Tea, the indonesia habit.

Not much different from coffee, the habit in general of Indonesian people, namely drinking tea has been done for a long time. It has even become part of tradition. In general, tea is served when there are guest visits, meetings or as a companion drink while having breakfast and relaxing at night.

Tea was introduced for the first time since 5000 years ago that this drink is able to increase immunity. The tea plant comes from Southeast Asia. The distinctive aroma and taste makes this drink highly preferred by various groups of people.

Misunderstanding Number One
Although it has many benefits, the habit of drinking tea excessively will cause losses.

There are various active ingredients in tea that make tea beneficial to health, such as the content of vitamin E and vitamin C that can help strengthen the body's resistance and maintain heart health, polyphenols that are useful as antioxidants to prevent the development of cancer cells, caffeine and fluorine are useful in preventing the growth of caries in the teeth and strengthening teeth.

But behind the many benefits, unnatural drinking habits have an effect that is not good for health. Because the caffeine found in tea can cause food absorption to be hampered.

Besides that caffeine has a dependency nature so that the body will feel not fit when not consuming it. In nursing mothers, caffeine gives effect to the ASI glands so that it can inhibit the availability and smoothness of breast milk.

Caffeine in infants can affect the baby's intestines into spasms. The mineral content contained in tea also has a tendency to help the formation of kidney stones.

If you want to consume healthy tea, it is recommended to consume as much as 5 cups of 200 ml every day. Because the amount is within the normal range of caffeine that can be consumed is equivalent to 750 mg / day.

Also try brewing tea with not too much water or adding sugar to prevent damage to the substances contained and eliminate the benefits of tea.