How many cups of tea should you drink daily?

Are you addicted to drinking tea? Here's why you should cut it down.

While there are several reasons to sip tea each day, you may wonder if just two cups of tea can provide you with the acclaimed benefits. And if you are a tea lover, you may just find excuses to drink your cuppa. But is drinking too much tea a good thing? How many cups of tea should you drink per day? Well-known nutritionist Priya Kathpal answers this question. Also, find out how many cups of green tea should you drink in a day to lose weight.

If you find yourself drinking 3-4 cups of tea in a day you are doing it right. A journal published by the University of Maryland Medical Centre also suggests that four cups of tea daily will provide you with sufficient health promoting compounds. More than four cups of tea in a day can be too much for your system. Here are some of its consequences.

• If you are sensitive to caffeine, you may suffer from insomnia, heartburn, nervousness, irritability, irregular heartbeat, dizziness and even confusion.
• Tea can also dehydrate your body when you consume it in excess.
• Excessive consumption of tea can also weaken your bones over time as it leads to loss of calcium through urine.
• Tannins found in tea can decrease the absorption of folic acid, a vitamin that helps prevent birth defects. So if you are trying to have a baby, you should reduce your tea consumption.
• Tea interferes with the absorption of iron, so it is best that you avoid drinking tea with your meals.

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