Woman drinks tea made from 100 tea bags a day, gets rare bone disease...WHAT

I’d like to say this is surprising, but I’ve noticed for myself that if I drink too much tea (and by too much, I mean more than a couple of gallons a day over several days—I’m a big guy; I get thirsty), my gout starts to flare up. I wonder if it’s related.

I came across this article as well and wondered why 100 tea bags per jug for one person. It is most shocking and I should refrain from saying more.

100 bags PER DAY? In one pitcher?! That’s insane, I can’t imagine how strong that would be. In a big pitcher I usually use 1/4 to half an ounce of tea which is what… 5-10 teabags? I’m trying to picture my teas 10 to 20 times stronger and I cringe. And a pitcher takes me 2-3 days to drink!

This is one of those “everything in moderation” things. Almost anything that is good for you can be bad for you in large quantities. Tea, coffee, even fruit! Eat too many bananas a day and you’ll overdose on potassium, eat too many carrots and you’ll literally turn orange. I do feel really bad for her, she probably had NO clue that having so much could be harmful. I wish people were reminded more often that just because something is good for you doesn’t mean 10x the normal quantity is good for you too.

Actually what occured to me is: What size pitcher was it? And yeah…blech. that must of been a pretty bitter brew.

mind = blown.

and also, note that it had been 5 years since she first started to feel pain before she went in to see a doctor ^^’

100 teabags…Must taste like gasoline. Yuck. Too much of anything is always a bad thing.

One thing I feel sorry for her though, is that she probably won’t be able to enjoy tea anymore. If she was used to that concentrated a flavor, I don’t think she could get used to just a standard amount again. =/ Or it would take a loooong time at least.

Here is a link to the new england journal of medicine. Full write up on this case. Very interesting.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1200995?query=featured_home&

She did stop drinking tea.

I think it is the concentration of tea rather than the quantity that affected her. A gallon of tea with 100 bags would have more fluoride than a gallon with 3 or 4 teabags. Just don’t be crazy. :)