According to German researchers seeking to understand the possible role of tea drinking in promoting a healthy heart, it was found that within tea is a chemical that induces the arteries to relax. The catechins in the tea produced this effect. When milk is added to the tea, the catechins were neutralized and without the same relaxing effect on the arteries. It was the caseins, a type of protein, in milk that neutralized the tea's important catechins. Comments from Britain noted that it was much more important to exercise regularly than to elininate milk from tea.
When I was volunteering at the non-profit A.R.E. Clinic in Phoenix during the winters, the doctors there also recommended that milk products not be added to coffee either.
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