What is the Healthiest Tea to Drink Daily? | Dr. Steven Gundry
Summary
TLDRIn celebration of National Polyphenol Day, the video script introduces a unique tea routine featuring 10 polyphenol-rich teas, including organic bitter melon, Japanese white mulberry, and ginseng, known for their health benefits like managing blood sugar and reducing inflammation. The speaker explains the advantages of these teas, their impact on the microbiome, and the importance of choosing organic options to avoid microplastics. The summary also touches on the benefits of polyphenols, such as acting as mitochondrial uncouplers and their role in longevity.
Takeaways
- 🍵 National Polyphenol Day is celebrated on July 11th, highlighting the importance of polyphenol-rich teas.
- 🌿 The speaker mixes 10 different polyphenol-rich teas for daily consumption and shares their benefits.
- 📚 Organic bitter melon tea is used traditionally to manage blood sugar and diabetes due to its high polyphenol content.
- 🍃 Japanese White mulberry tea contains chlorogenic acid and rutin, which support healthy blood sugar levels.
- 🌿 Ginseng, also known as ginseng, is celebrated for its adaptogenic properties and heart health benefits.
- 🍵 Green tea is a classic choice rich in EGCG, a type of polyphenol linked to reduced mortality and various health benefits.
- 🌱 Mint medley tea contains rosmarinic acid, a potent antihistamine and longevity compound.
- 🍫 Chocolate puer tea is rich in complex polyphenols developed during fermentation, enhancing its flavor and health benefits.
- 🌿 Guayusa is native to the Amazon and contains significant amounts of chlorogenic acid, beneficial for blood flow and weight management.
- 🌱 White willow bark, known as 'Nature's aspirin', contains salicin which is metabolized into salicylic acid for anti-inflammatory effects.
- 💧 Shaka tea, with its striking blue color from anthocyanins, offers antioxidant properties and is a healthier alternative to sugary blueberries.
- 🌳 Pau D'Arco is used by indigenous tribes for its potential anti-neoplastic properties and rich polyphenol content.
- 🛒 When buying tea, opt for organic options and avoid teas in plastic bags to prevent microplastic contamination.
- ☕️ Tea generally lowers iron levels, which can be beneficial unless one has low iron levels or heavy menstrual periods.
- ⏰ Some teas contain caffeine, so it's important to check labels and avoid caffeine close to bedtime.
- ⚕️ Consult with a healthcare provider before adding new teas to your regimen, especially if pregnant, nursing, or taking medication.
Q & A
What is the significance of July 11th in the context of the video script?
-July 11th is National Polyphenol Day, which is why the speaker is sharing their tea routine that includes polyphenol-rich teas.
How many types of polyphenol-rich teas does the speaker mix in their daily routine?
-The speaker mixes 10 different types of polyphenol-rich teas in their daily routine.
What health benefits are associated with bitter melon tea according to the script?
-Bitter melon tea has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to help manage blood sugar and diabetes due to its high content of polyphenols, particularly flavenoids, which mimic the effects of insulin and help regulate sugar levels.
What is the role of chlorogenic acid in white mulberry tea and its impact on health?
-Chlorogenic acid in white mulberry tea plays a crucial role in inhibiting sugar digestion and absorption, thereby supporting healthy blood sugar levels. Research has shown that it helps lower blood sugar after carbohydrate intake.
What is the adaptogenic property of ginseng and its benefits?
-Ginseng is known for its adaptogenic properties, which help increase the body's resistance to stress. A study reported enhanced heart function and reduced chronic fatigue symptoms in people who use it.
Why is hot water useful for extracting active ingredients in teas?
-Hot water is useful for extracting the active ingredients in teas because it helps to dissolve the polyphenols and other beneficial compounds found in the tea leaves.
What are the health benefits linked to the consumption of green tea mentioned in the script?
-Green tea consumption has been linked to reduced mortality due to all causes, including cardiovascular disease, and a reduction in the risk of various cancers, particularly prostate cancer in men.
What is Rosmarinic acid and why is it significant in mint medley tea?
-Rosmarinic acid is a potent antihistamine and a longevity compound. It has been associated with the long life of inhabitants in certain regions and offers benefits such as mitochondrial coupling.
How does the fermentation process in pu-erh tea affect its polyphenol content and health benefits?
-The fermentation process in pu-erh tea produces complex polyphenols that increase with the age of the tea, enhancing its flavor and health benefits. It has been linked to reduced LDL cholesterol and increased HDL cholesterol.
What are the health benefits of guayusa tea mentioned in the script?
-Guayusa tea contains significant amounts of chlorogenic acid, which has been shown to improve blood flow and endothelial function, reduce blood pressure, and aid in weight management.
What is the importance of choosing organic teas and avoiding plastic packaging?
-Organic teas avoid the use of harmful pesticides and herbicides. Avoiding plastic packaging is important because heat can cause microplastics to leach into the tea, which is not healthy.
What are the general recommendations for tea consumption mentioned in the script?
-The script recommends one to two cups of tea a day for most people, advises checking for caffeine content, and suggests consulting with a healthcare provider before adding any new teas to one's regimen, especially for those who are pregnant, nursing, or taking medication.
Outlines
🍵 Polyphenol-Rich Tea Routine for National Polyphenol Day
The speaker introduces their tea routine in celebration of National Polyphenol Day, highlighting a blend of 10 polyphenol-rich teas. They explain the health benefits of each tea, starting with organic bitter melon tea, which is known for managing blood sugar levels due to its flavenoids and polyphenols that act as mitochondrial uncouplers. The speaker also discusses the microbiome's role in passing on the benefits of polyphenols from tea. Japanese White mulberry tea is mentioned for its chlorogenic acid and DNJ, which support healthy blood sugar levels. Ginseng, or 'geog gulan', is noted for its adaptogenic properties, enhancing the body's resistance to stress. Green tea, with its high EGCG content, is linked to reduced mortality and various health benefits, including cancer risk reduction. Mint medley is included for its digestive benefits and refreshing flavor, with menthol as a natural analgesic.
🌿 Mint, Puer, and Guayusa: The Power of Polyphenols
The script continues with a focus on mint's high Ros marinic acid content, an antihistamine and longevity compound linked to the long-lived inhabitants of Aioli, Italy. Chocolate puer tea from Yunnan Province is highlighted for its fermentation process that produces statin-like compounds and increases bioavailability of polyphenols with age. Guayusa, native to the Amazon, is recognized for its stimulating effects and high chlorogenic acid content, which aids in blood flow, endothelial function, and weight management. White willow bark, known as 'Nature's aspirin', contains salicin, which is metabolized into salicylic acid, contributing to its anti-inflammatory properties and enhancing the effects of fish oil. Shaka tea, also known as 'blue magic', is a blend rich in anthocyanins, which are antioxidants found in dark blue berries.
🌱 Antioxidant-Rich Teas and Health Considerations
The final paragraph discusses the importance of choosing organic teas and avoiding those in plastic bags to prevent microplastic contamination. The speaker recommends one to two cups of tea per day, noting that tea can lower iron levels, which is beneficial unless one has low iron levels. Caffeine content in some teas is mentioned, advising to check labels and avoid tea near bedtime. The script emphasizes consulting healthcare providers before incorporating these teas into one's routine, especially for those who are pregnant, nursing, or on medication. The video concludes with a demonstration of how Dr. Gundry incorporates these teas into his daily routine, noting that coffee, despite being a good source of polyphenols, can have its benefits reduced when combined with milk or other binders.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Polyphenols
💡Bitter Melon
💡Mitochondrial uncouplers
💡Microbiome
💡White Mulberry
💡Ginseng
💡Green Tea
💡Mint
💡Puer Tea
💡Gusa
💡White Willow Bark
💡Anthocyanins
💡Pow Darko
Highlights
Celebrating National Polyphenol Day by sharing a tea routine with 10 polyphenol-rich teas.
Organic bitter melon tea is used traditionally to manage blood sugar and diabetes.
Flavonoids and polyphenols in bitter melon act as mitochondrial uncouplers and regulate sugar levels.
Polyphenols are beneficial for the gut microbiome and overall health.
Japanese White mulberry tea contains chlorogenic acid and rutin, supporting healthy blood sugar levels.
Ginseng, known as the herb of immortality, has adaptogenic properties and supports heart function.
Green tea contains EGCG, a potent polyphenol linked to reduced mortality and cancer risk.
Mint medley tea is rich in rosmarinic acid, which has antihistamine and longevity properties.
Chocolate puer tea is rich in aged polyphenols that increase bioavailability and have health benefits.
Gusa tea from the Amazon contains caffeine, theobromine, and eleanine, with significant chlorogenic acid.
White willow bark, known as Nature's aspirin, has anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties.
Shaka tea, with its striking blue color, is rich in anthocyanins and has antioxidant properties.
Pow Darko tea contains nepodin and other flavonoids with potential anti-neoplastic properties.
When choosing tea, opt for organic and avoid plastic packaging to prevent microplastics.
Tea generally lowers iron levels, which can be beneficial unless you have low iron levels.
Some teas contain caffeine; check labels and avoid caffeine close to bedtime.
Consult with a healthcare provider before adding new teas to your regimen, especially if pregnant, nursing, or on medication.
Dr. Gundry's tea routine includes a variety of teas for different health benefits throughout the day.
Transcripts
[Music]
I'm going to share with you my tea
routine all right July 11th National
polyphenol day is just around the corner
so I thought this year I'd share a
little secret with you what's in my
teacup and no I'm not just sipping any
old tea I mix together 10 count them 10
of the very best polyphenol Rich teas
out there and I sip them all day at the
office I'm excited to walk you through
each one of them and explain why they
made the cut for my daily Brew all right
let's get started organic bitter melon
now bitter melon has been used in
traditional Chinese and rutic medicine
for centuries to actually help manage
blood sugar and diabetes why it's
actually full of polyphenols
particularly flavenoids now these Flav
oids and polyphenols mimic the effects
of insulin and actually help regulate
sugar levels they do this if you've read
any of my most recent books by acting as
mitochondrial uncouplers but what's
really exciting about teas in general
and their polyphenols is we now know
that these polyphenols are some of the
favorite foods for your gut buddies for
your microbiome and it's thanks to the
micro microbiome eating these
polyphenols that they then pass on the
benefits to you in fact a study in the
Journal of ethn pharmacology found
improv glycemic control in patients with
type 2 diabetes drinking bitter melon
tea and actually has a really
interesting uh flavor that adds to my
flavor profile all right what's next
Japanese White malberry NOW white
malberry leaves been used to control
blood sugar levels in East Asian
medicine and were historically
cultivated in China as you probably know
for silk production now the leaves are
actually the preferred food for silk
worms but white mulberries tea has
Curtin chlorogenic acid and routine and
with notable presence of dnj which plays
a crucial role in inhibiting Sugar
digestion and absorption
thereby supporting healthy blood sugar
levels now interestingly enough research
in Diabetes Care show the extracts help
lower blood sugar after carbohydrate
intake all right
ginosa now it's also known as geog gulan
in China it's referred to as the herb of
immortality Gema is known for its
adaptogenic properties which help
increase the body body's resistance to
stress now there's a type of saponin
similar to genocides ining gynostemma is
celebrated for its adaptogenic effects
in fact a study in phyto medicine
reported enhanced heart function and
reduce chronic fatigue symptoms in
people who use it I happen to have a
malberry tree at my house and malberry
leaves and particularly Mal berries are
really some of the finest polyphenol
containing substances you can get now
why use it in tea turns out that hot
water is really useful for extracting
the active ingredients in all these teas
and that's where the whole idea of teas
came from in the first place speaking of
whole ideas classic green tea is in here
now originating in China green tea has
been celebrated for its health benefits
for thousands of years now the
polyphenols in green tea predominantly
known for its kakin especially
egcg which constitute about 30 to 40% of
its extractable components benefits well
a metaanalysis in the Journal of the
American Medical Association linked
consumption of green tea to reduced
mortality due to all causes including
cardiovascular disease in fact in fact
as you probably have read in other
studies drinking green tea has been
linked with reduction in a great variety
of cancer risk and reduction in prostate
cancer in men mint medling now mint is
part of the basil mint family as many of
you know mint has been used for
thousands of years for its digestive
benefits and it has obviously a
refreshing flavor and it contains
Menthol a natural
analgesic now mint varieties are very
high in Ros marinic acid now you may
have heard me talk about or write about
Ros marinic acid before it's actually a
very potent
antihistamine and it's also a very
potent longevity compound in fact one of
the theories of why the inhabitants of
aioli this Tiny Village South of Naples
it
live so long is that they are constantly
cooking and chewing Rosemary which is
rich in rosem marinic acid and there are
numerous studies showing the benefits of
mitochondrial and coupling with Ros
marinic acid and that's why the mint
medley is in my teacup chocolate pooer
tea pooer tea which I've written about
extens ively is from the Yan Province in
China now it undergo
fermentation that produces among other
things Statin likee compounds but it's
rich in polyphenols that have actually
been developed from the tea during the
fermentation process now these complex
polyphenols increase with the age of the
tea thereby enhancing its flavor and its
benefits and you can buy m multiple ages
of poer tea for instance some have a
chocolate flavor H the name chocolate
puer tea now the cool thing about the
polyphenols being aged is we know that
fermentation in general increases the
bioavailability of polyphenols so
fermenting them before they get into you
is like a double whammy of good
polyphenol
now there is a study that long-term
consumption linked reduce LDL
cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol
which was published in experimental
gerentology and it actually has a great
kind of chocolate flavor how about gusa
now it's native to the Amazon rainforest
gusa is known for its stimulating
effects and it contains caffeine
theobromine and eleanine
but it has significant amounts of
chlorogenic acid one of the most
available phenolic acid compounds
similar to the compounds found in green
coffee beans now a study indicated that
coffee rich in chlorogenic acid improve
blood flow and endothelial function
after a single intake additionally
chlorogenic acid has been shown to
significantly reduce blood pressure in
clinical trials now clinical trials have
also shown that supplementing with CGA
chlorogenic acid and other plant
extracts reduce body weight and blood
fat levels CGA has also been shown to
reduce BMI and waste circumference in
individuals with pre-diabetes how does
it do that chlorogenic acid is a
magnificent mitochondrial uncoupler and
if you've read my books you know that
mitochondrial coupling basically
produces a caloric bypass in you which
quite frankly is a good thing white
willow bark now believe it or not it was
known as Nature's aspirin white willow
bark has been used since hypocrates time
for pain relief and inflammation and it
was actually shown to the pilgrims by
Native American Indians for relief of
pain now it contains flavonoids and
polyphenols like salicin which is
metabolized into salicylic acid the
active ingredient in Aspirin in the body
now this contributes to its
anti-inflammatory and pain relieving
effects but what's really interesting
about salicylic acid is that most people
don't know that fish oil which is
thought to be
anti-inflammatory actually has no
anti-inflammatory properties unless it's
converted
by salicylic acid into a compound called
resolven and it's actually resolven that
is the anti-inflammatory effect noted in
fish oil and you actually have to have a
little bit of salicylic acid to do the
job so white willow bark tea gives me
that little bit of salicylic acid and
this has been described in the American
Journal of Medicine all right how about
Shaka tea flavor blue magic a blend of
Mamaki butterfly pea and lemon butterfly
pea flower tea is rich in
anthocyanins which are responsible for
the Striking blue color in this tea and
it has antioxidant properties where have
you heard the word anthocyanin before ah
dark blue colored berries like
blueberries like blackberries are rich
rich in
anthocyanins now it's rich in kakin and
chlorogenic acids as well and once again
I'm just doubling up on all those
polyphenols plus it's a lot better for
me to get my anthocyanins this way than
eating a handful of blueberries which as
you probably heard me say have been bred
for sugar content also sad to say
blueberries now joined the dirty dozen
list for the most pesticide herbicide
Laden fruits that you can buy darn it
pow Darko now pow Darko was used by
indigenous tribes in South America and
the bark is rich in polyphenols it
contains curatin and other flavonoids
but is particularly rich in nepo
quinolones and which been studied for
their potential anti-neoplastic
properties in fact I use it in treating
my patients who have neoplasms that come
to me I'm after the polyphenols I'm
after the fact that it will inhibit
neoplastic changes and why not now let
me just add a few buying guides first of
all always opt for organic teas secondly
avoid tees that come in play plastic
bags you'll notice all of these are
paper plastic we now know with the
presence of heat you will put
microplastics in your tea and that's not
a good thing now as for these generally
one to two cups a day is recommended for
most people again I drink this
throughout the day one of the big
benefits of drinking tea is it generally
lowers your iron levels now unless
you're a person who has very heavy
periods keeping your iron levels low as
I've talked about before is a really
good idea unless you're a person with
low iron levels then you really don't
want tea as a major part of your diet
now as I noted some tees do contain
caffeine so be sure to check the label
and always avoid caffeine about eight
hours before bed but in general teas
have far less caffeine than coffee
finally you also need to consult with
your health care provider before adding
any of these into your regimen this is
especially true if you're pregnant
nursing or are currently taking
medication these are all Dr gendry's
teas and he puts them in this big mug
every morning so let's start with his
classic green tea this goes
in his mint medal
this is his organic Jasmine white
mulberry
tea next we have his bitter
melon chocolate per per
tea this is his gu Goa
te white willow bark goes
in his P
Arco and this is his gu tea he drinks
these in his big mug all day
long thanks so much for watching this
episode but don't go anywhere I think
you're going to love this next one
coffee is fantastic it's a great source
of polyphenols but if you put milk or
other binders in it you will bind those
polyphenols so you won't get any
benefits
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