PMID- 38082315
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231216
LR  - 20231216
IS  - 1479-5876 (Electronic)
IS  - 1479-5876 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Dec 11
TI  - Consumption of herbal infusions/decoctions and tea in Greece: a Planeterranean 
      perspective on the results of Hydria survey.
PG  - 899
LID - 10.1186/s12967-023-04781-5 [doi]
LID - 899
AB  - BACKGROUND: The consumption of various herbal infusions was and is common in the 
      traditional Mediterranean diet, and apparently are used in many other regions of 
      the world outside of the Mediterranean region. The present study aimed to 
      investigate the consumption of herbal infusions/decoctions and tea in a 
      nationally representative sample of Greece, considering also their Planetary use. 
      METHODS: 3951 adult participants of the HYDRIA Survey (2013-2014) were included 
      from the 13 regions of Greece. The diet of participants was assessed by two 24-h 
      dietary recalls (24-HDR) and the Food Propensity Questionnaire (FPQ). All food 
      items were analyzed through the HYDRIA Food Composition Tables. Information on 
      socio-demographics, lifestyle, and health characteristics during the baseline was 
      also provided. RESULTS: 26.9% of herbal infusions and decoctions consumers are 
      >/= 75 years old, pensioners with a low level of education, and residents of urban 
      areas. However, 22.2% of tea consumers belong to the 18-34-year age group, being 
      employed with an intermediate level of education and living in an urban area. 
      Elderly men and women use more herbal infusions/decoctions (55.4%; 40.6%) 
      compared to tea (41.8%; 25.2%). According to FPQ, 7.1% of men and 9.7% of women 
      use herbal infusions and decoctions four times or more per week, while 7.1 and 
      10.9% of men and women, respectively, consume tea at the same frequency. Green 
      tea, mountain tea (Sideritis spp.), and black tea are reported most frequently. 
      In addition, mountain tea (61.2%), black tea (60.3%), mixed herbal 
      infusions/decoctions (58.4%), and sage (59.4%) are consumed mostly at breakfast, 
      while chamomile was reported mainly at dinner or during the night (42.4%). 
      CONCLUSIONS: Based on the FPQ results, the moderate and high consumption of 
      herbal infusions/decoctions and tea is low in Greece, especially among adults 
      (18-64 years). Thus, our results indicate the existence of a generation gap to 
      the attachment to the traditional Med Diet and the consumption of herbal 
      infusions. The present study could encourage future research to focus on herbal 
      infusions and decoctions consumption by other populations for cross-cultural 
      comparison, as well as on emphasizing the value of consuming locally available 
      herbs in a Planeterranean perspective.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s).
FAU - Tomou, Ekaterina-Michaela
AU  - Tomou EM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4313-9657
AD  - Research Center for Public Health Research and Education, Academy of Athens, 
      Alexandroupoleos 23, 11528, Athens, Greece. ktomou@pharm.uoa.gr.
AD  - Department of Pharmacognosy & Chemistry of Natural Products, School of Health 
      Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 
      Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771, Athens, Greece. ktomou@pharm.uoa.gr.
FAU - Peppa, Eleni
AU  - Peppa E
AD  - Research Center for Public Health Research and Education, Academy of Athens, 
      Alexandroupoleos 23, 11528, Athens, Greece.
FAU - Trichopoulou, Antonia
AU  - Trichopoulou A
AD  - Research Center for Public Health Research and Education, Academy of Athens, 
      Alexandroupoleos 23, 11528, Athens, Greece.
AD  - School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras 
      Asias Str., 11527, Athens, Greece.
LA  - eng
GR  - MIS 346816/European Social Fund/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231211
PL  - England
TA  - J Transl Med
JT  - Journal of translational medicine
JID - 101190741
RN  - 0 (Tea)
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Adult
MH  - Humans
MH  - Female
MH  - Aged
MH  - Greece
MH  - *Tea
MH  - *Camellia sinensis
MH  - Diet
PMC - PMC10714537
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Camellia sinensis
OT  - Greece
OT  - Green tea
OT  - HYDRIA
OT  - Herbal infusions and decoctions
OT  - Herbal teas
OT  - Mountain tea
OT  - Planeterranean
OT  - Sideritis spp.
OT  - Tea
COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or 
      personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in 
      this paper.
EDAT- 2023/12/12 06:42
MHDA- 2023/12/17 09:42
PMCR- 2023/12/11
CRDT- 2023/12/12 00:02
PHST- 2023/09/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/11/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/12/17 09:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/12/12 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/12/12 00:02 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/12/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12967-023-04781-5 [pii]
AID - 4781 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12967-023-04781-5 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Transl Med. 2023 Dec 11;21(1):899. doi: 10.1186/s12967-023-04781-5.