Tea and Health

Health Benefits of drinking Tea...

• Protects against heart disease.
• Reduces the risk of cancer.
• Protects against and destroys harmful bacteria and viruses.
• Lowers blood pressure.
• Reduces arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
• Fights infections.
• Relieves migraines.
• Reduces cavities and gum disease.
• Promotes weight loss.
• Lowers LDL (bad cholesterol)
• Raises HDL (good cholesterol)

Recent studies...

• Scientific information from the USDA points out that drinking one cup of tea is equivalent to appproximately one serving of vegetables.

• British researchers say early findings show that compounds in green and black tea "mimicked some of the beneficial effects of prescription Alzheimer's drugs".

• When tea drinker's immune cells are exposed to germs in a Petri dish, the immune cells spring into action. When coffee drinkers immune cells are exposed to germs, nothing happens.