Greetings tea students. I know we have talked about the health benefits of tea (especially green tea) quite a bit, but we speak about it at such length because it seems every day new health benefits are being discovered.
And today, as the fall weather starts to set in, and the temperature starts to change, it is possible that you might find yourself sniffling a bit. The weather changes affect many peoples’ bodies. So it is an excellent time for me to inform you that tea can help your allergies.
Hullo Tea Loving Peasants, Serfs, and Commoners. ‘Tis I, the Earl of Grey, here to tell you all about a startling discovery.
I was sitting here drinking a hot cup of favorite loose tea and my servant was reading to me aloud from the internet, when we stumbled across a medical site with some interesting news about Green tea. It seems studies in China have discovered that green tea, in conjunction with the reishi mushroom, has been proven to drastically slow the growth and invasiveness of cancerous tumors.
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Jasmine here to tell you guys about a little something I read on the web. Turns out there’s this relatively new study that says that green tea can help protect you from Parkinson’s Disease.
Parkinson’s is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system caused by the death of cells that produce dopamine, an important neurotransmitter. Parkinson’s sufferers typically experience tremors, muscle rigidity, extreme stiffness, and many other symptoms. Saddest of all, there is still no cure for this horrible disease.
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