***Health benefits of 🍵 drinking***: 🍵Green tea: Prepared f..

***Health benefits of 🍵 drinking***: 🍵Green tea: Prepared from steamed tea leaves, it has been widely studied & it has a high concentration of EGCG. Major health benefits of Green tea’s antioxidants may actually interfere with the growth of bladder, breast, lung, stomach, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers; prevent clogging of the arteries, burn fat, counteract oxidative stress on the brain, reduce risk of neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, reduce risk of stroke, and improve cholesterol levels. 🍵Black tea: Made with fermented tea leaves, black tea scores first place for containing the highest caffeine content and forms the basis for flavored teas like chai, along with some instant teas! Black tea may protect lungs from damage caused by exposure to cigarette smoke, studies have shown. It also may reduce the risk of stroke. 🍵White tea: Uncured and unfermented. One study showed that white tea has the most potent anticancer properties compared to more processed teas. 🍵Oolong tea: In a study involving animals that were administered antioxidants from oolong tea, many were found to have lowered bad cholesterol levels. One variety of oolong, Wuyi, is heavily marketed as a weight loss supplement, but studies are still being conducted 🍵Made from herbs, fruits, seeds, or roots steeped in hot water, herbal teas have lower concentrations of antioxidants than green, white, black, and oolong teas. Their chemical compositions vary widely depending on the plant used. 🍵Varieties include ginger, ginkgo biloba, ginseng, hibiscus, jasmine, rosehip, mint, rooibos (red tea), chamomile, and echinacea. 🍵All these teas also have caffeine and theanine, which affect the brain and seem to heighten mental alertness. 🍵The more processed the tea leaves, usually the less polyphenol content. Polyphenols (naturally occurring organic compounds found abundantly in plants) which include flavonoids. Oolong and black teas are oxidized or fermented, so they have lower concentrations of polyphenols than green tea; but their antioxidizing power is still high 🍵”I think it’s a great alternative to coffee drinking. First, tea has less caffeine. It’s pretty well established that the compounds in tea – their flavonoids – are good for the heart and may reduce cancer.”- American Dietetic Association spokeswoman Katherine Tallmadge, MA, RD, LD / ( nourish by WebMD reviewed by Julia Chang, MD ) - ✨ pictured with @beyourwild ✨