Health benefits of regular tea?
August 30, 2010
I drink regular, freshly brewed tea with lemon, natural caneTurbinado sugar, and ice EVERYDAY! I often hear about the benefits of drinking green tea, but what benefits does regular tea have?
So do the positive benefits off set the caffeine?
First let me begin by saying that tea does NOT contain more caffeine than coffee.
8 oz. – Coffee, Brewed contains 80-135mg caffeine
8 oz. – Tea, brewed, European brands (avg.) – 60mg caffeine
8 oz. – Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.) – 40mg caffeine
vs.
8 oz. – Tea, green – 15mg caffeine
That being said, there are debates about what properties of tea may contribute to health benefits, if any.
If you are under the agreement that tea does tout benefits, then it is not only green tea, but black (basic everyday drinking tea) or red (oolong) tea as well. Green tea simply is less processed.
For further reading about this topic I suggest going here:
http://www.teabenefits.com/
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Lower your blood pressure, adjusts and helps your digestive cycle and reduces stress! Incredible isn’t!
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Reduces stress and is antioxidant too.
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downfall first lots of caffiene more than coffee but good thing is it also has antitoxidants. If it is in moderation it will help health wise maybe not as much as the others. I think the big difference and I am looking at a bottle of green is there is no caffiene but pretty much everything else is the same.
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Tea contains antioxidants, yes it is good for you. What isn’t is the caffeine.
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Antioxidants can lower chances of getting cancer.
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First let me begin by saying that tea does NOT contain more caffeine than coffee.
8 oz. – Coffee, Brewed contains 80-135mg caffeine
8 oz. – Tea, brewed, European brands (avg.) – 60mg caffeine
8 oz. – Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.) – 40mg caffeine
vs.
8 oz. – Tea, green – 15mg caffeine
That being said, there are debates about what properties of tea may contribute to health benefits, if any.
If you are under the agreement that tea does tout benefits, then it is not only green tea, but black (basic everyday drinking tea) or red (oolong) tea as well. Green tea simply is less processed.
For further reading about this topic I suggest going here:
http://www.teabenefits.com/
References :