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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Does Oolong Tea Cause You To Get Headaches?

By Jared Rothe

Oolong tea is a mixture of both black and green teas and because of this some may wonder does Oolong tea cause headaches. The fact is that Oolong tea has been around for centuries and it has been believed that drinking this tea can relieve headaches! So what is the real reason for headaches? Let's look at what makes up Oolong tea for a better understanding of why a person may experience headaches.

One of the ingredients in Oolong tea is Black tea. Black tea is made through a fermentation process and contains 40mg of caffeine per cup and it is the most commonly drank tea available. Black tea has high amounts of caffeine and should be consumed in limited quantities, to avoid caffeine dependency and the caffeine headaches that will ensue.

The other mixture of oolong tea is green tea. Green tea contains less caffeine per cut around 20mg. It contains many antioxidants that help to fight cancer and heart disease.

Researches have indicated that when you have a headache, you can actually take caffeine through tea, to help reduce the headache. Most of the people take tea to reduce their headache, and it actually works for them. How much caffeine you need is dependent on your body weight and of course genetics. Oolong tea has been used in China for curing digestive problems and even headaches as a part of traditional medicine.

People will become dependent on the caffeine from tea if they drink too much. Sometimes headaches occur when you go through withdrawals by not drinking enough tea or caffeine. On the opposite if you never drink beverages that contain caffeine you can also shock your body and headaches can happen.

One of the many benefits of Oolong tea is that it has many antioxidant properties as mentioned above and has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for years. When a person drinks Oolong tea their body begins to flush out toxins and free radicals that cause damage to the body. This process of cleansing and flushing these harmful agents from your body can actually cause a headache. So it is not actually the Oolong tea that is causing the headaches it is your body's defense mechanism as harmful toxins are flushed out.

So does oolong tea cause headaches? Yes, if you over consume the tea or if you do not drink products with caffeine in them regularly. - 17273

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