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Wu Long Tea?
Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure? ~Sog |
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"Wu Long Tea?
Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?" "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure. |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, wrote:
"Wu Long Tea? Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?" "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure. Of course, then there's this study: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/ Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on the Scharffen Berger! -- Bob in CT |
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"Bob in CT" wrote in message news On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, wrote: "Wu Long Tea? Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?" "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure. Of course, then there's this study: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/ Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on the Scharffen Berger! -- Bob in CT Is there any decent suger free chocolate? I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky. A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect. I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own, but thanks a lot for the input. ~Sog |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:33:40 -0400, *****Sog
wrote: "Bob in CT" wrote in message news On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, wrote: "Wu Long Tea? Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?" "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure. Of course, then there's this study: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/ Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on the Scharffen Berger! -- Bob in CT Is there any decent suger free chocolate? I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky. A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect. I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own, but thanks a lot for the input. ~Sog What I do is buy small bars of real, dark (usually 70%+) chocolate and eat those. Naturally, given my weakness for chocolate, it's better to buy one bar than 10, or I'll eat 3 per night! I can't handle the sugar free stuff. -- Bob in CT |
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Unsweetened cocoa powder, plus carbless liquid sucralose, plus (raw egg or
coconut milk or heavy cream) makes a nice chocolate paste. Think of it as cake frosting. "*****Sog" wrote in message ... "Bob in CT" wrote in message news On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, wrote: "Wu Long Tea? Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?" "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure. Of course, then there's this study: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/ Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on the Scharffen Berger! -- Bob in CT Is there any decent suger free chocolate? I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky. A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect. I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own, but thanks a lot for the input. ~Sog |
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I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't find
it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-) On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:03:36 -0400, Cubit wrote: Unsweetened cocoa powder, plus carbless liquid sucralose, plus (raw egg or coconut milk or heavy cream) makes a nice chocolate paste. Think of it as cake frosting. "*****Sog" wrote in message ... "Bob in CT" wrote in message news On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, wrote: "Wu Long Tea? Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?" "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure. Of course, then there's this study: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/ Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on the Scharffen Berger! -- Bob in CT Is there any decent suger free chocolate? I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky. A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect. I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own, but thanks a lot for the input. ~Sog -- Bob in CT |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:40:59 -0400, Pat wrote:
"Bob in CT" wrote in message news I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't find it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-) strawberries! Oh! Good idea. -- Bob in CT |
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"Bob in CT" wrote in message news I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't find it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-) strawberries! |
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I like to mix a heaping spoonful or two of cocoa powder with a roughly equal
amount of almond butter or peanut butter. This takes a bit of work. Then add some artificial sweetener(s) to taste. It's best to use mostly sweetener without the fillers. Then a bit of heavy cream to bring it to a soft fudge texture. In fact, this stuff tastes similar to fudge. If you're desperate for chocolate, eat from a small dish with a spoon. If you're being more civilized, chill for 15 minutes or so in the freezer, take out, divide into small amounts, roll in balls, return to freezer. Before re-freezing, you could roll in various low-carb things: more cocoa powder, unsweetened shredded coconut, finely chopped nuts (I particularly like pecans or macadamias). Chill or freeze before serving. A variation of this uses cream cheese in place of the nut butter. It's good when well-chilled. Make it somewhat soft with a bit more cream and, when frozen, it tastes not unlike really rich chocolate ice cream. However, as it warms up it tastes unpleasantly oily/greasy to me (which is not the case with the cocoa/nut butter fudge). Nice to keep in the freezer and have a small serving for dessert once in a while. HG "Bob in CT" wrote in message news I have a massive thing of dutch-processed cocoa powder. (I couldn't find it locally, so I purchased it online, not realizing how massive it was.) This doesn't sound like a bad use for the cocoa powder, but what do you put it on? Angel food cake? ;-) On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:03:36 -0400, Cubit wrote: Unsweetened cocoa powder, plus carbless liquid sucralose, plus (raw egg or coconut milk or heavy cream) makes a nice chocolate paste. Think of it as cake frosting. "*****Sog" wrote in message ... "Bob in CT" wrote in message news On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:55:38 -0400, wrote: "Wu Long Tea? Anybody try this before, does it raise blood pressure?" "Oolong tea" is a way of treating tea leaves. All tea comes from the same plant and the differences in kind depends on how it is treated after picking. Oolong is between green tea and black tea in terms of the oxidation to the leaves that is applied. In many regards the answer to your question is the same for all teas, its good for you, tastes good, and is low in caffiene compared to coffie. In general research shows long term tea use lowering blood pressure. Of course, then there's this study: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18023833/ Which implies that chocolate and not tea lowers blood pressure. Bring on the Scharffen Berger! -- Bob in CT Is there any decent suger free chocolate? I've tried coaco and spenda but it turned out ucky. A lot of the sugar free stuff in the stores has a bad lacitive affect. I'm new to all this stuff, i guess you could figure that out on your own, but thanks a lot for the input. ~Sog -- Bob in CT |
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