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It's spring! Sit down for your grand tea time in the warmth of the season. With all its health benefits, the black Chinese tea is even more welcome than ever.
Drinking black tea reduces your risk of stroke. According to a study by the Netherlands National Institute of Pulic Health and the Environment, the flavonoids in your black tea can help reduce the production of LDL – 'bad' cholesterol that lead to stroke and heart attacks.
Focusing on 552 men over a period of 15 years, the study also showed that men who drank 4 cups of black tea a day has a significantly lower risk of stroke than those who drank only 2 cups.
Black tea helps you maintain oral health. New research by the Milton Schiffenbauer of Pace University in New York suggests that black tea can 'deactivate' the viruses in your mouth, and drinking it on a regular basis keeps you away from tooth decay and canker sore.
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Black tea helps prevent cancer. Studies by Dr. Kuang Yu Cheng from Rutgers University in New Jersey reveals that a compound known as TF-2 in black tea. The compound causes cancer cells in a patient to 'commit suicide' while normal cells remain unaffected. Thus, the compound slows down the growth of cancer cells.
Black tea nourishes your stomach. In terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine, black tea is warm in nature. When you have stomach ache, there can be no better tummy soother than a cup of black tea.
Already thinking of adding more black Chinese tea to your diet? Do it now!
