Tea is one of the three major beverages in the world. It originated in China and is popular all over the world.

In the eyes of many people, drinking tea is a perfect way to maintain good health, integrating digestion, fat loss, blood pressure reduction, and anti-cancer.

But do we have a correct understanding of tea’s health care? Which tea is better? Are there any particularities in drinking tea?

Can a cup of tea after a meal promote digestion?

No.

For most people, drinking tea after a meal will basically not affect the digestion and absorption of food.

On the one hand, as long as the digestive function is normal, a few sips of tea will not dilute the gastric juice.

From a purely biochemical perspective, it takes approximately 2 liters of water to cause changes in gastric juice.

If you have the habit of drinking tea after meals and don’t feel uncomfortable such as bloating and acid reflux, then you don’t need to worry too much about this issue.

Loss weight?

This statement has a strong mass base.

But whether drinking tea can help you lose weight depends on whether it can help you reduce caloric intake or increase caloric expenditure.

If you originally like to drink sugary drinks, such as juice, sweet coffee, and milk tea, switching to tea can reduce your sugar and calorie intake, which will naturally help you lose weight.

If you only drink water, switching to tea will not reduce your caloric intake, and it will not help lose weight.

It’s not reliable to eat and drink a lot without exercising, and to dream of losing weight just by drinking tea.

Health and wellness?

There are many active substances in tea, such as tea polyphenols, tea saponin, and theanine, and they have also demonstrated various health effects in cell experiments and animal experiments.

But you must know that scientific conclusions cannot be drawn by just doing a few simple experiments. It has been shown to be effective in cell experiments and animal experiments, which can only guide us in the direction of next research. Until clear and reliable evidence from human trials is available, it cannot be said to have these effects.

What kind of tea is better to drink?

There are probably hundreds of different kinds of tea across China, and people also like to give different teas different effects.

But in fact, all tea comes from the leaves of the tea tree. Different tea tree varieties, different planting conditions, different picking times, and different processing techniques create all kinds of tea. Just like different pastas, although they come in all shapes and sizes, they are all made from flour.

The tea industry divides tea into six categories according to the degree of oxidation during processing: green tea, oolong tea, yellow tea, white tea, black tea and dark tea. Scented tea is mostly obtained by processing green tea or black tea.

From a biochemical point of view, there is not much difference between different teas. After brewing, the core ingredients extracted into the water are caffeine, tea polyphenols, theanine, tea saponin, etc. However, the different amounts of ingredients result in different flavors.

When making a specific choice, you only need to consider two things: first, you think it tastes good, and second, you can afford it.

Drinking more water is a good living habit in itself, but you don’t expect the special ingredients in tea to bring benefits.

But friends who like to drink tea can continue to maintain the habit. For those who don’t like drinking tea, there is no need to force yourself to drink tea to maintain health.

　(Editor: Bonnie)

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