Houston Community News >> White Tea Benefits
10/21/2007-- There is a Chinese
legend about white tea that says about five thousand years ago Shen Nung, the
emperor, was journeying through the countryside. He found the water to be very
foul and was unable to drink it so he demanded that it be boiled and one day as
the wind blew into his cup a tea leaf and there tea was born.
White tea however became a treasure during the Song Dynasty in China from
960-1279. As a tribute to the emperor, the royal court, made white tea the drink
of choice.
In order to produce white tea, it takes incredible care and effort. They take
special care of newly planted tea bushes, cultivating and pruning them for two
years before the allow them to be harvested. They steam the chosen buds and then
let them dry ever so slowly. The difference between black, green and white tea
is that the white tea is not rolled and is minimally oxidized. White tea is the
least processed of all the tea and it is because of this that there are so many
health benefits to drinking white tea.
White tea is packed with antioxidants. Antioxidants are essential nutrients that
our bodies need in order to protect our bodies from free radicals. White tea is
one of the best cancer preventing agents that we can use. White tea will protect
you against all types of cancer such as colon, prostate and stomach cancers. In
certain cases white tea has been shown to work as well as prescription drugs.
How about this - white tea can even help lower your blood pressure. White tea
has been shown to thin the blood and improve the function of the arteries. This
is a tireless fighter of strokes. There is a type of antioxidants called
catechins found in white tea that have been shown to reduce cholesterol. The
extra perk that white tea has to offer is that it increases good cholesterol and
decreases the bad.
The combination of the above benefits then offers great overall heart
protection. Researchers have also found that people that consume 2 or more cups
of white tea a day are 50% less likely to die of a heart attack.
White tea also improves bone density and stronger than of those of people that
don't drink white tea. White tea has also been shown to be a natural killer of
viruses and bacteria. White tea gives our immune system and all over toning to
help us better fight against a wide variety of diseases and it can also help
ease the symptoms of HIV.
What I have listed is only a few of the health benefits that you get by drinking
white tea. The real question isn't why should you drink white tea, it is why
aren't you drinking white tea. Stronger heart, stronger bones and a stronger
immune system should be enough of a reason to drink white tea and get the rest
of the benefits as well.
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