I am a huge herbal tea drinker. If you drink herbal tea, you win all around because not only do they taste great and offer a variety of flavors, but also provide several health benefits.
Tea of the week: Earl Grey
Earl grey is an English tea, named after Earl
Charles Grey, Britain's Prime Minister in the 1800s. Earl Grey is lightly
spiced black tea with a fruity flavor of Bergamot, a citrus fruit originally
from Asia, but now cultivated in Italy. Bergamot has several health benefits
all on its own. The following are health benefits from the fruit that is
extracted and mixed with the black tea leaves to produce Earl Grey tea.
One
benefit is that bergamot is full of antioxidants. These antioxidants attack
free radicals that age the body. In this sense, Earl Grey helps your body and
skin look younger, helps fight off infections (even known to cure urinary tract infections), and helps build
your immune system.
The bergamot in Earl Grey is also known as a
mood booster that soothes mood swings, depression, stress or anxiety.
Also, bergamot helps improve the digestion
system. It aids in reducing indigestion, painful stomach aches, colic, and
nausea. The tea has been used to treat intestinal
parasites as well.
Earl Grey is known in the past to reduce fever.
Bergamot has disinfectant properties and
natural fluoride which helps fight tooth decay and gum disease.
Recently, a study in the UK shows those who
drink 2-4 cups of Earl Grey a day reduced high cholesterol and chances for
heart disease; also weight loss was a plus from drinking the tea.
Senior citizens claim they have better memory
patterns when drinking the tea regularly. Earl grey also contains ECGC, which
inhibits beta-amyloid production, a toxic protein known to infests the brains
of Alzheimer’s victims
The citrus flavor of Earl Grey mixed with the
smoothness of the black tea makes it an energizing and revitalizing tea—a
common tea for breakfast; however, its soothing properties makes it appropriate
for enjoying at any time of the day.
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