The Health Benefits of Tea

Tea has been consumed as a beverage for over four thousand years and it is only recently that Western scientists have been seriously looking into the very real and very tangible health benefits of tea. Tea drinking, in the East, has for a long time, been for not only for pleasure but also for health and medicinal purposes
     
Tea speeds up the processes of learning and markedly improves your memory .
   
The two main chemical compounds found in tea are caffeine and tannins. A variety of oils attribute to the taste and approximately 400 different aromatic substances contribute to the overall fragrances of the multitude of teas grown worldwide today.
     
Drinking Tea promotes good health & vitality
   
Other active ingredients present in tea include B-complex vitamins, flouride, theophylline, theobromine, potassium and manganese. Research performed by scientists has shown that by drinking tea your learning processes are sped up and your memory markedly improves.

The effects of tea on your body are vast...

Recent studies have shown that Green Tea may in fact be cancer inhibiting. Although the tests so far have only been performed on mice, there is evidece that the mice that consumed green tea daily (instead of water) and were then exposed to cancer-inducing agents, developed fewer cancers than the control group of mice that did not drink any green tea.
   
The tannin found in tea, according to scientists, aids in the prevention and healing of medical conditions from within your intestinal tract. Beneficial enzymes are activated by the minerals present in tea which help to lower your cholesterol. The flouride helps to reduce tooth decay.

Studies have shown that the polyphenols found within tea have antiviral and antibacterial properties.

The B group vitamins enhance your day to day vitality. Theophylline, found in tea acts as a diuretic, expands your arteries and strengthens your heart muscles.

All types of tea (except Herbal Teas) contain Thephylline in small amounts. Theophylline is a close relative of caffeine and has been studied for its effect on our bodies. It has been used as a stimulant to treat asthma. If taken in small doses it is useful in opening up the bronchioles of the lungs.
   
Tea can help to lower your cholesterol.
   
Flavonoids in the tea produce a calming effect on you. As well as lowering your cholesterol, tea is also thought to stabilize your blood sugar and to help in lowering your blood pressure.

There is still a lot of research to be completed on the health benefits of drinking tea. Eastern cultures have long used tea for all of the above and a lot, lot more. Tea may well end up being much more diverse and healthy than we ever realised.