Tea is a source of fluoride in the diet that may benefit dental and bone health. However, proving that too much of a good thing can be bad for you, a woman who consumed very large amounts of concentrated tea for about 20 years suffered from fluoride toxicity that was serious enough to cause her to lose her teeth.
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N Engl J Med 2013;368:1140.
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