Physiological and nutritional implications of herbal tea use

The purpose of this project was to develop a reference manual on the physiological and nutritional implications of herbal tea use for dietitians and nutritionists. The objective was to provide information on these teas that could be used when counseling patients/clients. In recent years, there has been renewed interest in herbal medicine for a myriad of sociological and economic reasons. In spite of this renewed interest, dietitians and nutritionists trained in scientific nutrition very often are not familiar with herbal tea use. This was the motivating factor in designing the reference manual. The evaluation of this project was completed by five consulting dietitians and nutritionists who read the reference manual and answered an opinionnaire regarding the usefulness of this project.