Benefits of Drinking Tea

1.  Antioxidants. Like the anti-ust paint that keeps your outdoor furniture from rusting, tea's antioxidants protect your body from the ravages of aging and the effects of pollution.

2. Tea has less caffeine than coffee. Coffee usually has two to three times the caffeine of tea.  An eight-ounce cup of coffee or around 2 deciliter contains around 135 mg caffeine as tea contains only 30 to 40 mg per cup. If drinking coffee gives you the jitters, causes indigestion or headaches or interferes with your sleep then you should switch to tea. attack and stroke. Drinking tea may help keep your arteries smooth and clog-free. A study from the Netherlands found a 70 percent lower risk of fatal heart attack in people who drank at least two to three cups of black tea daily compared to non-tea drinkers. weight, exercise, smoking and other risk factors. The authors suggest that this may be the work of tea's many beneficial phytochemicals. -- tea and other caffeinated beverages definitely contribute to our fluid needs. The only time the caffeine becomes a problem as far as fluid is concerned is when you drink more than five or six cups of a caffeinated beverage at one time.

3. Tea may reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke. Unwanted blood clots formed from cholesterol and blood platelets cause heart

4. Tea protects your bones. It's not just the milk added to tea that builds strong bones. One study that compared tea drinkers with non-drinkers, found that people who drank tea for 10 or more years had the strongest bones, even after adjusting for age, body

5. Tea gives you a sweet smile. Tea contains fluoride and tannins that may keep plaque at bay. However the sugar added to it is likely to blame bad teeth. So the advice is to drink  unsweetened tea.

6. Tea bolsters your immune defenses. Drinking tea may help your body's immune system fight off infection. Research studies have shown that drinking five cups of tea or coffee each day for four weeks, gave higher immune system activity in the blood of the tea drinkers.

7. Tea protects against cancer. The polyphenols, the antioxidants in tea have cancer-fighting effects. However the overall research is inconclusive in this area but enough studies show the potential protective effects of drinking tea.

8. Tea helps keep you hydrated. Caffeinated beverages, including tea have been seen as the type of beverages that had dehydrating effects. Since caffeine is a diuretic and makes us pee more, the perception was that caffeinated beverages couldn't contribute to our daily fluid requirement dosage. However, recent research has shown that the caffeine really doesn't matter

9. Tea is calorie-free. Tea doesn't have any calories, unless you add sweetener or milk. Consuming even 250 fewer calories per day can result in losing one pound per week.

10. Tea increases your metabolism. Some people have a slow metabolic rate and thereby their inability to lose weight. Green tea has been shown to actually increase metabolic rate so that you can burn 70 to 80 additional calories by drinking just five cups of green tea per day. Over a year's time you could lose eight pounds just by drinking green tea. Of course, taking a 15-minute walk every day will also burn calories.