This article reeks of ai generated bullshit.
Some author just put in "write an article about how much green tea is too much green tea" into chatgpt and published.
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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Anything taken to excess can be bad for you (even to the point of lethality). Water can be bad for you taken to excess. As can oxygen.
Also, am I the only one getting "'bot-written with barely-present human final editing" vibes from this article?
Wouldn’t the presence of caffeine in green tea be harmful in large doses, same as coffee? Albeit very large doses- the article says excess of 5 cups per day. From what I know, caffeine produces the fight or flight hormone, which is what keeps you awake, and that can put a strain on your system.
Tea has less caffeine. Caffeine in tea is bound to other substances and is released over time. Caffeine in coffee is immediately available which is why it causes that spike in wakefulness. Tea also contains theanine which relaxes you and eases anxiety and as such helps with insomnia.
It's hard to say how much I drink, because a cup is very vague. I would guess though that I am drinking 5 or 6 cups minimum going by 1 teaspoon per cup.
I really feel the caffeine hitting, and no longer need midday/afternoon naps.
It's less cracky and peaky than coffee, and the duration is longer, so ... yeah probably wouldn't want to overdo it too much because you'll be a long time coming down.
There is a term used mainly for Pu-Erh teas - being tea drunk. That describes literal caffeine high invoked by ingesting a lot of caffeine relatively quickly.
Speaking from experience - the worst that had happened for me was not being able to sleep the night after drinking a lot of strong gong-fu brewed Pu-Erh teas.
Yep, also had this. I'm generally insensitive to caffeine, especially in tea, but I remember my hands shaking even, when I drank a lot of gong-fu brewed Pu-Erh in quick succession with an empty stomach.
An empty stomach makes it even worse imho
Yeah, that was probably the main culprit. But thankfully now I know better.
Not caffeine but theanine.
Chemically theanine, taurine and caffeine are the same thing.
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