Guest guest Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Tea is tasty, social, and research shows that it's downright good for you. So why not have an organic tea party? A long-term study by the Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and the Environment found a correlation between regular consumption of black tea and reduced risk of stroke, concluding that the flavonoids in black tea helped reduce the production of LDL - the "bad" cholesterol that can lead to stroke and heart attacks. A separate study by Dr. ph Vita at Boston's School of Medicine supported these results. For four months, sixty-six men drank four cups of either black tea or a placebo daily. Dr. Vita concluded that drinking black tea can help reverse an abnormal functioning of the blood vessels that can contribute to stroke or heart attack. Furthermore, improvement in the functioning of the blood vessels was visible within two hours of drinking just one cup of black tea. Finally, a study of over 3,000 adults in Saudi Arabia - where black tea is favored over green - found that regular consumption of the dark brew can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by fifty percent (from chinesefood.about.com). Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. www.onegrp.com/?mamanott organic cosmetics http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/ for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 What is " black tea " ? Is it " regular " tea as compared to " green " tea? on 10/6/2006 6:18 AM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote: Protects against ovarian cancer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4521964.stm and enables faster recovery from stressful situations: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5405686.stm Rodney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Hi Francesca: As I understand it there are three types of 'real' tea (i.e. tea from the tea plant, not from herbs of some kind). They are green tea, oolong and black. Most of the world drinks black tea I believe (correction welcome). I believe the tea plant is 'camellia sinensis'. Herbs of various kinds (at least some of them) may well be healthy, but probably for different reasons than tea. There is at least one important known difference between green and black tea. In processing one chemical in green tea is converted to another. They both apparently have their benefits. I drink all three types. Often blended together in the same pot. I drink it with lemon and no sugar. I like some, but not too much, of the lemon skin extract, so when making tea I use both slices of lemon and some bottled lemon juice in the same pot. I steep the tea for five minutes before removing the leaves and adding the lemon, fwiw. Rodney. > > Protects against ovarian cancer: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4521964.stm > > and enables faster recovery from stressful situations: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5405686.stm > > Rodney. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 You could go to the very fulsome website of Upton Tea Imports for a complete explanation (no interest in the company, just a good source of information.) Short answer: think Ceylon, Assam, Darjeeling, Oolong, etc. Same plant, generally the same leaves, more oxidation than green or white.LCookOn Oct 6, 2006, at 7:29 AM, Francesca Skelton wrote: What is "black tea"? Is it "regular" tea as compared to "green" tea? on 10/6/2006 6:18 AM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote: Protects against ovarian cancer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4521964.stm and enables faster recovery from stressful situations: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5405686.stm Rodney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 I guess I should have qualified my advice. If you are sensitive to caffeine even green tea has some, albeit not as much as coffee so caveat imbiber. I personally experienced difficulty getting to sleep after drinking a few cups of green tea mid evening. When I was younger and had stronger sleep (alerting) mechanisms I could drink strong coffee before retiring but these days (57YO) I drink 1 pot of regular coffee in AM, one pot of decaf coffee PM, green tea in between. Any more and it negatively impacts my sleep quality.Two pots of regular coffee a day will also bother me so it may be a threshold effect, one rat error, or who knows. Whatever, I can't drink green tea at night and I attribute it to the caffeine and/or similar compounds in tea. JR On Oct 6, 2006, at 6:17 PM, orb85750 wrote:Caffeine in green and white teas are minimal compared with black tea,so if you like to drink tea at night, you should be able to do so --at least I have no problems.> > >> > > Protects against ovarian cancer:> > >> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4521964.stm> > >> > > and enables faster recovery from stressful situations:> > >> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5405686.stm> > >> > > Rodney.> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 There is some variation for sure, but a cup of green tea has only about 15% the caffeine content of a cup of coffee (depending on the coffee and the green tea), and about 1/3 the caffeine of black tea. I've been drinking several cups of green and black tea throughout the day (with no added sweetener). I stay away from black tea beginning about 3-4 hours before bed time. Unlike tea, the caffeine in coffee has a *very* noticeable effect on me, so I prefer not to consume it at all. > > > Caffeine in green and white teas are minimal compared with black tea, > > so if you like to drink tea at night, you should be able to do so -- > > at least I have no problems. > > It's hard to compare because of the variations among different kinds > of black and green teas, but the figures I've seen show green teas > containing somewhat less than half the caffeine content of black tea. > (Grad students in Japan have told me the stimulant of choice for > pulling an all-nighter is matcha, powdered green tea.) That said, > I've never had trouble sleeping after drinking sencha (Japanese green > tea) in the evening (by sharp contrast with black tea or coffee), and > assume the reason may be the L-theanine content, reported to be a > relaxant. > > LCook > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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