Does decaf green tea has the same antioxidant properties as regular?

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Permalink Reply by Kris on July 6, 2008 at 4:33pm

Ralph Moss, who is mentioned frequently on this site, recommends decaf green tea. He hasn't said anything about it being any less effective that way. However, I found a great website awhile back that had all this info on preventing breast cancer by a Dr. Christina Horner. First of all, she says that there is a substance in green tea that seems to modify the effects of caffeine and that most people don't experience caffeine side effects with green tea. She goes on to say that caffeine is an important component in enhancing green tea's anti-tumor effects.

However, she and others recommend 8-10 cups per day. That's an awful lot of caffeine...or tea for that matter. I like a little caffeine in the morning so what I do is make caffeinated green tea for my first couple cups but if I have any later in the day, it's decaf. I also use a liquid green tea extract that I just add to water - it's supposedly like having something like 10 cups of tea, without any caffeine.

If you buy decaf, make sure it's naturallly decaffeinated (with water, not chemicals). Also, I read in Ralph Moss's report that you can easily remove most of the caffeine yourself. He says that most comes out in the first 30 seconds or so of steeping. So just steep the bag for about that amount of time in a small amount of hot water and then toss that water and then make your tea.

Also, there is a tea that I'm starting to see all over called Roiboos. It's from Africa and is not technically tea - however, it has as many or more antioxidants as green tea and is naturally decaffeinated because like I said, it's not made from tea leaves.

Hope this helps!
Kris

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Permalink Reply by laetitia on July 6, 2008 at 5:19pm

Thank you Kris for all your good info.
I had forgotten about the do it yourself decaffeinating!
Happy drinking,
Laetitia

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