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From: hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Tea
Message-ID: <1354@teklds.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 09:45:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  6 09:45:26 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Dec-85 20:43:12 EST
References: <3441@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Reply-To: hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman)
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Summary: 

In article <3441@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:


>3) Is there any truth to the idea of tea affecting vitamin potency or
>absorbtion? Which vitamins? What about affecting other food substances?


Coffee and tea are diuretics (they make you piss) and vitamin C is a
water soluable vitamin. Need I say more? (-:

The B vitamins are also water soluable.


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