Does green tea dehydrates you?

 Am sure recently, that green tea good thirst fight, am enjoyed drunk his on summer. But recently am read, that he is having back effect as dehydrating , thus avoid his drink on hot.

Answers herbalist Kirshena.

As he is by a containing alkaloid,  caffeine is superiors for black tea and a few coffee kinds. Caffeine as giving energy and arousal,  having and diuretic effect. Thus green tea causing diuretic effect , but in cup this drink is water much, thus diuretic effect compensating by a drinking her needing quantity and not beginning dehydration. And for a best feeling,  your  daily norm is not rises for 3-4 cups /500-700 ml/.

 But dietologist  Silitskaja adding to this.

Green tea cleans organism from bad substances, lowering cholesterol level, regulating weight, positive effects on metabolism and skin health.

And this drink less use in pregnancy, as having stimulating substances, and in stomach ulcer as rising stomach acidity, hypertension, atherosclerosis, that of tea structure are vessels narrowing and forming thrombus, and in insomnia, high body temperature.