Your bed tea is damaging your body! Know why

TEA: THE CONVERSATION STARTER: No matter what the occasion, your beloved tea has a place. It is known to provide the much-needed warmth during cold conversations, it is the perfect accomplice to your steamy fritters, and the best conversation starter--after all what can beat the "Tumhe bhi chai pasand hai?"

TEA: THE ELIXIR OF LIFE: We, Indians just cannot begin our mornings without a cup of ‘garma garam chai,’ and it has been our comfort beverage for ages.

The thing is as much as you love your little cuppa of piping hot tea, it is doing more damage to your body than good when consumed the first thing in the morning.

In spite of being rich in antioxidants, having bed-tea is not the healthiest way to kick-start your morning.

SURPRISED? LET US BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU: Drinking tea, as soon as you wake up, should be avoided as strictly as possible, even though an average Indian household usually wakes up to the sound of cardamom and ginger being beaten to be put in tea.

Bed-tea, as a matter of fact, is extremely harmful to your body and it can wreak havoc on your physiological system.

TIME TO DITCH THE MORNING CUP OF TEA?: Here are certain health issues where your favourite bed-tea is the sneaky culprit and the primary observed factor:

CHRONIC ACIDITY

OBESITY

DRY COUGH

VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY

Dental Issues

THE ALTERNATIVE TO BED-TEA?: We do understand bed-tea can be very addictive and may even result in headaches if you devoid yourself of the same. You can break this habit by replacing it with cinnamon tea (dalchini) or fennel tea (sauf).

Gradually, once you get habitual, you can also switch to a glass of warm water and then eventually to a glass of plain water.

----Tips taken from Urban Ayurveda by Tanya Malhotra.