On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:53:50 -0600, RJP > wrote:
> "Don't give much tea to kids. Tea "chelates" iron,
> removing it from the body. That may help combat chronic
> disease but can cause anemia in young people."

Perhaps... but some results suggest that iron-deficiency anemia still
correlates more strongly with iron-deficient diets than tea
consumption:

From <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=886273 5&dopt=Abstract>,

"The results demonstrate that both black and green teas and a green
tea polyphenol extract do not represent a risk to animals consuming
the beverages as their sole fluid intake with respect to iron
availability, although the interactions with manganese deserve
further study."


N.