Tea can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular morbidity and death

The latest study reports that Japanese researchers have followed more than 40,000 middle-aged and elderly people aged 40 to 79 years old in a certain place since 1994 and found that compared with those who drink less than 1 cup of tea a day, the average risk of death from cerebrovascular disease is reduced by 22% for men and 31% for women, compared with those who drink less than 1 cup of tea a day. According to the British "Daily Mail" report, a latest study found that drinking 3 cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of myocardial infarction by 70%. Research reports from Finland and France also show that drinking 2 to 3 cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of stroke.

Tea can lower cholesterol and blood pressure

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong found that drinking tea can reduce total blood cholesterol levels by 25%. Another survey that studied the relationship between tea drinking and the incidence of hypertension found that the incidence of hypertension among people who did not drink tea was 10.55%, and that among those who often drank tea was 6.95%. Tea does have a certain antihypertensive effect.

Tea helps reduce the risk of diabetes

A researcher conducted long-term follow-up observations on 17,000 men and women aged 40 to 65 and found that those who drank more than 6 cups of green tea a day had a 33% lower risk of developing diabetes than those who drank less than 1 cup a week. There is also information that drinking green tea with cold boiled water is more effective in preventing and treating diabetes.

Tea helps prevent Alzheimer's disease

Tea has a protective effect on brain cells. Tea can effectively delay brain degeneration and help maintain the health of cerebral blood vessels. The latest research shows that drinking more tea can improve memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease.

Tea has anti-stress and anti-anxiety effects

Modern life is fast-paced and stressful, which often causes mental and psychological symptoms such as anxiety, tension, irritability, and depression. Green tea contains theanine, which is a non-sedative relaxant that can help the brain increase the production of gamma waves. Gamma waves can help control anxiety, improve concentration, improve mental state and overall function. Generally, 3-4 cups of green tea can contain 100-200 mg of theanine, which makes green tea better effective in anti-stress and anti-anxiety.

Tea can improve immunity

If the flu breaks out recently, drink more tea. Researchers at Harvard University have pointed out that people who drink 5 cups of tea a day for 2 weeks will produce a large amount of anti-viral interferon in their bodies. The content is 10 times that of people who do not drink tea. This protein that can resist infection can improve human immunity and effectively help the body resist influenza.

Tea can improve bactericidal power

There was a report in May 2008 that Egyptian scholars used "green tea plus antibiotics" to test 28 kinds of bacteria. The results showed that green tea can greatly increase the potency of antibiotics, increase the maximum bactericidal efficiency by more than three times, and also reduce the drug resistance of various pathogens.

Liubao tea has a slimming effect on obese people

Researchers have found that compared with non-tea drinkers, men who drink tea for more than 10 years have about a 20% reduction in body fat percentage, while women can reduce it by 30%. Isn’t it a good thing to lose weight while drinking tea? Not only that, tea is also a beautifying agent that has a very good protective effect on the skin. Drinking more tea makes you beautiful.

Other health benefits of tea

Tea can also eliminate fatigue, refresh yourself, improve eyesight, digest food, diuresis and detoxification, prevent dental caries, and eliminate bad breath. Tea is also an alkaline drink, which is helpful for correcting acidic constitution... Tea is worthy of being the healthiest drink in the 21st century.

Tea polyphenols are the most abundant soluble component in tea and are also the most important substance for tea to exert its health care effects. The most typical representative is catechin (phenol), which has many functions such as antioxidant (eliminating oxygen free radicals), anti-inflammation, reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease, lowering blood lipids, reducing body fat formation, antibacterial, and changing the ecology of intestinal flora. Studies have shown that half an hour after drinking a cup of tea, the antioxidant capacity (ability to resist oxygen free radicals) in the blood increases by 41% to 48%, and can remain at a high level for one and a half hours.

Theanine can improve brain function, enhance memory and learning ability. It has a preventive effect on Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's disease), Parkinson's disease and autonomic nervous system disorders.

Tea polysaccharides are a complex mixture of ingredients. Tea polysaccharide has the effects of anti-radiation, increasing the number of white blood cells, improving immunity, and can also lower blood sugar. The practice of drinking crude tea to treat diabetes is spread among the people, mainly due to the role of tea polysaccharides.

　Υ-Aminobutyric acid The content of Υ-aminobutyric acid in natural tea leaves is not high, but its content increases significantly after the tea leaves are processed. The main function of γ-aminobutyric acid is to dilate blood vessels and lower blood pressure, so it can assist in the treatment of hypertension. It can also improve blood circulation in the brain and enhance the metabolic capacity of brain cells, which is helpful in the rehabilitation treatment of stroke (stroke), sequelae of cerebral arteriosclerosis, etc.

　(Editor: Tea Ceremony Network)

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