The Benefits of Tea

Tea is a drink that is very familiar in the world. Tea comes from the tea leaves plucked from tea tree (camellia sinesis). Today, tea is already packed with a variety of interesting shapes. For example, tea filter, tea sticks, powdered tea, or tea diperes.


Tea Grouping by Level Oxidation:

White tea
This tea does not undergo oxidation process. The process of drying and evaporation also done very brief. Compared to other types of tea are produced in small amounts so that the price is quite expensive. This tea is rarely found outside China. Famous for its quality because it is taken from the best tea shoots.

Black tea
This tea is fermented the longest compared to other teas, between 2 weeks to 1 month. This makes the color is very dark and the smell was so strong. This tea is the most consumed of the world community, especially the English.

Green tea
Green tea does not undergo oxidation peroses, but passes the drying and evaporation longer than white tea. Typically, ranging processed after harvesting one or two days later.

Yellow tea
The production is not much different from green tea and its value as a high-quality tea.

Oolong tea
This tea does not undergo oxidation process to its conclusion as soon stopped mid-way.

Tea Ingredients:
Tea contains many substances that are useful for people who eat them. The following substances contained in tea.

vitamin K
In the process of making tea, vitamin C and E are gone. However, the tea proved to have a high vitamin K.

Mineral
Tea contains a number of minerals that are healthy for the human body.

polyphenols
One type of antioxidant 100 times more effective than vitamin C.

Essential Oil
Tea contains proteins that play a role in shaping the aroma and beneficial to dissolve fat.

Caffeine
The amount of caffeine in coffee and tea are not as helpful mempelancar blood circulation to the brain.

fluoride
Fluoride is a substance that can act to strengthen bones and teeth.

glutamic Acid
The substances contained in tea and provide a calming effect after drinking.

Benefits and Efficacy of Tea:
White tea contains catechins which serves to ward off free radicals and acts as an antioxidant. Meanwhile, black tea is useful to improve concentration and prevent drowsiness. Green tea catechins, but the levels are higher than white tea. Functions include kdar to lower bad cholesterol, lowers high blood pressure, prevent cancer, to soften the porters. Oolong tea also save them a lot of benefits in treating headaches, control cholesterol, lower blood sugar, and helps digestion performance.

In addition to the benefits in ataas, generally tea still has other features, such as lowering the risk of heart disease, helps the body fight viruses, healthy gums, prevents suffocation, reduce stress, protect the liver, prevent food poisoning, slow aging, to help prevent the spread of HIV virus.