Tea vs Alzheimer’s Disease
The most expensive disease of our time and incurable, Alzheimer’s destroys the brain slowly before killing a person. Tea maybe a useful daily habit against it.
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Any Health Benefits in the Tealeaves after First Infusion?
“Can I use the same tealeaves for a couple of infusions? I mean, I read in some places that it’s ok, but I don’t know if there will be any health benefits after the first infusion. Any tips?” A question from Kate…
What is Really in Bottled Tea
Since I have been discussing bringing tea out in a thermos, some readers may think...
Tea against Cancer
27% of all deaths in UK are due to cancer; the disease is the number...
Defending Against Cancer
As to how tea protects the body against cancer, several mechanisms have been observed and hypothesized. We have tried to digest them and represent a few prominent concepts here in plain English…
Adding Milk to Tea: Good or Bad for Health?
Is adding milk to tea really hampering tea’s health benefits? In 1998 a few scientists in the Netherlands gathered 12 individuals as test subjects to test their catechins level in the blood after drinking tea with and without milk…
Substances in tea: Caffeine
Caffeine Special Feature • Caffeine: What it does • How Much is Safe? • Caffeine...
Tea Polyphenols: Tastes and Tea Choices
The taste of flavonoids Catechins are colourless. They are associated with the bitterness in tea....
Polyphenols in green and black teas
Main Flavonoids of a Living Tea Leaf Flavonoids are secondary metabolites (a group of naturally...
Polyphenol Content: Not All Teas are Created Equal
Which products offer the most flavonoids? Not all teas are created equal. Between a mass...