Green tea is a tonic drink with a characteristic taste and special aroma. High-quality green tea, if you drink it a day no more than 5 cups, is practically incapable of causing any harm to the human body. However, strong green tea poses a health hazard in large doses.
Green tea has a diuretic effect. In some situations, this can be useful, since the body is cleansed, toxins are removed. However, with excessive consumption of the drink, the load on the kidneys increases significantly. This can lead to painful sensations, the release of stones and sand. People who suffer from any renal pathologies need to be very careful with green tea.
This aromatic drink perfectly tones up, adds energy, invigorates many times better than the usual coffee. Because of this effect, you should not drink green tea at night, otherwise you can face insomnia and nervous overexcitation. The tea drink irritates the nervous system, which can lead to physical activity, excessive anxiety, excitement, and even provoke panic attacks.
Due to the presence of caffeine in its composition, strong green tea stimulates the work of the heart. This can be very harmful for people who have problems with this organ. If you drink 2-3 cups of drink in a row, you can provoke a heart rhythm failure, tachycardia. In rare cases, green tea can cause pre-infarction. In addition, this drink has a peculiarity - people who are prone to pressure drops, after drinking green tea, may face pronounced signs of hypertension. Often, after green tea, headaches, dizziness and general malaise develop.
Excessive consumption of the drink during the day can lead to the so-called tea intoxication. This condition is again characterized by dizziness, pain, and aches in the back of the head or temples. Nausea may appear.
In rare cases, the drink can cause allergic reactions.
There is a particular harm of green tea for the organs of the gastrointestinal tract. On the one hand, this drink helps digestion, cleanses the intestines, and improves the functioning of the stomach. On the other hand, strong green tea can lead to constipation, and excessive consumption can also provoke diarrhea. The drink greatly increases the acidity of the stomach, therefore it should not be drunk by people suffering from gastritis, and it is forbidden to use it on an empty stomach. If a person gets used to drinking green tea on an empty stomach, over time this can lead to erosion and peptic ulcer disease.
Green tea puts some stress on the liver. It should not be consumed in combination with coffee or alcohol. It is forbidden to drink green tea for a hangover. It relieves hangover for a while, but causes very serious damage to the liver. Experts also do not recommend drinking any medications with green tea.
A very small percentage of people suffer from individual intolerance to green tea. However, if the human body for any reason is not ready to accept this drink, even after one cup of tea, heartburn, hiccups may appear, and the mind may become cloudy.
Doctors advise against introducing green tea into the diet for women during menstruation. This drink is prohibited for persons suffering from anemia.
Even a healthy person should not drink green tea cold. The cooled drink contains a very high concentration of toxic substances that can cause serious harm to the body.
