Health Benefits Of Black Tea
July 12, 2008
Everyone likes to start his/her with a cup of tea. Black tea is the most common tea known to mankind. Black tea is an Asian tea and it comes from the plant called Camellia Sinensis. Black tea, the second most popular beverage in the world after water, has been a part of medicinal and cultural traditions for centuries.
Benefits Of Black Tea
Black tea relaxes and expands arteries, thus it helps to increase blood flow to heart.
Black tea increases the amount of favonoids in the blood.
It improves the function of arteries and that results in less risk of having cancer. It is also able to stop the oxidation which causes damage to DNA and turn normal cells into cancer cells.
Black tea is also helpful in prevention of tooth decay and it also has bacteria killing property. It contains fluoride and works better than the antibiotic tetracycline. It fights bacteria in the mouth that causes gum disease and cavity causing bacteria.
Black tea contains high levels of antioxidants, some of which are called polyphenols and catechins. All of which take on the “free radicals” in the body and prevent body from harming the healthy cells on board.
Drinking this type of tea can be helpful to lower the blood pressure.
Tea is helpful to lower the cholesterol level thus it results to less risk of heart attacks.
Drinking black tea may helpful to prevent cavities of Parkinson’s disease.
People who drink black tea have stronger bones.
You may able to boost to fight against flu if you drink black tea regularly.
It is helpful to improve your memory.
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Dear blogger,
I’m so glad you posted this informative article concerning black tea!
I’m the creator of an informational website devoted to tea, and really like this topic.
Green tea usually takes the spotlight for health benefits, and leaves its other three cousins white, oolong, and black in the shadows. Although white tea is starting to emerge as the next “green tea” as of late concerning health.
For other folks who are reading this, what is written above is true! Black tea can do all of the wonders green tea offers. Now while it may be true that green tea does contain more antioxidants, catechins, and plant polyphenols responsible for these benefits since it is less processed than black tea…this difference isn’t night and day.
However, this is…
Drinking any tea loose leaf style instead of brewing by the tea bag will determine how many of these goodies you receive! Why? Well that is because loose leaf tea retains more of its essentials oils which in turn house our antioxidants. Not that tea bags will provide none, its just that those little dried up piece of tea leaves lose most of their oils and are very old before they reach your cup! So they offer very little.
Another important thing to consider is taste! Loose leaf black tea will have better flavor than ordinary tea bag tea such as Lipton or Tetley. Give loose tea a try, and you’ll experience tea the way it was meant to be enjoyed
Some common varieties of black tea are, Assam teas, Ceylon tea, Irish Breakfast, English Breakfast, and Earl Grey. There are also cool flavored black teas out there too which taste awesome!
Hope this additional insight helps!
Enjoy!
-Dave
Black tea relaxes and expands arteries, thus it helps to increase blood flow to heart.