Welcome to our Health Tea Department, where you can buy from our excellent selection of quality Health tea. Many of our Health teas are made from traditional Chinese herbs and are used for both medicinal purposes and for tea drinking. The health benefits include the presence of antioxidants that reduce levels of damaging free radicals which in turn helps prevent aging and each different type has its own specific health benefit.
Over the centuries, tea has been considered a healthy beverage as well as a pleasurable one. Its therapeutic powers have long been glorified by scholars, scientists, and journalists. Today, medical journals throughout the world report that tea, especially green tea, stimulates mental clarity, reduces the risk of certain cancers and heart disease, lowers blood sugar levels, and helps to prevent viral infections, bad breath, and tooth decay.
Recently, the Western world has taken a greater interest in the health benefits of tea. Research scientists are confirming what the Chinese knew centuries ago: the naturally occurring compounds found in Green Teas and Herbal Teas help to promote good health. Green teas are high in unoxidized, and therefore unaltered, polyphenols. These polyphenols have strong antioxidant properties. Antioxidants help control the activity of free radicals, unstable molecules that damage cell structures and are implicated in a host of illnesses, including cancer and cardiovascular disease.
One of the most powerful polyphenols, found only in Green Tea, is Epigallocatechin Gallate - EGCG. Studies indicate that EGCG's antioxidant effect can be more powerful than that of vitamin E. The polyphenol also has been shown to keep influenza virus in check. Another plus is that EGCG inhibits the growth of the bacteria that cause halitosis. That is one reason the Japanese drink green tea after a meal. [1009]
