Tea drinkers may want to consider skipping the bargain brands.
A recent study found that less expensive store brands of tea bags have more than tea in there - and it’s not good. The concern is high levels of fluoride. Some economy brands were found to contain 75% to 120% of the recommended daily intake of fluoride and that’s way too much.
Black teas blends were the worst offenders. The reason these cheap teas have so much fluoride is because more older adult leaves are mixed into the blends. Tea plants accumulate fluoride as they grow and quality teas are harvested from bud and younger leaves,
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