Do you wish to stimulate your mind? Rejuvenate your body? And elevate your Soul?…. Just have a cup of Tea , that is all it takes! Tea is healthy drink but, over the years the youngsters in the family have been told that tea is not good for them. Now, research shows findings quite to the contrary.
Drinking tea keeps you healthy. Antioxidants or free radical scavengers from five or six cups of tea a day will go a long way in keeping your cholesterol level down. And, lessen the chances of a heart attack or cancer. It’s also good for eyes, teeth and many more.
Reduces Risk of Cancer:
Starting with your heart, teas of all the three varieties have a plenty of health benefits. Drinking four or more cups of green tea a day may help stave off skin cancer. According to new Research on health elements of tea, the brew, which is especially popular in Asia, where cancer is rarer than in the west, contains antioxidants that are known to prevent skin cancer in humans. Research has suggested that the substances in green tea called polyphenols can kill tumour cells and may starve cancerous growths by as much as 90%, by limiting blood vessel growth around them.
The leaf and bud of the camellia plant are the basis of both green and black tea. But, unlike black tea, which is fermented, green tea is steamed dry immediately after harvesting, which leaves it with larger amounts of polyphenols. Components from black and green tea extracts can alter the expression of genes known to play a role in the process of cancer formation and may therefore have significant cancer prevention properties in pancreatic and prostate cancer.
The very recent research also states that tea lowers the rate of cell replication and thus helps in growth and development of neoplasms, it may also diminish the risk of specific types of cancer.
Cuts Risk of Heart Diseases:
Regular drinking of tea significantly reduce chances of atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Tea polyphenols are powerful antioxidants that may play a role in lowering the oxidation of LDL- Cholesterol with a consequent decreased risk of heart disease.
The polyphenols in tea have beneficial effect on two long established heart disease risk factors – High cholesterol and high blood pressure. Those who drank one or two cups a day lowered their risk of circulating disease by 46 percent. For those who drank four cups a day, the risk dropped by 63 percent.
Tea is also known to have a positive effect through its ability to modify the intestinal micro flora in the stomach and so reduce the undesirable bacteria and increase beneficial bacteria in the stomach. Oolong tea extract is thought to enhance noradrenaline induced lipolysis in adipose tissue and inhibit pancreatic lipase activity, therefore suggesting an anti-obesity action of tea consumption. Tea has also been proven to express a cardiovascular protective and lipid-lowering effect.
Immunity Builder:
While Japanese research has found that three cups of oolong tea daily can be beneficial in stubborn eczema, women seem to benefit more by drinking certain types of tea containing high concentrations of a particular amine acid and may help strengthen the body’s immune system response when fighting off infection. And, adding milk, honey, lemon or sugar do not diminish the positive health effects, experts say.
Spoorthi H Yavagal ,BSc (Bio-Medical Electronics)
