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The Therapeutic Use and Safety of Common Herbal Beverages

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Beverages in Nutrition and Health

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Abstract

Drinking herbal beverages is popular in America for several reasons. Herbal teas provide opportunities to have a low-calorie beverage or a healthy caffeine-free alternative to coffee. Other teas may provide a medicinal effect. These herbal beverages may contain extracts from the bark, roots, seeds, flowers, leaves, or fruits of trees and shrubs. Today, the herbal tea industry has become a multimillion-dollar business. The potential health effect of green and black teas is reviewed in Chapter 10.

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  1. Department of Biology, Winona State University, Winona, MN, USA

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  2. Centre for Science, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

    Norman J. Temple PhD

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Craig, W.J. (2004). The Therapeutic Use and Safety of Common Herbal Beverages. In: Wilson, T., Temple, N.J. (eds) Beverages in Nutrition and Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-415-3_13

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