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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Fighting MRSA with Tea?
I have to confess that before writing this article I was a little bit out of the loop when it comes to MRSA. Which is to say that not only did I not know that it was a problem, but I had never even heard of it. So, as a service for those of you… Continue reading
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Boost Immune Function with Green Tea?
Oh, the many and varied wonders of tea. Not only does it taste good, but there are a boatload of studies that indicate that it probably is quite good for us. Which is great news, even for those of us who primarily drink it for the taste. The studies on tea and health keep on… Continue reading
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Taking Tea…for a Hangover?
With all the studies that have been released in recent years on the alleged health benefits of tea, it’s a pretty fair bet that drinking it can be good for you. I won’t quibble on that point. Which is not to say that there aren’t people out there who are making some pretty “creative” claims… Continue reading
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Tea Teeth: A Tea Drinker’s Guide to Keeping a Bright Smile
I love my tea, but admit that it has a major downside: Tea teeth. According to a recent column by Drs. Oz and Roizen, it’s the tannins in tea that cause staining, turning your pearly whites a dingy yellow. Fortunately, according to this article, as well as one by Dr. Andrew Weil, there are a… Continue reading
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Green Tea and Bone Strength
There have been so many amazing health claims about tea by this point that you can’t help but be sceptical. Between the cancer curing, the disease fighting and all the other general health promoting, you’d think we’d all been happily brewing the elixir of life for centuries. If we ever stop drinking tea, we’ll realise… Continue reading
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Tea and Allergies
It’s spring again and, to paraphrase Tennyson a bit, it’s a time when a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of…allergies. Well, maybe that’s not quite what old Lord Alfred was getting at. But for many young men or women or for that matter, for people of any age, the approach of spring means… Continue reading
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Tea — The Smart Choice
Confirmation, if it was needed, that tea is the clever person’s drink of choice has come from a new Dutch study, published in Nutritional Neuroscience, which seems to show that a cup of tea will improve your brain power. Evidence that tea is as good for the mind as it is for the body is… Continue reading
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Green Tea Is Awesome — Now Scientifically Proven
People have known for centuries that green tea is good for you and hundreds of different claims have been made about what it can do. New weight has been added to some of these claims by research at the University of Newcastle which has shown that green tea could help ward off Alzheimer’s and cancer.… Continue reading
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Tea Rescues Me from Pizza
Recently, tea rescued me from the pizza I had scarfed down at a local eatery. Listen to my tale of how a queasy tummy was saved by a nice cuppa tea. Over the past few years, my eating habits have changed somewhat. Rice and potatoes are now the starch of choice over wheat-based items like… Continue reading
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Tea and Brain Cancer
Is there a link between tea and cancer prevention? It’s a question that’s been the subject of a considerable amount of study in recent years and one that we’ve reported on in these pages a number of times. Look to the following links for some background on tea’s possible effects on ovarian cancer, prostate cancer,… Continue reading
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