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Article Title: Green or White, Choose Tea.
Author Name: Dr. Kathleen Ruddy
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Description: A half a million years ago some ancient and bold
adventurer threw caution to the wind - and then threw tea leaves
into a pot of hot water and drank the brew. Learn the history
and benefits of drinking tea.
Copyright Date: 2009

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Green or White, Choose Tea.

"Better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one."

Chinese Proverb

A half a million years ago some ancient and bold adventurer
threw caution to the wind - and then threw tea leaves into a pot
of hot water and drank the brew. The rest is a storied history
of tea, a history of power and money made from selling it, a
history that has always included the belief that, above all,
drinking tea insures a long and healthy life. In this case it
turns out that the rumor is true.

Tea contains powerful anti-oxidants, substances that scavenge
for free radicals. Free radicals damage DNA and are considered
to be co-conspirators in the formation of cancer. Tea contains
polyphenols, very powerful anti-oxidants, called catechins. And
the most powerful (and studied) of these is epigallocatechin
gallate, otherwise (and mercifully) known as EGCG.

Tea is processed in several different ways, but all teas are
made from the leaf of the same plant. White tea is picked as an
immature bud and is unfermented. Green tea is picked as a
mature leaf and is unfermented. Black and Oolong teas are made
from mature leaves that are fermented to varying degrees. It is
the fermentation process that destroys some of the polyphenols,
like EGCG, and this is why the unfermented white and green teas
are better for you.

Though not yet fully understood, the health benefits of white
and green tea appear to be substantial. In 1994, a paper
published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute
revealed that Chinese women who drank green tea had a 60% lower
risk of esophageal cancer, a very common and deadly cancer in
China.

And at the University of Purdue scientists reported that green
tea reduced the growth of cancer cells.

And at the University of Kansas scientists reported that EGCG
was twice as powerful an anti-oxidant as resveratrol, the
protective substance in red wine that lowers risk for cardiac
disease.

Finally, in 2004 Pace University scientists concluded that white
tea could help the body's immune system.

Researchers are just beginning to understand and appreciate the
health-promoting benefits of polyphenols, like those found in
white and green tea, but while we wait for additional studies
and more information about the specific mechanisms by which white
and green tea impart their beneficial effects, it can't hurt to
drink 1-2 cups of white or green tea daily, especially in the
morning so that the mild dose of caffeine found in these teas
has a chance to wear off by the end of the day.

Play it safe and add white or green tea to your defensive
arsenal. Live long and prosper, healthfully.

(c) 2009, Dr. Kathleen Ruddy. All rights reserved. Reprints
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