Healthy products: Do you buy them?
- August 23, 2010 10:44 AM |
- By POV
By CBC News
Many commercially bottled tea drinks contain little or no antioxidants, researchers have found.
Scientists measured the level of polyphenols - a group of natural antioxidants linked to anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic properties - in six brands of tea purchased from supermarkets.
Half contained "virtually no" antioxidants, study author Shiming Li told the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston on Sunday.
"Consumers spend money on the tea beverages and have a perception it does good to the body. But the reality when they drink tea beverages is that they spent money for nothing related to health, or even worse for health detrimental substances such as lots of sugar and high fructose corn syrup, or chemical sweeteners," the scientists said in a summary of their research.
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Do you drink tea for its antioxidants? What products do you consume for their health benefits?
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