is it healthy to drink tea before having breakfast?

China
August 31, 2007 2:19pm CST
sometimes i will drink a cup of tea instead of water before breakfast,but my boyfriend says that it is a bad habit. do you know more about it?
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yxinxin
@yxinxin (467)
• China
25 Sep 07
I like tea and I drink much but I rarely drink it before breakfast.It might be a bad habit,but I don't know,for the tea will fill your stomach so you will eat less for breakfast.Then you will have less energy. Am I right?
anuj291
@anuj291 (575)
• India
24 Sep 07
i realy cant say much about this cuz i dont drink tea,,and i dont like it also but i do drink coffee!!
tigerdragon
@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
2 Sep 07
i do not think it is bad, it is like telling us that coffee at breakfast is bad. Ask his reasons why he said that tea is bad before or during breakfast , he must have had a traumatic experienced doing so.
Nardz13
@Nardz13 (5055)
• New Zealand
1 Sep 07
Hi there. I drink a cup of chinese Oolong tea, Ive never heard of drinking it before breakfast to be a bad habit, but Id like to know more about it... Oolong tea makes me feel healthy and refreshed... Alot of healthy benefits in this tea... Enjoy your day...
binny29
@binny29 (1527)
• India
1 Sep 07
most people do drink tea before breakfast to enrgise themselves and i feel its a bad habit to do so i dont drink tea because i never felt like drinking it
roastedsteam
@roastedsteam (26)
• India
24 Sep 07
hi ! i myself m a heavy tea drinker and i've never never come across any statement of that sort ....i think having tea early in the morning refreshes u .and moreover it being a natural drink has no side effects too !!!!
luintaurien
@luintaurien (972)
• United States
31 Aug 07
I can't answer that question but I do know that I do the same thing as you do. I generally have a cup of tea when I wake up. I do not drink much plain water but I drink mostly herbal teas that do not have caffeine in them.