
Is drinking tea really unhealthy? Two of China's top 10 bad eating habits are related to tea!
August 14, 2025
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Chinese cuisine is rich and profound, and has always been "food heaven". Although the dish can be said to be at its best in terms of flavor and color, it is not necessarily healthy. According to scientific dietary guidelines, there are ten unhealthy eating habits among Chinese people. Among them, tea, which has long been considered a healthy beverage, is related to two unhealthy eating habits.
Chinese cuisine culture is rich and profound, people always regard "food as heaven" when it comes to dining, which reaches the peak in this field.
Although Chinese food is said to be delicious with a balance of colors, smells, and tastes, it does not necessarily mean that one eats healthy.
Among them, tea, which has long been considered a healthy drink, is also associated with two unhealthy eating habits.
Today, let's take stock of China's top 10 bad eating habits, come and see how many you have!
Not spicy, no fun.
In many parts of China, one can say that "no pepper is no fun", such as Sichuan and Chongqing, Hunan and Jiangxi.
However eating too much spicy food can lead to stomach ulcers, and in recent years the number of people suffering from stomach ulcers has been increasing rapidly. Among them nine out of ten are used to eating spicy food as a habit.
Dietary oiliness
Chinese people have a habit: as soon as there's a festival or an important day, they must celebrate by eating and the more expensive it is, the more ritualistic it feels.
A feast that is too abundant will often have over-oily, over-salty, or over-spicy problems. Eating a lot of large fish and meat not only adds to the body's burden but also causes obesity and various health problems.
Dinner not using chopsticks for public use.
Dining out is a time to indulge in food and drink, but this also increases the risk of contracting H. pylori due to the lack of use of chopsticks.
Helicobacter pylori is a pathogenic bacterium that can parasitize in the human stomach, not only as a factor causing gastritis and peptic ulcers.
Eating while playing phone games.
Modern people must play phones while eating. To eat for ten minutes and watch TV shows for two hours is a very bad habit of eating.
Firstly attention towards eating is drawn to mobile phones, with a low degree of perception of hunger and fullness, easily overeating, and not paying attention may also choke.
Tea lover
Many people drink tea possibly half a cup is full of tea leaves, they think that only like this can have flavor. Serious reminder, those who love strong tea pay attention, this habit hundred harms and no benefit.
Excessive components in tea can cause heart palpitations and stimulate intestines and stomach, affect digestive function.
Overconsumption of salt
The average daily sodium intake of Chinese has ranked top in the world, and the habit of pickling food is preferred among the Chinese.
According to the guidelines for residents' diet, adults are not allowed to take in more than 6 grams of salt per day, and children have even less. Six grams is just as much as a beer bottle cap, and does not include the salt from soy sauce, oyster sauce or other seasonings.
It seems that nearly every family will exceed the limit.
Snack as a meal
Many young people like snacks and sometimes eat only snacks without food, but many snack ingredients are not healthy.
Eating too much snacks will affect appetite and hinder the intake of main meals, which is not beneficial for health in the long run.
Fruit is eaten too little.
Each person should eat 250 grams of fruit every day, but many people do not even eat fruits for a whole day.
Fruits are rich in various nutrients which are beneficial for human health. One should eat more fruits to pursue a healthier diet.
Eating too quickly
Eating too quickly, food not being chewed thoroughly is disadvantageous for initial digestion in the mouth and increases gastrointestinal burden.
Eat too quickly, and the body may not be aware that it is full, thus eating more and easily leading to over-nutrition and obesity.
Burning my tongue from drinking hot tea.
Older people prefer to drink tea while it's still hot and like sipping on freshly brewed hot tea.
However, if the water temperature is too high, it's very easy to burn one's mouth and throat and cause injury to the body.