Researchers have identified another great reason to drink tea: it naturally purifies water.
But what is special is that tea happens to be the most consumed beverage in the world.
With tea, people dont need to do anything extra.
New research demonstrates that tea filters contaminants out of drinking water.© Northwestern University
Just put the leaves in your water and steep them, and they naturally remove metals.
Thats because heavy metal ionsatoms of heavy metals with an electric chargecling to the surface of tea leaves.
Their method yielded several noteworthy observations.
Another important aspect is the tea leaves surface area.
When tea leaves are processed into [tea], they wrinkle and their pores open, said Shindel.
Those wrinkles and pores add more surface area.
Grinding up the leaves also increases surface area, providing even more capacity for binding.
Tea bags play a role in absorbing contaminants as well.
These may release micro-particles of cellulose, but thats just fiber which our body can handle, Shindel said.
In other words: tea drinkers, keep doing what youre doing.
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