Friday, June 19, 2009

What the Food Industry Doesn't Want You to Know # 2

BEVERAGE COMPANIES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW...

that the bottled green tea you've been drinking may not be as healthy as you think. Last year, ChromaDex Laboratories analyzed 14 different bottled green teas for their levels of catechins, the healthful antioxidants in green tea that are known to fight disease. The finding: Catechin content varied widely among the brands. While Honest Tea Organic Honey Green Tea topped the charts with an impressive 215 milligrams of total catechins, some products hardly even registered on the antioxidant scale. For instance, Republic of Tea Pomegranate Green Tea had just 9 milligrams of catechins and Ito En Tea's Tea Lemongrass had just 28 milligrams!

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