Can I drink tea if I have anemia?

The history of Chinese tea ceremony is very long. In life, many people like to drink tea very much. Drinking tea can not only maintain health, but also effectively reduce fat. However, it is best not to drink strong tea for a long time, because strong tea can easily increase blood pressure. In life, there are many anemia patients who also like to drink tea very much. So, can people with anemia drink tea? Let's take a look below.

First, can people with anemia drink tea? Studies have shown that drinking strong tea can increase blood pressure. The main reason is that the theacrine contained in strong tea can cause brain excitement, restlessness, insomnia, palpitations, and lead to increased blood pressure. Tea itself can enhance ventricular contraction and accelerate heart rate. Strong tea will aggravate the above effects and induce abnormal phenomena such as chest tightness, which can cause dangerous consequences in severe cases.

Second, on the other hand, strong tea contains a lot of tannic acid because the tea leaves are soaked for too long, which will affect the body's absorption of nutrients such as protein, easily cause constipation, and increase myocardial oxygen consumption, which is not good for patients with coronary heart disease. The amount of tea you drink depends on your tea drinking habits, age, health status, living environment, customs, etc. Studies have shown that for healthy adults who have the habit of drinking tea, it is appropriate to drink about 12 grams of tea a day, 3 grams each time, and brew it with 150 ml of water.

Third, iron deficiency in the human body affects the synthesis of hemoglobin in the body, and the patient will appear pale. You can drink black tea, which is warm in nature and suitable for all kinds of people. This is because the substances in tea will react with the iron in the blood, making people more iron deficient. If you have anemia and iron deficiency, you should not drink tea, but black tea contains relatively fewer substances that can cause iron deficiency. Most anemia patients suffer from iron deficiency anemia. Iron deficiency in the human body affects the synthesis of hemoglobin in the body. The patient will experience symptoms such as pale complexion, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, easy fatigue, and accelerated heartbeat with the slightest exertion. There are many reasons for iron deficiency, including dieting to lose weight, eating a vegan diet, intestinal diseases that prevent iron from absorbing iron, taking large amounts of antacids that block iron from entering the intestinal lining and cause excessive menstrual bleeding, frequent nosebleeds, ulcer bleeding, chronic bleeding from hemorrhoids, etc. Drinking tea is also a cause of iron deficiency anemia.

Can you drink tea if you have anemia? You cannot drink tea if you have iron deficiency anemia. Because when the concentration of tea is high, the content of tea polyphenols is too high, which can easily react with the iron in food, hindering the absorption of iron and easily causing iron deficiency anemia in children. Children can drink some light tea in moderation (one-third of the concentration of tea consumed by adults). Preschool children can drink some coarse tea because the content of tea polyphenols in coarse tea is lower.