Taking tea after lunch.. Is it harmful?

It is said that chinese take tea after lunch and supposed to be good for health. I think there is no harm in doing so.

i know a lot of people too who drink coffee after having a meal. they say it helps in faster digestion of food. i don't think drinking tea after a meal is bad. in fact, i think its good because tea helps in cleaning our stomach and maybe in our digestion too. ^__^

I don't see how it could be. I drink hot tea all the time after I eat. Also coffee it seems to relax me after I have eaten.

Hello dear subha. I usually drink tea when I go to work in the office both in the morning and in the afternoon, but when I am at home having a rest, I drink tea from morning till afternoon. I don't see that there is any harm to my health. I hope not. Thanks for your discussion. Good night.

i haven't read or heard about this belief. why? in fact the japanese, chinese or vietnamese (i'm not huh) drink tea during or after eating any meal. i believe it's good for digestion. the only thing that i've notice with these nationals is the staining of their teeth - that is if they don't brush teeth regularly.

i only take coffee after eat w/ my breakfast but not all the time after eat even tea my cousine she always drink tea every after meal she drink it for losing weight and my boss always drink tea everymeal because of heavy food he eat specially in the night:-)

Generally it is not preferred immediately after lunch. Because, we Indians have a lots of spicy food and in addition tea also gets added, one feels quite uncomfortable. It is usual practice to have tea 2 or 3 hours after lunch. And along with tea, some snacks too.

I thought it was supposed to be good, for losing weight anyway, I used to always have diet coke until I read in here how it is better to have hot tea.