Benefits of drinking tea every day

Drinking tea every day not only helps you improve your body's resistance, strengthen vitality, but also prevent disease .

Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, affirmed that only natural tea is the best natural drink for tea products of natural origin. People know tea is not a drink like it is today, but a precious medicine.

Tea experts for many years said: 'Ancient Chinese people are among the first ethnic groups to know tea as a medicinal ingredient. They picked tea leaves, used them in a fresh state, left over, dried them gradually, used to cook water daily, even cooked water to bathe, felt healthy, smooth skin, no pimples. Since then, people have been following and transmitting from generation to generation, gradually tea leaves become drinks'.

Assoc. Thinh advises people to drink tea daily, especially in the morning, which will be very beneficial for health.

According to Prof. Thinh, today, scientists have entered and clarified many miracles of tea leaves as well as tea drinking.

Fresh tea leaves have lots of vitamins, especially vitamin C, have good anti-inflammatory ability. Polyphenol is a substance that causes the characteristic acrid taste of tea to have an effective antioxidant and antibacterial effect without causing harm. Particularly, it is found in tea leaves that are rich in Epi Gallo Catechin Galat (EGCG for short) are powerful antioxidants.

Thus drinking tea regularly helps the body eliminate free radicals. This is the reason why people get sick and fast.

'Tea leaves also have two substances, teobromin and teophylin, to help the body quickly excrete toxic substances including caffeine. People with sunstroke should drink a few cups of diluted tea, mix a little sugar and salt to quickly wake up, ' Professor Thinh shared.

However, the benefits of tea only work if the tea is grown, cared for and harvested properly from the stage of using chemicals to kill pests, collect and fertilize. Therefore, tea planting models need to ensure hygiene, safety and quality criteria to provide clean food for consumers.

1. Tea has a lot of antioxidants

When we eat, the body must convert food into energy. As a result, this process produces byproducts called free radicals. These chemicals are quite toxic and can damage the body through a process called oxidation. Theoretically, these free radicals are the aging agents.

But don't worry, we can fight these free radicals by absorbing antioxidants and there's a simple way to drink tea every day.

In clinical trials published by the American Dietetic Association, scientists have shown that drinking tea every day can bring positive effects to health. These theories come from the fact that green tea contains high levels of flavonoids, antioxidants that can clean up those harmful free radicals.

2. Drinking tea against cancer

Tea has been shown to activate detoxification enzymes in the body to prevent tumor growth, and there is a link between cancer prevention and tea consumption.

According to a study being done on women with breast cancer, it has been shown that green tea polyphenols can reduce proteins that cause tumor cell growth.

Dr. Katherine Crew, a graduate student in medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University, also conducted a study in men with prostate cancer and found that people who drink green tea have lower prostate antigens. significantly, that is related to the development of prostate tumors.

3. Drinking tea helps improve memory

According to a study from the Basel Swiss University Department of Psychiatry, sipping tea helps boost memory. Until last year, the effect of tea on awareness was still speculative but with advances in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Dr. Stefan Borgwardt found the connections increased in the posterior cortex. when drinking tea. Specifically, tea drinkers show increased connectivity in the critical areas of the brain that are related to memory.

Research using healthy male volunteers, giving them a drink with tea extract and finding that not only the connections between the parts of the brain are increased but also improving the performance when doing the tests. memory search.

4. Reduce stress

I have a friend who regularly uses l-theanine, an amino acid found almost exclusively in tea. He has mild chronic anxiety that leads to many hot situations. I don't want to try these little things at all. I just want to say that green tea with l-theanine and l-theanine can help you relax and reduce anxiety.

A study published in the journal 'Trends in Food Science and Technology' by Dr Juneja's team showed that l-theanine acts as a neurotransmitter that increases alpha waves in the brain. Alpha waves are seen as a sign of relaxation. Volunteers were supplemented with 50-200mg l-theanine and found that alpha waves increased without causing drowsiness.

5. Drinking tea is good for cardiovascular health

Tea is good for heart. I'm not a doctor, but there are many studies that show that green tea may help reduce the risk of heart disease.

According to Harvard Heart Letter, Japanese people drink five cups of tea a day with a 26% lower heart attack rate.

In another study, the Athens School of Medicine and Pharmacy asked 14 volunteers to drink green tea and warm water with caffeine. By measuring blood pressure and ultrasound to check if the circuit is expanding, doctors have found that people who drink green tea have a significant expansion, meaning that they reduce the cardiovascular risks like atherosclerosis.

6. Drinking tea helps burn fat

'Tea has heat generation properties and promotes oxidation due to caffeine'. That's what Dr. Abdul G. Dulloo, the author of a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, told WebMD.

Heat is the phenomenon of burning energy in the body while eating and drinking, so you probably see the time when people are finished eating all the sweat.

Coffee helps burn fat and increase metabolism but that effect of green tea is even more.

Another part of the journal 'Progress in Nutrition' mentions some studies that show how green tea can improve fat burning.

Those studies are still limited to showing the benefits of green tea on health but if it works to burn fat, why not try it.

We already know that tea has a lot of antioxidants, it's good for cardiovascular, brain and anti-cancer, now it helps burn excess fat, why don't we actively drink it?

8. Drinking tea helps kill bacteria

When you get sick, the doctor gives you antibiotics. We are all like that, but is the prescribed antibiotic a good method? What about a natural remedy? I don't say green tea will cure you when you get sick (maybe not), but it probably won't cost you without trying.

Green tea contains other antioxidants called catechins. According to a study published in the 'Food Technology' journal, these catechins, especially epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and epicatechin gallate (ECG), can prevent the development of many bacterial species. These catechins bind together into a membrane that surrounds bacteria. By getting into the outer layer of bacteria, EGCG and ECG prevent bacteria from promoting harmful effects.

9. Drinking tea controls cholesterol levels

High cholesterol is quite common, 73.5 million adults have high LDL cholesterol levels, which I mentioned in the article about coconut oil. Obviously, people are looking for solutions to reduce 'bad' cholesterol. Green tea helps us control that.

10. Drinking tea is good for oral health

This is a quick summary of the effects of green tea listed by besthealthmag.ca:

1. Bad breath - bacteria and microorganisms that make our breath smell good, anti-bacterial properties of green tea will help your breath return to nature.
2. Oral cancer - green tea not only helps prevent breast and prostate cancer as mentioned above, it also helps slow the progression of oral cancer.
3. Tooth decay - a study in a periodical journal indicates that green tea can significantly reduce tooth loss.
4. Gums - the antioxidants of green tea have anti-inflammatory effects. So they can help in controlling gum disease.
5. Tooth decay - green tea prevents bacteria as mentioned above. It helps reduce the amount of bacteria and acid in the mouth.
   Green tea supports stomach health

11. Drink tea well for stomach stomach

Stomach problems are common: stomach pain, stomach pain, gastric ulcer, enteritis or heartburn .

According to Medscape published in 2012, 20% of people have ulcerative colitis and intestinal inflammation. And according to Florida hospital, there are more than 40% of Americans belching at least once a month.

The anti-inflammatory effect of the tea mentioned above can help prevent these irritating problems. A study at the University of Cincinnati found that EGCG in green tea is beneficial for people with colitis and intestinal inflammation. Not to mention the anti-cancer properties also work with colon cancer.

12. Tea drinking is the god of youth medicine

As mentioned, in Tea contains many antioxidants, while the main cause of aging is oxidation by free radicals. According to the San Francisco Gate, a study from Campbell University found that Japanese people know that tea ceremony has a longer lifespan.

Not only that, the aforementioned anti-inflammatory and burning of excess fat help improve health and improve longevity.

Free radicals also affect our skin, and antioxidants in green tea inhibit free radicals that break down collagen, the protein in our skin that helps us look young.

I learned that I should not drink green tea in the morning when I have not eaten anything (but it is good to drink water in the morning when I am hungry)! Nausea, nausea. In addition, the tea in the tea will go into the waste organ and cool it, causing you to feel rusty and hangover. To fix this, just add some cream or milk.

13. Effectively prevent the spread of HIV in the body

Polyphenol EGCG in tea effectively prevents the spread of HIV virus in the human body.

British and American scientists have published research reports in the journal 'Immunology and Clinical Immunology' indicating that polyphenol EGCG in tea is effective in preventing the spread of HIV in humans, when vaccination is effective against HIV infection.

14. 71% reduction in risk of parkinson's disease

Researchers at the National University of Singapore followed for 12 years for 63,257 Chinese in Singapore between the ages of 45 and 75. The study found the rate of developing Parkinson's disease in middle-aged and elderly people. Regular drinking tea is 71% lower than those who do not have a habit of drinking tea.

15. Amino acids in tea will make the mood more refreshing

Somehow, drinking tea helps to refresh the mood, the amino acids in tea can promote the excretion of dopamine, and dopamine is the dominant emotion, pleasure, sexual desire, and sexuality. addiction. The euphoric mood after drinking tea is outside the intention and control of the drinker.

16. Reduce the incidence of prostate cancer

Organizations such as the Japan National Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, and Curtin University of Australia have published research on 'Green tea and prostate cancer' that shows the prevalence of men having a habit of drinking green tea is lower than 60% of people who do not drink green tea.

17. Significantly reduce symptoms of diabetes

Research at the Toyama Japan University of Medicine discovered: 1,300 diabetics drink tea mixed with cooled boiled water, over a period of 6 months showed that 82% of diabetics have significantly reduced symptoms , about 9% of diabetics recover back to normal blood sugar levels.

If you stay awake all night, try relaxing with a cup of tea before going to bed.

18. The skin will be healthier

Drinking black tea regularly can significantly reduce the risk of skin cancer. Notably, making tea also makes a difference. Black tea is useful for anti-squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Hot tea has been found to be more beneficial than iced tea and the time of tea arrest is a problem.

19. Sleep is improved

If you stay awake all night, try relaxing with a cup of tea before going to bed. East Asian medicinal tea can improve insomnia. According to a study in integrated medical research, drinking tea may help improve sleep and quality of life in people with mild to moderate insomnia.

20. Improve attention

Caffeine in tea can improve attention and alertness. Theanine is an almost unique amino acid found only in tea (in addition to Bay bolete mushrooms). You can also improve your attention by relaxing your brain, but stimulating it when it's time to concentrate. If you find it hard to concentrate or pay attention, try drinking a warm cup of tea just before work or consider other reasons that may distract you.

21. Promote transformation

Are you ready to speed up the transformation while sitting at the table? Caffeine in tea helps improve acuity as well as increase metabolism and burn fat (up to 100 calories per day). Just make sure you don't consume too much caffeine. A cup of green tea contains about 40 milligrams of caffeine, and doctors recommend limiting the amount of caffeine daily to no more than 300 to 400mg.

You may not absorb enough iron

The catechins in tea can alter the body's ability to absorb iron. This means that even if you eat enough iron-rich foods, you won't get benefits and may be anemic. Although most healthy people will not be affected by this, people with iron deficiency or anemia should not drink much green tea. These include children, pregnant women and anyone with a history of kidney disease.

There may be a higher risk of bleeding

Drinking lots of tea every day may put you at risk of bleeding due to small scratches or bumps. It makes you more bruised. So doctors often advise patients to stop drinking tea two to three weeks before surgery.

Catechin in tea can interfere with some medicines to treat heart disease and blood pressure.

The medicine may not work

Although the benefits of tea seem to be unlimited, talk to your doctor before making a pot of tea every day. Catechins can interfere with some medications that treat heart disease and blood pressure. It is important to discuss this with your doctor.

How much tea should I drink?

Studies vary widely in the number of cups of tea consumed each day. You want to get the most benefits without caffeine abuse. To get maximum health benefits from green tea, the most effective is drinking three to five cups of green tea each day.

Which tea is best for health?

When choosing a tea, make sure it has no sugar . Even if some flavored teas do not contain calories, they can still have artificial sugar and preservatives. Make your own tea instead of ready-made tea. The more processed tea leaves are, the less effective catechins are. Green tea is processed at least and has the greatest health benefits of available teas.