Tea’s health benefits look promising - The Dallas Morning News
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A tea timeout is my favorite way to de-stress. It feels so civilized to relax with a warm cup of jasmine-scented green tea or perhaps the traditional English treat, black tea with milk — white, as they say. Still, with all the myths we hear about nutrition, I’ve always wondered, is tea as healthful as many people believe? ... It improves bone health. After drinking four to six cups of green tea daily for six months, post-menopausal women with low bone mass (osteopenia) achieved an improvement in certain short-term measures of bone health in a National Institutes of Health-funded study conducted at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. They also improved muscular strength. Tea reduced oxidative stress and inflammation, preventing the usual bone and muscle breakdown. Read the full story >> |
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