Can I drink Anhua black tea when I am pregnant?

Drinking tea is a Chinese tradition. During festivals or when visiting relatives and friends, people often drink tea instead of alcohol because drinking alcohol is harmful to the body. However, drinking tea is good for the body. However, not everyone can drink tea. Some people have special diseases or are pregnant. Drinking tea at this time is not good for the body. It is recommended that you do not drink it.

Introduction on whether pregnant women can drink Anhua black tea

Dark tea has the most complicated processing procedure among the six major categories in China. The production technique of Anhua's "Qianliang Tea" has been included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. At the same time, black tea is rich in nutrients, including mineral elements, protein, amino acids, sugars, and vitamins; medicinal ingredients include tea polyphenols, organic acids, etc. As for pregnant women, can they drink Anhua black tea? This is also the issue that pregnant women are most concerned about.

According to measurements, dark tea has obvious effects on tea polysaccharides, blood lipids, anti-coagulation and thrombosis; the content of trace elements in dark tea is higher than that in other teas, among which fluoride has an excellent effect on preventing tooth decay and osteoporosis in the elderly, and selenium can stimulate the production of immune proteins and antibodies, enhance human immunity, and inhibit the occurrence and expansion of cancer cells; tea polyphenols and tea saponins have various functions such as activating blood circulation, lowering cholesterol, killing bacteria and inflammation, anti-radiation and lowering blood pressure. Black tea has the miraculous effect of "three increases and three resistances". It can increase strength, intelligence, and beauty. It can resist radiation, aging, and high-fat and high-sugar diseases. It is called "digestive tea" by ethnic minorities in my country, slimming tea in Japan, and "beauty tea" in Koreans. Although black tea has so many benefits, the question of whether pregnant women can drink Anhua black tea needs to be carefully considered.

Anhua dark tea is a post-fermented tea. Under certain temperature and humidity conditions, the microorganisms such as Aspergillus niger and yeast in the tea will continue to grow and ferment, gradually turning into thearubigins and theabrownins, producing some ingredients that are beneficial to the human body. According to traditional Chinese medicine, Pu'er tea has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, detoxifying, digesting food, removing fat and grease, promoting diuresis, relieving constipation, dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms, relieving cough and promoting salivation, and prolonging life. Modern medicine has also conducted research on Pu'er tea and found that it has health functions such as warming the stomach, losing weight, lowering blood lipids, preventing arteriosclerosis, preventing coronary heart disease, lowering blood pressure, anti-aging, anti-cancer, and lowering blood sugar. But Anhua black tea is tea after all.

Pregnant women and nursing mothers are also not suitable to drink too much Anhua black tea. As for the question of whether pregnant women can drink Anhua black tea, we already know that it is not advisable to drink too much, so what is the reason? The caffeine concentration in strong tea is as high as 10%, which will affect the heart rate of pregnant women. If nursing mothers drink too much tea, it will affect the secretion of milk. The caffeine in the tea can penetrate into the breast milk and indirectly affect the baby, which is not good for the baby's health.