Many people begin drinking tea for the many health benefits they have heard of. For this reason many do not care to much about the taste and just want to find the tea which is going to be the most healthy for them. At the Teamoods blog, there is an article about this very issue. It states how green tea has more catechin antioxidants than black tea, white tea has the most antioxidents, freshly brewed teas have more polyphenol antioxidants than bottled or instant teas, etc.
In my opinion, one should just drink the type of tea that he or she likes best. All teas have numerous health benefits, and I really think it is hard to say whether black, green, or white tea is healthier (despite all the current media praise of green tea). I think it may be ok to argue that the real camelia sinensis teas are healthier than herbal teas, but in between black, green, and white it is hard to say. All these teas are very healthy (unless of course you are drinking a sugar loaded bottled tea), and one should just drink the type of tea he or she enjoys the best. No scientist will ever be able to tell you whether drinking that green or black tea will make you not have a heart attack, or prevent alsheimer’s for you, etc. So just drink the tea you like, and just think about any of those extra health benefits as just an added good thing…at least that is my opinion.
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yep, the answer always is, Just drink the type of tea that you like.
I just read an article that suggests fruit juice in tea makes it 5 times healther!
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/11/14/citrus-greentea.html?ref=rss
@love for teas, I think that white tea generally considered the healthest. But who knows opinions keep changing!!
@ Stephen great article!
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