Research on the advantages of drinking Tea

Our coffee maker died on  us yesterday & Boss has “ordered” it to be replace asap!!!  WE all think he’s addicted but he refuse to admit.  He even give me the morning off just to get a new coffee maker….  Why cant he just drink tea for a couple of days right? Tea is healthier probably the most consumed beverage in the world, just behind water , especially green tea.

He should know better, he’s the one that told us all four kinds of non herbal tea — green, black, white and oolong (red) — come from the same plant, a warm-weather evergreen known as Camellia sinensis. The leaves of this plant contain chemicals known as polyphenols.

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants, many of which have anticancer activity. Polyphenols, like other antioxidants, help protect cells from the normal, but damaging, physiological process known as “oxidative stress”, which happens when rogue molecules known as free radicals damage your cells. Many studies have demonstrated the anticancer properties of polyphenols. They can stop the damage that free radicals do to cells, neutralize enzymes essential for tumor growth, and deactivate cancer promoters. Another study demonstrated a connection between drinking black tea regularly and reducing the risk of stroke.

Now, a brand new study  showed that there is an positive relationship between tea drinking and cognitive performance. Total tea consumption was independently associated with better performance on global cognition, memory, executive function and information processing speed. Didn’t matter whether the subjects in the study drank green, black or oolong tea. “The protective effect of tea consumption on cognitive function was not limited to particular type of tea”, wrote the researchers.

Even teas not made from the Camellia sinensis plant are beneficial. The newly popular Yerba Matte tea (made from an entirely different plant) has been shown to have significant antioxidant activity. A recent study  showed that rooibos tea (a red tea from Africa) exhibited cardiovascular benefits by acting as an ACE-inhibitor. And another study showed that even herbal teas (in addition to the standard teas) were helpful in reducing the risk of ovarian cancer, with subjects who drank four or more cups a day having significantly less risk compared to subjects who drank no tea at all.

None of this is to disparage the deservedly wonderful reputation of green tea, which contains catechins which reduce the risk of cancer, lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, speed the metabolism slightly, and may help with weight loss.

I was bringing in all these studies to show him , maybe he should “try” living without coffee for a while. He look at me calmly & said “ Just get that coffee maker will you????”….lol……