The tea contains on average half the caffeine than coffee and provides a refreshing stimulation without compromising the nerves. However, drinking tea is more than a habit may even be a life-saving habit. Researchers have found that tea drinkers may have a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and dental caries.

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In the early 1990’s, the researchers found that practitioners of traditional Japanese tea ceremony had lower mortality rates than other women.

Scientists were quick to understand that tea chemicals “especially the polyphenols, which are almost 30 percent of the dry weight of tea” are among the most potent antioxidants. Antioxidants are agents that block the effects of free radicals, oxygen bribonas molecules that damage cells throughout the body and increase the risk of serious diseases like cancer.

By the way, herbal teas such as chamomile, not to be confused with the real you comes from the Camellia sinensis, the tea plant. The popular green tea in Asian countries is simply dried and boiled leaves of this plant.

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The tea is taken in England, aptly named black tea goes through a fermentation process that gives stronger flavor and darker color and can reduce levels of chemical protective of health.

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CANCER PREVENTION

Long ago the area was recognized in the laboratory as an antioxidant, but the results of studies in humans have been contradictory. In some epidemiological studies comparing tea drinkers to people who do not drink, it is claimed that drinking tea prevents cancer, in others not. Further studies have been conducted based on green tea, so the information to date is better about this tea.

For example, in studies conducted in China showed that regular consumption of green tea significantly reduces the risk of stomach and esophageal cancer. However, a Dutch study found no association between tea consumption and cancer protection. Because the production process reduces the amount of antioxidants in black tea, it seems likely that green tea is more potent in fighting cancer than black tea, although both offer protective benefits.

Green tea contains high levels of substances called catechins. They are potent antioxidants hundred times more powerful than vitamin C, which, apparently, protects cells against DNA changes that lead to cancer. Black tea has catechins, but in smaller quantities.

In studies of skin cancer, laboratory animals that drank green tea developed a tenth of tumors in the animals drinking water. When it comes to preventing skin cancer, green tea seems to be equally effective if you drink a cup or applied to the skin.

Cosmetics manufacturers have begun adding turning green tea products for skin care due to its antioxidant effects may reduce wrinkles or other signs of skin damage. The National Cancer Institute U.S. studies green tea as a preventive agent for skin cancer. A study investigated the protective effects of green tea pill against skin damage induced by the sun, and in another is investigating the topical application of green tea to reduce precancerous changes in the skin.

Although green tea is valued for its cancer preventive properties, there are signs that can help people who already have cancer. Green tea catechins inhibit the production of urokinase, an enzyme that cancer cells need to grow. Also appears to stimulate the process of programmed cell death in cancer cells. In a study in breast cancer patients, women who drank five cups of green tea a day had less chance the cancer would spread to the lymph nodes than those who drank less tea.