It’s good for you

Black tea
Think black tea makes you feel good? You’re right. It’s been proven to help you de-stress fast. It also helps eliminate bad breath. Plus medical research indicates that it lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes, and reduces bad cholesterol.

Green tea
Want to stay slim, trim and beautiful? The antioxidants in green tea just might slow signs of aging, prevent the flu and raise your metabolism. More dramatically, it’s being shown to prevent and slow cancer, and help with arthritis and bad cholesterol too.

Oolong tea
This one’s known as a fat-buster in China, and science is indicating that it does indeed speed up your metabolism, burn fat and block fat absorption! Use it to fight expanding waistlines, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.

White tea
Science is saying that white tea might be more effective than even green tea at preventing cell damage, shrinking cancerous tumours and stopping the growth of cancer cells. Plus it’s becoming the new cosmetic fix for aging skin. Beautiful!

Pu’erh tea
Traditional Chinese medicine prizes Pu’erh as a wonder tea. It’s said to aid digestion, cleanse the blood and help with weight loss. Studies in Europe are also saying it busts cholesterol as effectively as some medications.

Rooibos tea:
It’s said that rooibos helps you recover from hangovers, and that it could slow dementia. Plus there’s evidence that it fights skin cancer and boosts the immune system. And it’s supposed to help with insomnia!

Maté tea
Yerba maté is a fabulous stimulant, without the jitters. It’s also full of antioxidants, so there’s scientific speculation that it could have anti-cancer properties, help stimulate the immune system and protect against disease.

Herbal tea
Herbs, spices, fruits and flowers have long been used in traditional medicine to cure everything from headaches, stomach bugs and colds to stress and insomnia. The power of the tea depends on its ingredients.

 

Health benefits

Get rid of that bad breath

It seems that black, oolong, green and white tea are all great at controlling unseemly breath odours. And unlike regular mouthwash, they taste good too. How do they do it? The polyphenols in tea stop bacteria from growing in the mouth, and stop the production of bad-smelling compounds too.1 No wonder Swedes traditionally use the pick-up line, “Would you like to go back to my place for a cup of tea?” They probably mean it too.
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Oolong for healthier teeth

Oolong beat out green and black tea when it comes to blocking the enzyme activity of bacteria streptococci, which is known to cause plaque to build up on your teeth. Plaque, as we all know, leads to cavities. So drink your oolong and smile.2
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Control your cholesterol

If you have mildly elevated levels of cholesterol, then try drinking black or green tea. The US Department of Agriculture found that drinking five cups of black tea a day reduced bad cholesterol by 11.1 percent, and total cholesterol by 6.5 percent.3 Another similar study found that green tea had even better effects: bad cholesterol dipped by 16.4 percent and total cholesterol by 11.3 percent.4 What does that mean? Tea drinkers have fewer strokes and heart attacks.
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Don’t worry, be happy

Feel overwhelmed by stress? Drink black tea. A British study showed that black tea – but not green or herbal teas – cuts levels of the stress hormone cortisol. What does that really mean on a practical level? Drinking black tea helps you de-stress almost twice as fast.
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Treat your skin with rooibos

Who said you have to drink your tea? A popular beauty trick is to run a bath and add rooibos. It’s a natural skin freshener that’s filled with antioxidants – giving you a natural glow. Sound crazy? You’ll be the one laughing when you realize how soothing it is on sunburns, eczema and psoriasis.
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  • 1. Study conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago, May 20, 2003.
  • 2. Study conducted in Japan by Nakahara, 1993.
  • 3. Study conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture, published in the Journal of Nutrition in 2003.
  • 4. Study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, 2003.
  • 5. Study conducted by University College London, published in the journal Psychopharmacology.
  • 6. Study conducted by the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore, reported on Foodconsumer.org.
  • 7. Study conducted by the University Of Rochester Medical Center. "Green Tea’s Cancer-fighting Allure Becomes More Potent." ScienceDaily 5 August 2003. 4 August 2008.
  • 8. Study conducted by the American Chemical Society. "Cancer-Preventive Potential Of White Tea." ScienceDaily 13 April 2000. 4 August 2008
 

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