{"id":2302,"date":"2026-09-24T12:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:47:16","slug":"is-your-sweet-tea-taking-you-closer-to-obesity-diabetes-heart-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/?p=2302","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Sweet Tea Taking You Closer to Obesity, Diabetes &amp; Heart diseases?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tea itself is not necessarily the problem. The bigger concern is <strong>how much sugar we add\u2014and how many cups we drink every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If each cup contains 2 teaspoons of sugar, 4 cups can provide about <strong>8 teaspoons of added sugar<\/strong>, before counting sugar from other foods and drinks. Regularly consuming excess free sugars can contribute to excess calorie intake, weight gain and higher risk of obesity and related metabolic diseases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The simple strategy:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2611 Reduce sugar in every cup<br \/>\n\u2611 Limit the number of sweetened cups<br \/>\n\u2611 Keep total added\/free sugar intake low<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you enjoy tea, consider <strong>3\u20134 cups of black, unsweetened tea<\/strong> instead of repeatedly drinking sugary tea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tea doesn&#8217;t have to be the problem. The sugar may be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#Nutrition #HealthyEating #Sugar #Diabetes #Obesity #HeartHealth #Tea<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_2302\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/?p=2302\"  data-item_title=\"Is Your Sweet Tea Taking You Closer to Obesity, Diabetes &amp;amp; Heart diseases?\"  data-item_date=\"2026-09-24T12:47:16+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.64\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tea itself is not necessarily the problem. The bigger concern is how much sugar we add\u2014and how many cups we drink every day. If each cup contains 2 teaspoons of sugar, 4 cups can provide about 8 teaspoons of added sugar, before counting sugar from other foods and drinks. Regularly consuming excess free sugars can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/?p=2302\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is Your Sweet Tea Taking You Closer to Obesity, Diabetes &amp; Heart diseases?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_2302\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/?p=2302\"  data-item_title=\"Is Your Sweet Tea Taking You Closer to Obesity, Diabetes &amp;amp; Heart diseases?\"  data-item_date=\"2026-09-24T12:47:16+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.64\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2303,"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions\/2303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poshanshiksha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}