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The Therapeutic Use and Safety of Common Herbal Beverages

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Abstract

Drinking herbal beverages is popular in America for several reasons. Herbal teas provide opportunities to have a low-calorie beverage or a healthy caffeine-free alternative to coffee. Other teas may provide a medicinal effect. These herbal beverages may contain extracts from the bark, roots, seeds, flowers, leaves, or fruits of trees and shrubs. Today, the herbal tea industry has become a multimillion-dollar business. The potential health effect of green and black teas is reviewed in Chapter 10.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationBeverages in Nutrition and Health
EditorsTed Wilson, Norman J. Temple
PublisherHumana Totowa
Pages187-201
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-59259-415-3
ISBN (Print)978-1-58829-173-8, 978-1-61737-402-9
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2004
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameNutrition and Health
ISSN (Print)2628-197X
ISSN (Electronic)2628-1961

Disciplines

  • Alternative and Complementary Medicine
  • Medicine and Health Sciences

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