Health Benefit Claims
Articles reporting claims for health benefits from drinking teas and herbals. These are not intended to replace advice from your doctor.
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Tea Causes and Cures Prostate Cancer?
If you keep close tabs on tea-related news (guilty), you’ll notice that it’s a rare day when there’s not some report trumpeting another of tea‘s alleged health benefits. On the flip side, you’ll find that it’s quite rare to see a report that presents a potential downside for drinking tea. But in recent weeks we’ve… Continue reading
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Recent Research on Tea and Health
If you’ve been tuned into this blog for a while you’ve probably noticed that we’ve featured quite a few articles that highlight possible links between tea and improved health. If you’ve missed those articles, do not despair. They’re still around and you can access them right here. One of the topics we reported on previously… Continue reading
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Tea and Healthy Skin
There is a myriad of claims out there connecting tea and skin health. A lot of these have to do with the high levels of antioxidants in white tea and green tea, especially as “antioxidants” has become more of a buzzword in the anti-aging and wrinkle prevention industries. The links between tea and skin health… Continue reading
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A Cup a Day Helps Keep Heart Disease Away?
Disclaimer: This is not intended as medical advice. Please consult your physician for your particular needs. As most of us are probably aware, heart disease is no small problem nowadays. Here in the United States alone the facts regarding this condition are rather eye-opening. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) heart disease is… Continue reading
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Tea — The Ultimate Hydrator?
Somewhere out there the idea that tea made you dehydrated caught hold and spread. Recently, though, studies like this one have been coming out to show that tea could be the ultimate hydrator instead. Good news for those of us who imbibe a fair amount of tea on a daily basis. One thing we can… Continue reading
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Tea, Exercise, and Hydration
You don’t need to be an expert in human biology to understand the importance of staying hydrated while you’re exercising. Of course, it’s important to stay hydrated all the time, but that’s especially the case when you’re exercising. As the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) notes, body weight can decrease anywhere from one to… Continue reading
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Getting Tea Benefits for Less Money
Tea is supposed to have quite a range of health benefits, from weight loss, cancer prevention, and hair health, to skin care and wrinkle prevention. Some vendors take advantage of such claims by packaging their teas as products targeting these conditions and charging exorbitant prices. But you, the careful shopper, can get those tea benefits… Continue reading
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Green Tea Leaves vs. Supplements
The potential health benefits of green tea are hardly a well-kept secret these days. Sometimes it seems like you can barely turn around without running into another report breathlessly touting the merits of this fine beverage. Given this, it’s probably not surprising that some enterprising merchants have attempted to take the essence of what’s good… Continue reading
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Tea Helps Reduce Parkinson’s Risk?
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the condition is “a chronic, progressive movement disorder that affects the lives of at least one half million patients across the United States.” The NIH also notes that “currently available pharmacological and surgical treatments provide… Continue reading
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Tea, Testosterone Doping, and Babies
Sensational headlines are hardly unusual nowadays (or in the past, for that matter, to be historically accurate about it). Five minutes of the most cursory research would probably turn up more of them than you could shake a stick at. But for my money one of the more sensational tea-related headlines to come down the… Continue reading
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