7 Health Benefits of Tea You Didn't Know About

Second to water, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world. When tea was first discovered, it's original purpose was to be drank as a medicinal beverage in China. As it grow traction around the world many began to embrace it as a social beverage. Tea has since then turned into a beverage that is consumed everyday for it's health improving characteristics.

If you are not drinking tea today, maybe these health benefits will help you join the tea revolution! Your well-being deserves it!

1.  It's Hydrating! Although caffeine is naturally in tea; that doesn't stop the hydrating effects it bring. Since tea is mostly water you can add those ounces to your daily intake. If getting your daily intake of water is a challenge, consider brewing up a cup.

2. Can help clear your skin. Tea has a detoxifying effect. Free radical contributes to wrinkles, sagging, uneven pigmentation and dryness of the skin. Thanks to the antioxidants found in tea, the antioxidants neutralize the free radical in your body.

3. Freshen your breath! Because tea contains antibacterial properties, this aids in the breaking down plaque and bacteria that can grow in your mouth.

4. Could help to reduce degenerative diseases. Polyphenols, a compound that is found in plants, is believed to help improve you brains learning and memory functionalities by protecting those sections of the brain. Slowing the cause and effect of degenerative diseases.

5. Helps with digestion. Tea, Oolong and Green tea, in particular, has been used for a long time to help sped the process of digestion and help empty your stomach faster.

6. Improve bone health. Remember those polyphenols from earlier? Yeah, they are back and in full effect! Drinking tea helps increase bone formation because of polyphenols.

7. Powerful Stress reliever! Need I say more! In these trying time, stress is lurking around each of us. To help combat stress, tea has been proven to help release stress. Green tea, in particular has unique amino acid, L-theanine, that calms and relaxes the mind.

There has been many studies conducted regarding tea and it's health-giving benefits, but there is still a lot to explore. If you ever need a break from your morning cup of joe, try tea. Here's a bonus benefit you didn't know about tea; it contains a similar amount of caffeine as coffee does, only the effects of the caffeine are controlled released because of the tannins, so you'll feel the effect of alertness for a much longer period of time vs. that of coffee.

Tea is like wine, there are so many varieties and ways to enjoy it, just image what would happen if it's combined with a powerful health spice such as cinnamon! Our Holiday Blend; Christmas Memories has cinnamon as one of it's ingredients, try it - It's delightful!

If you don't drink tea today; what is a reason why you don't?