[MD] Tea

[Heather Perella]

Hey x and Case,

     I believe it was you in a discussion with Case,
I'm not really sure though, some posts ago that stated
that green tea is a diuretic so you drink white tea. 
All tea has caffeine and caffeine is the diuretic
part.  The only difference I have found, since tea has
become more and more a hobby of mine, between white
and green tea is not the oxidation process, but the
kinds of leaves picked and the shading of tea to rid
the green color, thus, instead of green it is white
tea.  The kinds of leaves picked in white are the
youngest whereas green tea is picking of the usual
age.
     As to the oxidation process not being different,
this refers to white and green teas [all tea (of the
green, oolong, black oxidation range) is of the same
species] not being oxidized, thus, avoiding the
increase in caffeine that accompanies oxidation of tea
leaves.  With this in mind, on the usual oxidation
range, green is unoxidized, oolong (apparently
pronounced and more correctly spelled wu-long) medium
oxidation, and black tea is very high oxidation (thus,
higher than green and oolong in caffeine amount). 
Since green tea doesn't increase in caffeine due to
increase oxidation, then the amount of a calming
chemical (can't remember the name) and the amount of
caffeine is equal, thus, green tea is known for its'
meditative qualities.  Green tea awakens and calms at
the same time, unlike coffee that has large amounts of
caffeine and no calming chemical.  (I still drink
coffee, though not as much as I used to.  I'm just
pointing something out, not advocating against
coffee.)  
     I'm interested in how white is less diuretic than
green tea according to what somebody said for I could
not find this to be true in my research.

thanks.


again the night is dipping below zero degrees F,
SA

P.S.  For those living where Eastern Hemlock (also
known as Canadian Hemlock) grows, it has 5 times the
amount of Vitamin C than lemons.  White pine has
Vitamin C, too, as well as Vitamin A.  This had me
think about how Amerindians in this region during the
winter (I'm not an expert on food sources in this
region, but I'm making an educated guess that during
the summer more plants would be growing for the
potential of eating more Vitamin C) would have
supplemented their diet with this tea to avoid what
many Europeans died of when they first walked around
here:  scurvy.  By the way, other Vitamin C
deficiencies include slow wound healing, and immune
system rundowns.



 
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