Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Support Group

The only thing I can think of is that a lot of tea contains caffeine, which is bad. Caffeine has been implicated in cyst formation, so it makes sense to avoid it. Tea contains less than coffee and coke, though. I don't know of any other bad ingredients in tea, so it should be fine if you drink the caffeine free varieties. I don't like the usual tea or coffee, but drink fruit tea. It's not everyone's "cup of tea", I know, but I like rosehip. I hope you can find something you like.

Thanks for your reply!
The only thing I could think of that was bad about tea was also the caffine. She was saying something about tea being able to deplete iron. ??? I love team so I'm just hoping she was wrong

A friend of mine got me this really amazing tea specifically designed for the kidneys and bladder:

it's a mixture of marshmallow leaf root, dandelion, peppermint, mullien, uva ursi and juniper berry

I LOVE it...it seems to help my nausea too...peppermint is good for that

she got it at www.herbsbymerlin.com

Hey, Nikki and Deric,

Ah, a cup of tea. It is nirvana. Let them say what they will, it's good for me. Have you tried real tea? Lipton is just floor sweepings, dust is all. Try whole leaf tea from specialteas.com and taste real tea. It's no more expensive per cup than Lipton. I know I sound like a commercial but the way I see it, life isn't worth living if we give up what we love. We won't live forever. It will just seem that way.

Thanks for all your replies!
doublejenn- that marshmellowey one sounds good-so I'm going to look for it!
Justanothersoul- I guess I'll have to try this "real tea" you are talking about.. lol. I've been a huge fan of lipton, but it it's just dust then the other stuff may be pretty awesome!
Thanks!