Black and green tea have a growing body of research suggesting there are positive health benefits on because of the anti-oxidant
s. However, there is ongoing discussion about the impact of adding milk to tea. Does adding milk impact the health benefits of the tea? Use your understanding from this unit about solutions and food chemistry to take one side of the controversy and propose an argument for why you think adding milk hurts or helps the health benefits of tea. paragraph form please
Keeping in mind a total ignorance of both the health benefits of these teas, and the interaction between milk and antioxidants, I believe that it is possible that milk could hinder these benefits.
Tea is usually a hot beverage. Milk, when added to this beverage, would easily dissolve. When a solute (milk) dissolves in a solvent (tea), the chemical properties of the resulting solution can become quite distinct from both of the original substances. It seems possible that the same chemical properties of tea that make it healthy could be altered by the addition of milk.
