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September 27, 2012 Health Benefits Of Tea — Milking It Or Not
Originally published on Thu September 27, 2012 3:50 pm The idea
that milk may diminish the potential heart-health benefits of
tea has been a topic of some debate. Lots of us can't imagine
black tea without a little dairy to cut the bitterness. But,
according to this research going back to 2007, we might want to
at least consider trying, say, a nice cup of green tea sans
sugar or cream. Why? Well to get to the bottom of this issue,
last week I spent an afternoon at the Fifth International
Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health, where I picked the
brains of lots of researchers. Turns out, there seems to be a
consensus about one thing: Milk proteins can bind with the
beneficial plant compounds known as flavonols in tea. (You may
have heard these compounds referred to by specific names such as
catechins.) And, according to some scientists, the binding may
make it tough for the body to absorb