A Cup of Tea

A Cup of Tea

Most of us drink tea. May it be black, green or herbal. Hot or cold. With or without milk. Whatever type and flavor, whichever way, its a bottoms up enjoyable healthy drink.

Tea has many health benefit to offer and most of the tea drinkers just drink for the sake of drinking without fully understanding the benefit.

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      Tea has antioxidants that help protect body from the effects of free radicals which can damage cells. Some of these antioxidants have proven useful as anti-allergic, anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory agents, as well as helping to boost the immune system.

      Tea is helpful in weight loss and the protection against Alzheimers, heart disease and may help lower the risk of some types of cancers. 

     Tea also has fluoride, which is great news for your teeth and bones 

Here is a list of the types of tea and some of their benefits: 

• Black Tea - Black tea is helpful by affecting the levels of stress hormones thereby aiding in a quicker recovery time from the stresses of daily life. It also lowers the risk of heart attacks. Black tea is helpful as a diet aid.
Green Tea - Green tea can protect against several different kinds of cancer, such as lung, breast and prostate cancers. It is also useful as a diet aid since it speeds up the metabolic rates while speeding up the fat oxidation. This offers a feeling of increased energy.
• White Tea - White tea has more anti-bacterial and anti-viral agents than Green tea, while being generally comparable to Green tea. White tea is actually immature tea and has a fuzzy silver coloring. White tea also contains a stronger content of anti-oxidants that defends against cancer causing cells better than any other tea.
Oolong Tea - Oolong tea tastes more like green tea than black tea. It has a strong flowery taste that is a little on the bitter side, but surprisingly it leaves a pleasantly sweet aftertaste. It is helpful as a diet aid, while it also helps prevent skin damage and enhances the function of enzymes because of its anti-oxidant properties.
• Herbal Tea - Herbal teas are the blending of flowers, seeds, leaves and roots from plants. They are not true tea, as they don't come from the evergreen tea tree. To be fair I need to say that all teas are herbal as they all come from plant source. Actually, herbal teas offer a much wider assortment of flavors and health benefits than most other real teas.

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Every sip of your tea, savour the flavor and think that it’s good for your health.