Becky's Herb Patch Journal

Ramblings of my garden, in more ways than one!

Saturday, June 01, 2002

Herb World News Online · Research Reviews "The antioxidant activity of green and black tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze, Theaceae) in the body (in vivo) is well established, but an important question remains: Does the addition of milk to tea inhibit the bioavailability of antioxidant tea polyphenols? Not according to the results of this Dutch study, which showed that a single dose of either black or green tea with or without milk caused a significant rise in plasma antioxidant activity (Leenan et al., 2000)."
Not sure why anyone would think milk would inhibit antioxidants, but hey! now we know it doesn't, : )