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Anyone drank black tea for many years, developed mental health issues?

Aging Well | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (18)
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It is possible that "Tea drinking" isn't referring to the chemical effects of tea but the manner in which it was consumed in English society. As someone who enjoys relaxing with friends around a pot of hot tea, I can say that if I indulged in that activity daily, I'd get little done and could be accused of being a dullard.

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robertwills | @robertwills | 6 days ago

That's an interesting theory but the quote I read seemed to be about the chemical effects. It could be both.

I believe though that tea does in fact have a stimulant AND calming effect. The calming effect in particular may give drinkers a false sense of "everything is all right" and therefore not act as they would without tea. Over time, like a decade or more of daily drinking this permanently makes changes to a persons mental state and behavior. The hallmark is a dulling of the mental state. That's just purely a theory of mine.

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