Reasons to drink tea
Reasons to drink tea
What Diet top ten reasons to drink tea. Whether you like black tea or green tea check out the reasons to drink tea below. Tea bars are responding to demand for one of the world’s oldest and best beverages.
Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis bush, also called the tea bush.
The leaves, buds and twigs are fermented, heated, dried and then brewed in hot water. Scientific evidence supports claims that tea is good for your health. Aside from that, tea is tasty and satisfying.
As well as health reasons to drink tea tea can help with weight loss by helping t fill you up, raise metabolism and if drunk with no additions like milk and sugar tea is a nil or very low calorie drink. Satisfying and fresh drinking tea revitalises you. Read on for the top ten tea drinking benefits.
1. Tea drinking is a tradition
Many years ago, a Chinese Emperor was travelling through a village when he stopped to have some water. The villagers boiled the water to purify it, and whilst doing so some leaves from a tea bush fell accidentally into the pot. The emperor drank, loved it and the rest is history.
2. Drink tea for the variety
Proper tea is made from the tea bush whereas herbal tea is made from dried herbs or fruits. There are four basic teas: Black tea which is made by allowing tea leaves to ferment before heating. Oolong tea is partially fermented. Green tea is made by steaming fresh tea leaves before drying. Finally, white tea is dried by steaming. There are thousands of varieties of tea available.
3. Tea is good for your heart
Green and black teas contain antioxidants that help to decrease the risk of heart disease by virtue of lowering cholesterol.
4. Tea is good for your teeth
Compounds in black tea may help kill or suppress the growth and acid production of cavity causing bacteria in dental plaque. Also green tea inhibits the growth of oral bacteria and can apparently be used as a mouth rinse to reduce plaque and the incidence of periodontal disease!
5. Tea is good for your gut
Drinking tea also improve intestinal health as it is thought to reduce undesirable bacteria and increase good bacteria.
6. Tea is chock full of antioxidants
Both green and black teas help lower the risk of some types of cancers due to their powerful antioxidant content.
7. Tea is also economical
A pound in weight of loose tea leaves can brew over 200 cups of tea! Pre-made are more convenient but the quality of the brew won’t be as good. For a better brew, the best leaves can be found at the bulk bins in natural foods markets. This gives you the best price and quality. Try Holland & Barrett.
8. Don’t add milk
Many people drink their tea with added milk and sugar. However, adding milk to a cup of tea may actually destroy its ability to protect against heart disease. The casein protein in milk is thought to be responsible for this.
9. Don’t drink tea before bed
As tea contains caffeine, this can cause insomnia, anxiety, irritability and nausea in some people. So if you are sensitive to caffeine, decaffeinated varieties are a good choice of or avoid drinking tea before bedtime
10. Do drink tea it because it’s tasty!
You need to experiment with a few different types of teas but you are bound to found a favourite!
Also tea can help with weight loss. Read more about the weight loss benefits of green tea. There are also specially brewed teas aimed at assisting with weight loss. The best known being Tava Tea for which you can read a review here or visit the official Tava Tea site
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