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From: swb@lasspvax.UUCP (Scott Brim)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Tea
Message-ID: <715@lasspvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 00:26:29 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 24 00:26:29 1985
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Organization: LASSP, Cornell University
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Keywords: tea, tannins, cancer
Summary: 

To me, the caffeine in tea is not nearly so significant as the tannins
(this is in "bush" teas and bark teas - not herbal teas).  There is a
clear correlation between drinking bush tea and cancer of the
esophagus.  It's probably the tannins.  The only way to get away with
drinking a lot of tannin-containing tea is to put milk in it.  The
natural function of tannins is to bind with protein, and the milk
proteins bind with the tannins and make them [much more??] harmless.
-- 
Scott Brim	607-256-8686
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