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Fight Wrinkles with White Tea

Drink a cup of tea and you may do more for your body than just lower some of your risk factors for cardiovascular disease. A recently published study shows that white tea may also help fight the number one sign of aging and sun damage – wrinkles. A recently published study out of London found that very small amounts of white tea decreased inflammation and prevented the action of enzymes that break down elastin and collagen. Green tea had a …

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Tea: Drink 3 a Day to Prevent Stroke

As a teenager one of my favorite pre-game meals was a low-fat chocolate shake from McDonald’s coupled with Little Caesar’s breadsticks. Sure, I did plenty of things wrong back then but there is one thing I did very right – I drank tea thanks to my parent’s influence. A hot cup (or several) of black tea was one of my favorite beverages of choice when it was cold outside (it can snow in March in Washington so that’s one long …

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The Best Drink for Heart Health

What do people who have low rates of cardiovascular disease drink? Red wine? Nope. Skim milk? No. Water? No. They reach for tea. Black, white, green or oolong tea. Tea is loaded with antioxidant flavonoids that are beneficial for healthy blood vessels. Tea supports cardiovascular health through other mechanisms as well, including: – tea provides antioxidants that help keep inflammatory markers under better control – tea helps dilate blood vessels thereby helping maintain healthy blood pressure In fact, scientific evidence suggests drinking tea …

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