With the arrival of the winter months, upper respiratory tract infections began to increase. Citizens use winter teas intensively with the start of the winter tea season. Experts warn against consuming too much winter tea.
Professor at Izmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Alper Şener stated that the winter tea season begins with the onset of upper respiratory tract infections in the winter months, and that excessive consumption of mixtures can cause liver failure, liver poisoning and organ transplantation.
Prof. stated that with the onset of respiratory viral infections in the winter months, the winter tea season also begins. Dr. Alper Şener said, “Winter teas are used extensively. With the onset of winter teas, unfortunately, some of the winter teas, some tubes, some types, and some mixtures begin to have toxic effects on the liver, that is, harmful effects, causing liver poisoning. Sometimes this is mild, sometimes it can be severe. It may lead to organ transplantation. Especially for winter teas, the ideal is to use packaged, packaged, patented products, especially those that have been screened for Aflatoxin and Mycotoxin, not the mixtures available in herbalists.
Because, unfortunately, no one will be offended by what is done in herbalists, but screening for fungal poisons, which we call Mycotoxin and Aflatoxin, are not routinely performed in such products. These are stored in sacks. After being stored, it is taken out and ventilated according to the sales rate, and it becomes usable by making certain mixtures without any screening before processing. Unfortunately, when it is used, it has a toxic effect on the liver when used irregularly or excessively. Harmful effect occurs. Because everything that enters our body is first metabolized in the liver.
First it goes to the liver. If the amount of Aflatoxin or Mycotoxin is high or present, Aflatoxin is already slightly more toxic. It is worth underlining this. Serious elevations of enzymes in the liver can cause symptoms that we call toxic. Some of these, which are not a small rate, can be up to 10 percent, and when you look at the literature, they can cause serious liver failure and even lead to liver transplantation.
So, if you are wondering which of the winter teas or which are the safest among them, the commonly used teas are linden and rosehip. But of course, these are ideally packaged teas that have been screened for Aflatoxin and Mycotoxin. These are the most reliable ones. Even sage is not very reliable in this regard, to be honest. “Because sage tea is one of the foods with high estrogen content, that is, hormone content, we do not recommend its intense and frequent consumption in male individuals,” he said.
(UAV)