How long does it take to have tea after dinner?

It is best to drink tea after meals 1 hour.

Drinking tea immediately after meals can easily lead to complex reactions between tea polyphenols in tea and iron and protein in food, thus affecting the absorption of iron and protein by human body. Drinking tea on an empty stomach before meals will dilute gastric juice and affect its secretion, which is not conducive to food digestion. The correct way is to drink tea at least half an hour after meals, preferably 1 hour later.

It is not advisable to drink tea before and after meals, otherwise it will dilute gastric juice and affect food digestion. Drinking tea on an empty stomach may even cause palpitation, headache, dizziness, upset and other "drunken tea" phenomena, and even cause gastric mucosal inflammation in severe cases. The correct way is: drink tea one hour after meals, chew slowly and drink water two or three times.

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Taboos for drinking tea:

1, never drink strong tea.

Strong tea will make the "excitability" of human body too high, which will have adverse effects on cardiovascular system and nervous system. Patients with cardiovascular diseases may have tachycardia or even arrhythmia after drinking strong tea, which leads to repeated illness.

Don't drink tea before going to bed

Don't drink tea before going to bed. This is more important for early tea drinkers. After drinking tea before going to bed, it becomes very difficult for many people to fall asleep, which even seriously affects their mental state the next day. People with neurasthenia or insomnia should pay special attention.

Don't drink tea during pregnancy.

Generally, the caffeine concentration in strong tea is as high as 10%, which will increase the number and frequency of urination and heartbeat of pregnant women, increase the load on their hearts and kidneys, and more easily lead to pregnancy poisoning, so it is best for pregnant women not to drink tea.

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