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Green Tea

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I read that Green Tea was high in antioxidants and very good to drink (better than black tea). So I started buying Green Tea with Honey and Ginseng. I would buy Arizona tea or Turkey Hill. The other day, I read the label for Turkey Hill tea and discovered that it was sweetened with high fructose corny syrup (one of the worst sweetners). It also contains black tea too. I really hate this deception on labeling.

I guess to get green tea with honey and ginseng, you have to make it yourself.

high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated fats, and refined sugar is what is keeping most of us fat!
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Amen ltlady

I have discovered that in order to "know" that your food is real one has to remove boxed, packaged or premade foods. Stick to foods that look the same as they did when they were picked and grown. Meats, eggs and dairy should be free range, free of antibiotics, hormones and free of additives like the salt solutions the companies add to plump your chicken and turkey breasts. I even found out they color the salmon we get. I only get wild salmon. Add your own herbs, limit your sodium and all sweetners. Stevia and honey are my main staples as sweeteners. I don't have to sweeten much. Fruits are pretty good and sweet. We all have to retrain our tongues.
When your foods are oversalted or over or artificially sweetened your tongue misses the good flavors of the foods themselves. I love limes and lemons because they give zing without adding calories. Good healthy homecooking without the frills! Just wholesome foods
that provide us with nutrients.
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Thanks houserules -- I wish I could get you to cook for me.
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I drink alot of green tea and I either buy the diet green tea when I am on the go or I make it from the bag with splenda cause that is the only sweetner I use, I also used to take the green tea supplements work good for water retention and energy.
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I would prefer to use honey to sweeten my tea or drink it without sugar. I have always been suspect of the artificial sugars -- including splenda. Has anyone tried the natural sugars like stevia or agave. Pardon the spelling. I'm going to get up right now and brew myselft some green tea and chill it in the refrigeratior for drinking over the weekend. We are expecting 18 inches of snow between today and tomorrow.
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18 inches! That is huge! Ive thought about trying stevia just haven't, my mom always used sweet n low in her tea so you can say I kinda grew up on it!
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i use the suplements that is working for me so far
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