Benefits of Tea

Tea is known as nature’s 'wonder drug'. Its healthy benefits have been receiving wide attention in the media. Tea drinkers are rediscovering the protective and revitalizing benefits of this ancient drink. Ever wonder why the Chinese and Japanese have some of the longest life-expectancy rates in the world. Shhh…here’s the secret: they drink tea a lot. Tea is the second most widely consumed beverage in the world, exceeded only by the most necessary of all liquids - water. Tea is an integral part of everyday societal life in many of the world’s most populous countries. This has made tea the most popular beverage for a huge swath of the world’s people. Here are other benefits for your reference:  Help protect cells from the normal, but damaging, physiological process known as "oxidative stress." Although oxygen is vital to life, it's also incorporated into reactive substances called free radicals. These can damage the cells in our body and have been implicated in the slow chain reaction of damage leading to heart disease and cancer. Help prevent blood clotting Help lower cholesterol levels Help neutralize enzymes that aid in the growth of tumors Help deactivate cancer promoters Help stimulate the immune system