Is Green Tea Bad For Your Health?

So, I'm on vacation with my wife and Oprah comes on. Now I normally don't watch Oprah but my wife is watching so I watch. Anyway, this doctor comes on touting his new book and an anti-inflammatory diet. I become interested because I'm inflamed now and then, so I listen. So this doctor says a lot of stuff but the thing that I found really interesting was his claim that you could lose ten pounds in six weeks just by switching from coffee to green tea. Since I could stand to lose ten pounds, give or take fifty pounds, I decide to give it a try.

The Sunday we get back from vacation I get some green tea and Monday I start my bold experiment. Monday went okay, a little shaky, but okay. Tuesday started out okay, got up after a good nights rest, made some tea, and sat down. Just as I put the cup to my lips, the glass shatters, spilling hot tea on my belly and thigh (thankfully, Mr. Winks was spared). I soak myself in cold water then take a quick trip to the ER (thanks to Joni, Diane, Alan, Paul, and Ernest-in order of appearance) with some frozen stawberries (why didn't I pick the frozen peas?) duct taped to by abdomen and buttocks. Got an IV, tetanus, antibiotics, some pain killers, and a couple of days off work.

This proves that green tea is bad for you. If I'd been drinking coffee, I would never have been burned. Why? Because coffee is made in a coffee maker and it never gets boiling hot. I've spilled coffee in my lap before and it never necessitated a trip to the emergency room. So don't drink green tea. It's evil.

On the other hand, it did get me two days off work. Work or first and second degree burns? I think I'll make myself a spot of tea.