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Type 2 Tea

Jason Fong seems to think so 'the diet doctor ' promotes drinking green tea whilst intermittent fasting , don't like tea myself but doing his diet though.
 
Tea should be good: green tea is a nice clean drink, makes your stomach feel nice and your mouth feel fresh. When I drink normal black tea, like Yorkshire tea or Tetley, I just make it a bit weaker and drink it black. I'm not so sure about the ideas of it lowering blood sugars, de-toxifying, etc- I think in that regard it's similar to water, but it's certainly good for fasting as it keeps you out of a slump and takes the edge off your appetite.
 
Geordie_P said:
Tea should be good: green tea is a nice clean drink, makes your stomach feel nice and your mouth feel fresh. When I drink normal black tea, like Yorkshire tea or Tetley, I just make it a bit weaker and drink it black. I'm not so sure about the ideas of it lowering blood sugars, de-toxifying, etc- I think in that regard it's similar to water, but it's certainly good for fasting as it keeps you out of a slump and takes the edge off your appetite.
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OK thanks for that I like peppermint tea and raspberries and cranberry blush tea
 
Diane_56 said:
OK thanks for that I like peppermint tea and raspberries and cranberry blush tea
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Absolutely fine. No carbs, no artificial flavours , no sweetners
Just dont add milk, sugar or sweetners.
I love ginger tea too. There are also many flavours to try
 
MrsA2 said:
Absolutely fine. No carbs, no artificial flavours , no sweetners
Just dont add milk, sugar or sweetners.
I love ginger tea too. There are also many flavours to try
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What's wrong with sweeteners they don't affect my blood sugars and I have them in my nightly herbal tea quite often milk is another matter I never add milk to herbal tea.
 
JohnEGreen said:
What's wrong with sweeteners they don't affect my blood sugars and I have them in my nightly herbal tea quite often milk is another matter I never add milk to herbal tea.
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Many people don’t like them because they aren’t generally natural. Some newer ones are marketed as natural.

There is thought that although not affecting blood glucose, they to cause an insulin response thereby maintaining high insulin levels, presumably contributing to insulin resistance.

There was a thread last year sometime discussing the possibility that artificial sweeteners could also cause diabetes. It’s been in the papers too.

I do often wonder if that didn’t help me as I drank a lot of artificially sweetened drinks in my time.
 
JohnEGreen said:
What's wrong with sweeteners they don't affect my blood sugars and I have them in my nightly herbal tea quite often milk is another matter I never add milk to herbal tea.
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They're fine for some, not for others. Depends on a couple of things. Whether you get a pre-emptive insulin response when you smell or taste something sweet (which then triggers a liver dump because the insulin's not actually needed,causing higher blood sugars after a little dip). And for me, well... Artificial sweeteners are toxic to gut bacteria. And you really, REALLY need healthy, living gut bacteria. I still haven't recovered from killing them off with my 50 little tablets of sweetener a day (plus diet coke), and it's been well over a year. Heck, two, almost. But if they're fine for you, run with it!
 
I find green tea a great drink and I can vouch for it being an excellent hunger suppressant. This can obviously help when trying to lose weight.

Green tea can be a little bitter which is why I go for the Twinings Green tea with lotus flower and orange which i find time be a great tasting tea!!!!
 
JohnEGreen said:
What's wrong with sweeteners they don't affect my blood sugars and I have them in my nightly herbal tea quite often milk is another matter I never add milk to herbal tea.
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Having agreed with John, I'll add that I regularly use erythritol and stevia, either on their own or in combination. These are essentially natural in origin and are perfectly safe for diabetic use. But there are some artificial sweeteners that I'd never give house room to. And I'd certainly never ever dream of adding milk or its nutty equivalents (e.g. almond "milk") to any herbal tea that passes my lips, though I do add the latter to my coffee or chocolate drinks.

ETA I should clarify: I don't normally use my sweeteners in herb teas, except for one or two that need a tiny drop or two of liquid stevia.
 
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Flora123 said:
There is thought that although not affecting blood glucose, they to cause an insulin response thereby maintaining high insulin levels, presumably contributing to insulin resistance.
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There is thought that the moon is made of green cheese, the earth is flat that newspapers always tell the truth and politicians never lie I do not give credence to any those assertions either.
 
Sorry, this should have been in the original post above, don't drink either of these teas with milk or any sweetener.
 
I'm afraid there's nothing much growing in my garden at the moment apart from grass and weeds so it's dried or nothing at the moment.

I particularly like the Novus Wild encounter tea bags which contain
Hibiscus flowers
Apple pieces
Rose hips
Elderberries
Strawberry
Passion fruit
Kiwi
Raspberry
Sunflower blossoms
rose petal
Blue corn flowers

Don't add any thing to that but water as it tastes so good as it is.

The tea bags smell so heavenly you could use them as a Potpourri .
 
JohnEGreen said:
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I particularly like the Novus Wild encounter tea bags which contain
Hibiscus flowers
Apple pieces
Rose hips
Elderberries
Strawberry
Passion fruit
Kiwi
Raspberry
Sunflower blossoms
rose petal
Blue corn flowers

Don't add any thing to that but water as it tastes so good as it is.

The tea bags smell so heavenly you could use them as a Potpourri .
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:hungry: Thanks for leading me into temptation - I'm off to see if I can find some to order online now...

ETA That was easy thanks to Amazon, and I'll have some tomorrow. They do a subscribe & save offer too. I'm going to end up with a house stuffed full of "tasty" teabags at this rate.
 
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