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New Delhi:Who doesn’t love tea? Pair it up with your favourite snacks to find the best comfort food ever.
A piping cup of tea after a long, tiring day is something we all dream of. Tea is a popular beverage in India loved by one and all. Apart from biscuits and sandwiches, people love pairing pakodas, sweetmeats, and street food delicacies like samosa, and kachoriswith tea to enhance the flavour.
Apart from its delicious flavour, tea also has many health benefits, and even though you may be pairing it up with any kind of your favourite snack, health experts warn against it.
Doctors say that consuming tea with many kinds of foods can hurt your health. Let’s see what these foods are:
Foods that are rich in iron, like leafy vegetables, grains, lentils, and cereals should be avoided while having a hot cup of tea. According to experts, tea is rich in tannins and oxalates, which prevents the iron from these foods from being absorbed in your body.
The citrusy lemon is packed with vitamin C which is extremely beneficial for the body. However, pairing it with milk tea is not a very good idea. Even though lemon tea is an extremely popular weight loss idea, directly combining tea leaves with lemon can leave you with high acidity, belching, and acid reflux.
Never have lemon tea early in the morning. And if you are already prone to acidity, it is best to avoid it altogether.
Who doesn’t love the combination of chai-pakoda. But little do you know that crunchy, tasty fritters are one of the most harmful food pairings. Most Indian teatime snacks are manufactured using gram flour.
Besan, according to health experts, blocks nutrients from getting absorbed in the blood, causing stomachache and constipation.
Cold and chilly foods like ice cream should never be paired with tea, even when it is at room temperature.
Doctors say the harmful pairing can severely disrupt the digestion process, as consuming foods from different temperatures weaken the digestive process and make you nauseous and dizzy.
Health experts recommend not having anything cold for at least 30-45 minutes after drinking hot or warm tea.
Turmeric is one of the best spices that are versatile and help keep you healthy and fit. However, combining it with tea can be disastrous.
According to experts, combining turmeric with tea causes severe indigestion and heartburn, as the compounds in turmeric irritate the stomach lining.
Nuts are superfoods that help give us strength and nourishment. However, it is an extremely bad idea to pair them up with chai. Roasted peanuts, masala kaju, or salty pistachio are great for munchies, but it is time to change the notion.
Nuts are loaded with iron, which makes them incohesive with both milk and tea.
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