Dr Pepper Snapple Group, makers of Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale, said the carbonated drink is classified as a snack food and does not meet federal requirements to carry the claim that it is "enhanced with 200 mg of antioxidants from green tea and vitamin C†and that the ingredients are “not nutrients with recognized antioxidant activity."A recent

post on LiveScience suggested that home-brewed green or black tea contains more antioxidants than store-bought bottled teas -- some containing amounts so tiny that you would have to drink 20 bottles to get the antioxidants equal to one cup of tea. Store-bought bottled teas also may contain large amounts of sugar.According the LA Times, the letters are the latest in a series of warnings about nutritional claims by food makers

and part of an FDA campaign to improve food labeling. Companies that receive warning letters are 15 days to respond with a plan for correction the errors.The FDA is rightly concerned about the health claims of store-bought bottled tea, but don’t get the wrong idea -- tea is still good for you.The Real Health Benefits of Green TeaStore-bought bottled teas aside, the Harvard Women’s Health

Watch says that drinking green tea is healthy, largely due to its high content of flavonoids. Studies have linked drinking green tea with reduced risk for some cancers and heart disease.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) looked at research on stroke and tea consumption and suggested that three cups of green or black tea a day could reduce the risk of ischemic stroke by 20 percent.In countries where green-tea drinking is common,

three cups per day is normal. The best way to get the health benefits of tea is to drink it freshly brewed. Enjoy!Related Reading on Care2:9 Reasons to Drink Green Tea DailyStroke: Green or Black Tea Could Reduce RiskRead more: cancer, tea, stroke, fda, Antioxidents, heart disease, health policy, green tea, healthcaretmc, black tea, health claims