st. matthew

I consume 10+ cups of green tea per day, but the water's been nuked.
Is this unhealthy for me?

eric jorgensen

On 17 May 2005 09:01:36 -0700


You might have high blood pressure from all the caffeine but there's
nothing demonstrably wrong with microwaved foods, much less microwaved
water.

The non-ionizing radiation in the microwave oven causes the water
molecules to reverse polarity, which causes them to spin. It's still water.

Non-ionizing radiation is everywhere - heat, light, etc. Get over it.
Sure, the 2.4ghz coming out of the magnetron is a bit different from
sunlight, so don't make love to the machine if it's turned on.

falky foo

Whoops!

marlene wood

I knew I was doing something wrong...

kludge

Probably, but what is unhealthy is all that caffeine. Water heated by
RF isn't any different than water heated on the stove.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

diane

I didn't think there's much caffeine in green.

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http://www.slywy.com/

rebecca ore

http://www.holymtn.com/tea/teacaffeine.htm is illuminating.

I've had an oolong that was very high in caffeine and which caused
caffeine buzzes after two 2 ounce cups (prepared modified gongfu style).

eric gisin

Exactly the same in green and black tea. If he uses 10 X 2g bags, that's
400-800mg.

dpm

That's the problem I have with gongfu - you are adding a relatively small
amount of water to a lot of tea, so the first steep or two knocks your socks
off. If the tea is high quality, though, I hate to pitch it.

Regards,
Dean

rebecca ore

I *think* I did a very quick rinse with that tea. It's supposed to have
caffeine in it. One simply should not drink a full 8 oz. mug of it <g>.

My blood pressure suffers if I have more than one mug of tea a day. I
try to make that mug count.