Does drinking tea regularly have an impact on the kidneys?

Tea is a very important material in life and is known as the most traditional healthy drink. This is because drinking tea has many benefits and its effect on health care is very prominent. Therefore, drinking tea appropriately can bring many benefits to the body for middle-aged and elderly people. However, since tea contains some chemical substances, the amount consumed should not be too much. For example, will drinking tea frequently affect the kidneys? How does it affect?

Drinking tea can also cause certain damage to the kidneys under the following circumstances:

(1) Excessive tea drinking can damage the kidneys

Drinking too much tea can damage the kidneys because tea contains fluoride, and the kidneys are the main excretion organs of fluoride. When the body takes in too much fluoride that exceeds the kidney's excretion capacity, fluoride accumulates in the body and the fluoride content in the kidneys increases significantly. Experiments have shown that excessive fluoride retained in the kidneys can cause damage to the cortical and medullary tubules of animal kidneys.

(2) Drinking tea on an empty stomach can damage your kidneys

Tea contains a large amount of caffeine, which has a great stimulating and invigorating effect on the human body. It will accelerate the heart rate and cause palpitations, thereby promoting urination and increasing the burden on the kidneys. In severe cases, it will damage kidney function. So remember not to drink tea on an empty stomach. You can drink some boiled water before drinking tea.

(3) Drinking too much strong tea can damage your kidneys

Tea is rich in oxalic acid. Drinking strong tea regularly can lead to hyperoxaluria, which can easily form calcium oxalate stones in the urinary tract and cause kidney stones. Secondly, drinking too strong tea will cause the kidneys to urinate frequently, which will increase the burden on the kidneys and damage them. Therefore, it is better to drink light tea in daily life.

(4) Drinking tea and alcohol at the same time can damage your kidneys

Many people believe that drinking strong tea after drinking alcohol can help sober you up, but this is actually a misunderstanding. If you drink tea while drinking alcohol, or use strong tea to sober up, it may damage your kidneys. Because after alcohol enters the liver, it is broken down into water and carbon dioxide by enzymes and excreted from the body through the kidneys. The theanine contained in tea has a diuretic effect. It will cause acetaldehyde that has not yet been decomposed to enter the kidneys prematurely. Acetaldehyde has a great damaging effect on the kidneys.