William I. Lengeman III
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More Health Benefit Claims About Tea
Tea is good. Tea is good for you. Some shrewd tea merchants tend to exaggerate the latter point in the service of selling more tea, but there’s strong evidence even so to indicate that tea has numerous health benefits. We’ve reported on a number of these potential benefits thus far. Here are a few more… Continue reading
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Yerba Mate 101
Yerba mate is not tea, at least not in the strictest sense of the word. But in North America it’s often lumped in with tea due to the fact that it’s a leafy substance that’s something like tea and because it’s steeped in water and typically served hot. But all of these finer distinctions are… Continue reading
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Flavored Tea — An Overview
For some tea drinkers the vast number of options provided by the hundreds or even thousands of unflavored varieties are more than enough to keep their taste buds satisfied. The addition of various herbs, spices and fruit flavors allows for a nearly infinite number of combinations, but there are several flavored teas that have become… Continue reading
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Poo Poo Puerh
Puerh, a variety of Chinese tea produced in Yunnan province, has become considerably more popular in recent years with tea enthusiasts and collectors in the West. Many aged varieties of puerh tea can be very rare, with a price tag to match, but there may be no more unusual one than the curious variety sometimes known… Continue reading
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White Tea and Health
By William I. Lengeman III When it comes to health benefits, there’s no doubt that green tea gets more than its fair share of press. But there’s evidence to show that benefits can be derived from any type of tea. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, since all types of real tea are derived from… Continue reading
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Too Much Tea and More Health Benefits
By William I. Lengeman III In the last decade or so a great deal of ink has been spilled to let the general public know about the potential health benefits of tea. Some of these claims are rather lofty, some may even be deceptive, but there seems to be little doubt that tea does actually… Continue reading
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Rooibos for Your Health?
There was a time, not so long ago, when the unique charms of rooibos – which is also known as redbush — were not well known outside of South Africa, the only place where it’s produced. Nowadays, however, it’s becoming increasingly popular in other parts of the world. Part of the reason for the increase… Continue reading
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Tea and Diabetes
According to the American Diabetes Association, an estimated 20.8 million people in the United States alone suffer from diabetes. It’s a number that represents about seven percent of the nation’s overall population. With these figures in mind, the results of a study showing that a component in tea might counterbalance cell-damaging effects of high fructose… Continue reading
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Oolong Tea and Weight Loss
When considering some of the rather lofty health claims made for certain products – yes, tea is among them – it’s a good idea to proceed with a degree of caution. There’s no shortage of apparently valid studies that indicate that tea does have some health benefits. On the other hand there are merchants and… Continue reading
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Why Tea Instead of Coffee?
Some of us prefer coffee. Others like tea. The latter, of course, is clearly the obvious choice and the superior drink by far, but this is neither the time nor the place to engage in that debate. Why do some people like coffee while others prefer tea? Like any matter involving taste and preferences the… Continue reading
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