Is it true if you drink tea......

Question

Is it true if you drink tea a lot ur will stop growing ( you wouldn't get taller) & can you get shorter by drinking tea? Or is it just a myth?

Answer 1

I've only heard that coffee stunts your growth. I love tea, so I hope it doesn't make me shorter! :D

Answer 2

My ex-brother-in-law has been drinking about 30 cups a day since he was 12, and he's 6'1".

It is of course, possible that he would have reached 8'10" if he hadn't drunk so much tea, but I somehow doubt it.

Answer 3

Tricky question which makes me think it is true for the following reasons, The chinese drink tea and they are all small and slender, where as Americans drink coffee ( well sort of ) and Cola and other forms of c**p and they are huge, my colonial cousin is wider than he is tall, so base your own conclusions.

Answer 4

Never hear of this!  so i'm going to say it's a myth!

not that if i haven't hear of it it's not true!  i'm just a tea drinker

umm.. come to think of it i'm short too!  

Answer 5

No that is not true. I was told if you drink a lot caffeine it will stunt your growth, I'm 5'7 and I used to drink coffee all the time.

Answer 6

Dude i use to drink tea everyday and i am 6 feet. But i heard that weight lifting in early ages like growing ages can affect you height.Once you gain height u never get shorter by any reason the only exception is that the person must get too old.

Answer 7

Major myth...just like telling a kid if he doesn't eat his green beans he won't be able to play basketball..

Parents make up the darnest things.  

Answer 8

It's largely a myth, but it's based partially on fact.  Some teas, and coffee, too, have caffeine, and caffeine can stunt growth... but you'd have to drink a lot of caffeinated tea on a daily basis to do any lasting damage.

Answer 9

It's a myth.  Think of all the tea they drink in Britain, and they have plenty of tall people there.

Answer 10

It's just a myth.  In fact I'm not sure that it's even a myth, I've never heard it before.

Answer 11

It isn't really true.  Tea does have caffeine in it, which can cause stunting of growth. However, there is a tiny amount of caffeine in tea.  There is actually more caffeine in the tea leaves before it is brewed. Interestingly enough, the stronger (longer) you let your tea brew, the less caffeine there will be in it.  

Answer 12

no it's true i love tea and i used to be 6' now i'm 5'4"

Answer 13

Only if someone's allergic too it.  

Answer 14

well, i'd like to use that as an excuse for my petite-ness, but my brother drank tea too and is almost a foot taller than me...  then again... i did have more tea parties than him!  lol.