There have enough researches in recent times to conclude that tea is indeed beneficial to human health in more ways than one. In countries like India and China drinking tea is like a ritual. But let us find out what are the real benefits of drinking tea.

Tea is said to be a natural solution to problems like wrinkles and different signs of ageing. Drinking a cup of tea on a regular basis will help you to get rid of these unwanted lines. Tea is also rich in anti-oxidant properties and has an inherent property to fight against heart disease and cancer.

Cholesterol

Tea can reduce the ‘bad’ cholesterol levels in the body. The levels of low density lipoprotein will definitely come down if you have tea on a regular basis. In fact, you can see some great results if you start having four or five cups of tea at home.

Cancer

Tea is, no doubt, one of the better fighters against cancer in the body. There is very good experimental results in hand to prove that both black tea and green tea can both fight cancer. They prevent healthy cells from becoming malignant after exposure to cancer causing compounds. In fact, people who drink 4 cups of green tea are less prone to cancer.

Bone Strength

Regular tea drinkers are found to have higher bone mineral densities even after a workout. This is true even for drinkers of black, green or oblong tea.

Bone Inflammation

If you are regularly drinking green tea then you are doing yourself a world of good as consumption of such tea reducing any kind of arthritic inflammation and slow down the breakdown of cartilage.

There have been many debates centering on the most important questions – do I use tea bags or loose tea leaves? Should I switch to green or black tea? Let us try to find out the answers to these pertinent questions.

It has been proved that loose tea leaves have more oxidants than the tea in teabags. They are generally of lower quality and low in anti-oxidants. There is not much difference between black and green tea in terms of medicinal value but decaf tea retains a majority of the cancer fighting properties by following the natural CO – 2 processes.