Health Benefit Claims Not Intended to Replace Doctor Advice
Articles reporting claims for health benefits from drinking teas and herbals. These are not intended to replace advice from your doctor.
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Is Tea a Magic Elixir?
The short answer: no. There’s a widespread belief that tea and its many varieties are a kind of miracle substance—capable of curing countless ailments and dramatically improving longevity. While that may be a slight exaggeration, even a quick search online reveals just how often tea is promoted in near-miraculous terms. To be fair, part of… Continue reading
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Tea vs. Coffee — Which Is Better For You?
Which is healthier—coffee or tea? It’s a question that likely can’t be fully answered in a short blog post, but it’s certainly worth exploring. First, I’ll admit that I’m firmly in the tea camp—and I suspect I’m not alone. No matter what the research says, I’m unlikely to trade my tea for coffee anytime soon.… Continue reading
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Tea Shop as Pharmacy?
With all of the claims for health benefits from tea flying around online and just about everywhere else, tea shop owners are being besieged by people demanding the latest tea fad. When the shop personnel say “I’m sorry we don’t carry that tea,” the customer treats them as some horrible ogres who are personally responsible… Continue reading
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Tea and Adult ADHD
Tea is now being considered as a possible aid for adults with ADHD. If you’re unfamiliar with the acronym, ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. According to this overview of ADHD symptoms and diagnosis, the condition affects a significant percentage of children in the United States and can persist into adolescence and adulthood. Further… Continue reading
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Tea, Alertness and Sleep
One of the great attractions of tea is that it’s good for a pick me up, thanks to its caffeine content. In this respect it’s much like coffee, but with tea there are additional factors that make the boost it offers a bit more gentle. The first point to consider is that the average cup… Continue reading
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Green Tea Is Good News for Fat Mice
There’s no arguing about the fact that weight loss is a subject that attracts hordes of hucksters making a variety of extravagant claims. In many cases they are profiting quite nicely from it, which is probably why it continues. Unfortunately, tea is not immune to this sort of thing. If you have any doubts, trying… Continue reading
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Tea and Cholesterol Revisited
High cholesterol affects 42 million Americans, according to figures provided by Web MD. In addition, it’s estimated that another 63 million Americans have borderline high cholesterol. Of course, all cholesterol is not created equal, and there are good and bad varieties. The former (“good”) is known as high-density-lipoprotein, or HDL, and the latter (“bad”) cholesterol is… Continue reading
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Kuding — Is the Bitter Worth the Bite?
Tea has long had various healthful properties ascribed to it, but so have a lot of herbals, often labeled as “herbal teas.” Kuding is one such herbal. It is Chinese in origin and known as “bitter tea.” Judging by all the health benefits there are supposed to be in a cupful, this herbal should be… Continue reading
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Tea and Health — Who Can You Trust
Tea and your health is a topic that abounds, both online and in print. The Internet, in fact, has led to an explosion of health sites, some legitimate and others — well, let’s just say that you need to be cautious and look at who is behind the site. Tea and health claims are fairly… Continue reading
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Is Black Tea the New Green Tea?
One could make the argument that there are essentially six broad categories of tea: black, green, white, oolong, puerh, and yellow. For the average tea drinker, the last two of these probably don’t turn up on the radar very often, if at all. White and oolong may be a little more familiar, especially with the… Continue reading
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