If you drink tea, you need to read this book!
Author Jonathan Christie begins the book with a brief history of tea, then gets right down to business exposing the toxins you may be drinking with your tea. Depending on the type of tea you're drinking and how you're brewing it, the tea you're drinking could contain elevated levels of lead, mercury, Bisphenol A, E. coli and even radioactive uranium.
Even tea bags aren't safe. Did you know that many tea bags contain a known cancer-causing chemical? If so, congratulations. You're ahead of the game.
The topics covered in this book include the following:
- A brief history of tea.
- Contaminated kettles and how to avoid using them.
- The hidden dangers of antique tea sets.
- How to avoid exposure to radioactive uranium at tea time.
- The toxic chemical used in the gilding process.
- The many ways you may be drinking lead.
- The danger of bisphenol A.
- Safe kettles and tea cups.
- Unsafe and safe brewing methods.
- Why it may be unsafe to use tea bags.
- How green tea can exacerbate autoimmune conditions.
- The dangers of drinking too much tea.
- How banned pesticides may be making their way to market.
- How the fluoride in certain teas may be too much to handle in areas with fluoridated water.
- Radioactive Japanese tea.
- The effects of caffeine on the human body.
- Pregnancy and tea.
- Tea interactions with prescription and over-the-counter medications.
- The safest way to make and consume tea.
