Second only to water, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world. Our ancestor must had some clue about tea’s benefits; archeology evidence credits the first use of tea more than 500,000 years ago, even though science has only started empirically proving tea’s numerous benefits in the past 20 years.
The three main types of tea (black tea, green, tea, and oolong) all come from the same plant. The differences in color and taste result from the degree of fermentation the tea leaves undergo after harvesting. The fermentation, in turn determines the type and amounts of flavonoids that are present in the final products. Tea is thought to be beneficial because the flavonoids in it have been shown to have powerful antioxidant properties.By drinking tea, you stay younger and healthier. They combat the free radicals, or toxins that can alter the chemical structure of your cells, which affects your DNA. Without tea, your DNA starts to age, which means you do too.
As if keeping your cells younger weren’t enough, there is a report on tea consumption and cardiovascular disease that for every three cups of tea a person consumed in a day, there was a 26 to 66 percent in reduction in the risk for stroke. Another study in 2003 revealed that when combined with the diet low is saturated fat, taking a supplement of bioflavonoid-enriched green tea extract served to further lower “bad” cholesterol levels. Unlike other prescription drugs, which can have some unpleasant side effects, the green tea supplement was well tolerated. Catechins, one of the many flavonoids found in green tea, may help to prevent plague buildup in the hearty. A cup a day is cheaper than an angioplasty.
Drinking Tea to Stay Young
