The Dangers of Drinking Instant Tea: A Case Study

Reporter Shi Chunmei/Reporting from Taipei

There was a man abroad who couldn’t urinate after drinking instant tea for 5 days. (Illustration) Advertisement (Continue reading this article)

▲A foreign man once couldn’t urinate after drinking instant tea for 5 days. (schematic diagram)

The kidney is an extremely important detoxification organ in the human body. How to prevent poisoning and protect the kidney is very important. Nephrologist Jiang Shoushan said that coffee has been certified to protect the kidneys, while tea contains the kidney poison “oxalic acid”, especially the amount of oxalic acid in “soluble tea” is much higher than that of brewed tea with tea leaves. There was a young American otaku who played video games at home all day and drank 4 liters of instant tea every day. After 5 days he vomited and could not urinate. He was sent to hospital for a diagnosis of uremia which showed that his kidney function was severely damaged.

Shi said current research has not confirmed that tea is beneficial to the kidneys, because tea is rich in oxalic acid and oxalic acid in the diet has been shown to cause kidney stones, kidney damage and other effects. Some studies have found that tea made from instant tea has The amount of oxalic acid contained is much higher than that of tea brewed from tea leaves. “Soluble tea is a powdered mixture that can be made into a cup of tea by adding water.

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He said that drinking a large amount of instant tea will accumulate an excessive amount of oxalic acid in the body. If oxalic acid forms crystals and is deposited in the kidneys, it will cause oxalic acid nephropathy, which has been certified as irreversible nephropathy.

Jiang Shoushan gave an example. There was an American otaku who played video games at home for five consecutive days and drank almost 4 liters of instant tea every day. Five days later, he developed symptoms such as vomiting and inability to urinate and rushed to the emergency room and was diagnosed with uremia. This is because the huge amount of oxalic acid in soluble tea can severely damage kidney function.

In addition, there is also a young foreigner who drank 16 240ml cups of instant tea every day. After drinking it for a month, he suffered from permanent oxalic acid nephropathy. However, he was initially forced to undergo kidney dialysis as the man was a young man, he finally received the kidney dialysis method to save his life.

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