Health Benefits of Drinking Tea

12-05-2009

• Black tea helps keep plaque from forming on your teeth.
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• Green and white tea may fight colon cancer!
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• Drinking tea can improve blood flow in your heart's arteries.
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• Green and black tea may prevent sun-induced skin cancer when taken orally.
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• Oolong tea helps burn calories! People who drank five cups each day burned about 87 extra calories, both while drinking and throughout the day.
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• According to a recent study, green tea may help fight skin cancer. Products with green tea could help treat and prevent skin disorders.
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• British research shows that female tea drinkers have stronger bones than non-tea drinkers.
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• Tea may protect against cancers including breast, lung, mouth, stomach, esophagus, prostate and pancreatic cancer.
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• It has been shown to fight cancer after development in lab studies.
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• Green tea boosts your metabolism to help you burn more calories.
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• It may lower your cholesterol.
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• Tea may reduce your risk of stroke.
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• It has been shown to sooth arthritis.
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• It may stave off signs of aging.
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• Tea adds liquid to your diet.
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• Black tea has about 1/2 to 3/4 the caffeine of coffee and green tea has about 1/10 to 1/2 the caffeine of black tea. Each tea is different and the levels of caffeine vary.