Comments on: 5 reasons tea is better than water

By: JoeTheJuggler

JoeTheJuggler — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:22:59 +0000

I’m glad to hear I’m not the only tea-guzzler. I drink a full gallon of iced tea everyday.

I’ve been brewing half-caf for a while now (half regular teabags and half decaf).

And. . .I likes my tea like I likes my women: cold and bitter! (No sweeteners please!)

As for the other points–I’m also a vegetarian, but I don’t recommend my diet since it’s heavy on junk food. There is some evidence that extremely low calorie diets can greatly improve longevity, but . . . who would want to live like that?!

That reminds me of one of the lamest arguments I’ve heard against vegetarianism: eating meat is a more efficient way of getting nutrients. Who wants eating to be especially efficient? Most of us actually enjoy eating!

By: jenn

jenn — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:38:04 +0000

oh my goodness. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. Thank you. I drink tea occasionally and find it tasty especially when you don’t add anything to it. Although sometimes I add a bit of honey. In regards to the person who asked about splenda…. it has been noted that artifical sweeteners are correlated with cancer. But what isn’t these days, there are so many chemicals we ingest that are not natural. In regards to people eatting sugar and living longer, I think that had more to do with antibiotics and medical advances than our sugar intake

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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:17:51 +0000

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By: joggler

joggler — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:24:00 +0000

Soliel, good point. The real benefits of healthy eating is how it makes you feel in the present not in how much longer you will live. But if someone can’t stand eating carrots instead of Twinkees then they shouldn’t be made to feel too guilty about it.

And vegetarianism is a perfectly fine way to eat but there really is no proof that it is much more healthy than a carnivorous diet. You can compare Ultra marathoners that are vegan to others that eat meat and there really (in terms of health) is no difference.

By: Soliel

Soliel — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:56:21 +0000

Justyouraveragejoggler,

Most people do not eat healthy because it might give you a few more years of life (and I do believe it’s many more years than yous state). Most, including myself, we have good habits now because it adds more vitality and youth to our lives NOW.

I actually enjoy healthy food. It’s not like a choice between what tastes good and what doesn’t….healthy food can be had in a delicious way.

I agree that meat eating is detrimental. Just look at people who eat lots of fresh vegetables and little or no meat, compare them to regular carnivores. The difference is striking.

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