Scientists finding more benefits to tea - Chicago Daily Herald

A tea timeout is my favorite way to de-stress a day. 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?

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It improves bone health. After drinking four to six cups of green tea daily for six months, postmenopausal 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.

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