Tea is good for you!

Word from the expert

My wife and I often argue whether tea is as healthy as is commonly believed. She is ready to drink tea from morning to evening, she says that there is no life without it and buys several packs of tea! But I doubt it. I would like to know the opinion of a professional.
Igor, Moscow

Word from the expert
Alina Eremeeva
pediatrician, gastroenterologist, HiPP company expert, candidate of medical sciences, associate professor of MMA named after. Sechenov

– Dear Igor! Undoubtedly, tea is beneficial: it has antioxidant and anticancer effects. Drinking tea is a kind of prevention of cardiovascular diseases: the beneficial substances contained in tea cleanse blood vessels and increase their elasticity. Tea improves immunity. It both wonderfully quenches thirst and helps retain moisture inside the cells and tissues of the body.

Black tea contains caffeine, glucuronic and lactic acids, fluorine, potassium, manganese, adenine, tannin, guanine, purines, gallic esters, xanthine. Caffeine gives you energy. Tannin increases the body's resistance to various types of infections. Fluoride is essential for maintaining healthy teeth. Black tea improves mood, protects against stress, raises blood pressure, and neutralizes the effects of free radicals. Tea, especially green tea, accelerates the breakdown of cholesterol and fats in the blood. Its regular use maintains the elasticity of blood vessels, prevents fatty liver, and inhibits the overall aging of the body. It also helps reduce weight, blood pressure, and flush out salts. It helps with hepatitis and rheumatism, tones the heart muscles. It contains iodine, potassium, copper, vitamins C1, B1, B2, PP, K - they strengthen the walls of blood vessels and have a strong antibacterial effect.
For children, weak tea in small quantities will also not harm. Rich in vitamins and valuable substances, it successfully corrects metabolic processes.

Who should be careful?

Tea contains stimulants - caffeine, theobromine, theophylline, so strong tea is not recommended for diseases of the cardiovascular system, as well as for patients with glaucoma. If you have atherosclerosis and hypertension, you should not drink strong tea, and during periods of exacerbation it is better to give up tea altogether, especially black tea. Pregnant women should also limit the consumption of any tea to 1-2 small cups per day: caffeine can stimulate fetal activity.

Green tea contains many purines, which form urea in the body. If the metabolism is disturbed, then urea is poorly excreted from the body and needle-shaped crystals are formed from its salts. This can lead to gout. Those suffering from arthritis and rheumatism, for example, feel better when they stop drinking tea or coffee.

Reader's recipe

“For me, the best proven and favorite medicine is black Ceylon tea! I have diabetes and am constantly thirsty. Seagulls copes with this problem wonderfully. After all, as far as I know, black tea contains substances like insulin. And this is just for me! There is another use for tea - after several hours, the eyes get tired, sometimes even watery. I wash them with tea leaves and they are back to normal.
Alina R., Chuvashia, Cheboksary"

Why is tea good?

The fluoride contained in tea strengthens teeth and prevents tooth decay.
Polyphenols reduce the growth of harmful microorganisms and improve oral health.
Tea improves digestion.
Tea contains a large amount of antioxidants and reduces the risk of heart disease.
Tea strengthens the immune system.
Tea prevents dehydration.
The beneficial substances in tea reduce the risk of cancer.
The caffeine in tea stimulates the central nervous system, reducing drowsiness, fatigue and tension.
Tea is a good antiseptic.

Advice:

Drink only high-quality tea - it will bring you more benefits. The European Tea Committee recognized Ceylon tea as the most environmentally friendly and healthy. But only the presence of the “lion with a ball” logo on the packaging serves as a guarantee that the tea is really packaged in Sri Lanka and meets the highest quality standards of Ceylon tea.

Recipe from a star
Margarita Sukhankina, group “Mirage”:

– I prefer to drink black leaf tea with bergamot and various herbal teas. But I use green tea differently. Many do not believe in the miraculous effect of the recipe, which was used even by Catherine II, whose morning began with washing with frosty cubes. Ice on its own has a wonderful effect on the skin, but if you make it from green tea rich in antioxidants, the effect is much better. By rubbing the face with such cubes, wrinkles are smoothed out, pores are narrowed, swelling subsides, dark circles under the eyes disappear, and a natural blush appears. I recommend using distilled water and making the broth stronger. A friend who has been doing this procedure every day for five years helped me take a fresh look at this remedy. There is not a single wrinkle on her always fresh skin!