One of the oldest drinks in the world, tea is heaped with numerous benefits for us humans. Whether you believe it or not, tea has physical, mental, psychological and social benefits for us. Let's look at all these benefits that tea provides us with.
Social Benefits
Tea is an extremely refreshing and a great choice of drink to have when you are hanging out with friends. But, more importantly, tea has become the center of many social ceremonies. The English tea had in the afternoon between 3 and 5, with an accompaniment of scones, cakes, pies and other snacks is an institution in itself. In countries like India, China and Japan, tea is offered to guests.
Psychological Benefits
Research has proven that tea has distinct psychological benefits for us. People who consume tea on a regular basis have lower levels of stress hormones in their bodies than people who don't. This proves that tea makes a significant contribution to our psychological well being.
Mental Benefits
Tea contains a rare nutrient, amino acid L-theanine. This nutrient is found exclusively in tea and in no other known food substance. This nutrient is known to increase the alpha wave activity in the brain. The result is that you will feel extremely calm, yet very alert mentally.
Physical Benefits
Tea has numerous health benefits. Here are but some of them:
Tea contains high quantities of antioxidants. Antioxidants are our only protection against the harmful effects of free radicals. Free radicals are present in the atmosphere, especially in pollutants like dust, dirt, chemicals, smoke, etc. But, they are also produced within our body when our body makes use of oxygen. Since we can't avoid the use of oxygen in our bodies, we are invariably subjected to the effects of free radicals. Free radicals affect the health of our vital organ and cause considerable damage to them in the long run. They also causes signs of ageing to appear prematurely. The antioxidants in tea help fight these effects of free radicals on our vital organs. This helps keep them healthy and in good shape. Regular consumption of tea also prevents signs of ageing to appear as a result of free radical activity.
Tea is also known to be very effective in the prevention of some of the most major diseases. Tea is known to improve cardiovascular health and lower the risks of heart attack. Tea is also known to help fight certain kinds of cancer including lung, breast and prostate cancer. Believe it or not, tea is also known to be an effective inhibitor of the AIDS HIV virus and is being used as a complementary treatment for AIDS patients. Tea may also be useful in prevent diabetes, although further research is required to prove this conclusively.
Tea is also known to have other health benefits like increasing our metabolic activity, boosting our immunity system, preventing excessive build up of iron in the body, prevention of growth of bacteria that causes bad breath, etc.
Who would have imagined that a simple cup of tea could have so many benefits?
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One of the oldest drinks in the world, tea is heaped with numerous benefits for us humans. Whether you believe it or not, tea has physical, mental, psychological and social benefits for us. Let's look at all these benefits that tea provides us with.
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