January 26, 2005

Instant tea may have too much fluoride

Dr. Michael Kleerekoper, professor in Wayne State's School of Medicine, who conducted a five-year, nationwide study of fluoride treatment for osteoporosis in the 1980's, comments about a study revealing that instant tea may be a source of harmful levels of fluoride that can lead to bone pain. Researchers conducting the study looked into the case of a woman who drank one to two gallons of super-strength tea daily. Kleerekoper says the recent study shows that anything consumed to excess is not good, whether it's "four gallons of pop or two liters of whiskey. "Of all the dietary excess in society today, this is probably not the biggest culprit," he said. "I'm not minimizing his work, but the problem is one of excess."

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