Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel evaluates a study on microplastics in the human body on ‘Fox Report.’ Tea is known to be one of the healthiest beverages — and the benefits aren’t just what’s in the cup, but what’s not in it.
The process of brewing tea was shown to remove toxic heavy metals from drinking water in a new study from Northwestern University in Illinois. For a typical cup of tea — one mug of water and one bag of tea, brewed for three to five minutes — the preparation could remove about 15% of lead from drinking water, the researchers stated in a press release. STUDY LINKS MENTAL HEALTH RISKS TO THIS TOXIN FOR THOSE BORN IN '60S OR '70S During brewing, heavy metals like lead and cadmium are absorbed by the tea leaves, keeping them from entering the water, according to researchers.
The findings were published in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology this week. The process of brewing tea was shown to remove toxic heavy metals from drinking water in a new study from Northwestern University in Illinois. (iStock) "It appears quite likely that the way most people brew their tea can have a measurable impact on lead consumption ," Benjamin Shindel, the study’s first author at Northwestern, told Fox News Digital.
The longer tea is brewed, the more reduction in metal content, he noted. WHY PAIRING CHOCOLATE WITH TEA IS BENEFICIAL TO YOUR HEALTH "Any tea that steeps for longer or has higher surface area will effectively remediate mor.