To Live Is To Die by Metallica Songfacts. This song is a tribute to Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a tour bus crash. It is instrumental except the spoken word piece near the end - this was a poem that Cliff wrote before he died >> Suggestion credit: Toke - Stoke, England.
Answer Wiki. Caffeine is a diuretic to begin with and it's not possible to remove 100% of caffeine from tea. Having said that though you need larger doses of caffeine (6-8 cups of non decaf tea) to have a diuretic effect, and even this is for people to that don't intake a lot of caffeine, as your body develops a tolerance to it.
Both tea and coffee contain chemical compounds called tannins. Tannins are naturally occurring organic substances known as polyphenols and are present in wine, beer, fruit juices, berries, pomegranates, nuts, smoked foods, legumes, some herbs and spices. These tannins could be affecting your iron absorption. One study has shown that tea consumption may reduce iron absorption by as much as 60% and coffee reduces its uptake by 50%. The tannins in both tea and coffee adversely affect iron availability, which could lead to iron deficiency anaemia. Another study showed just 5mg of tannins inhibited absorption by 20%, 25mg by 67% and 100mg by 88%, whereas some research inferred you would have to drink more than 3 strong cups of tea a day to have ...