The Health Benefits of Different Teas

Coveted for centuries in the East as the key to good health, happiness, and wisdom, tea is gaining the attention of researchers in the West who are discovering the many health benefits of different types of teas. Research studies have shown that tea can provide help with cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. It can also … Continue reading The Health Benefits of Different Teas

Caffeine: Tea vs Coffee

  Caffeine is a big part of the lives of many adults. It’s the main reason coffee is so popular. Most people would find it very hard to believe that coffee gained its popularity because people actually enjoy drinking a cupful of bitter sludge. But hey, there’s no accounting for people’s taste.   More and … Continue reading Caffeine: Tea vs Coffee

Supplements for Those who Struggle With Weight Gain

For anyone who has struggled with weight loss, which is most of us, the answer is simple, eat less. Yeah, it sounds simple that is. However, losing weight is a complicated process for most of us. For others, eating goes much deeper than something looking good.

Does Decaffeinated Green Tea Retain its Health Benefits?

Many people wonder if decaffeinated green tea loses its health benefits due to the decaffeination process. The answer is yes, if the wrong decaffeination process is used.

Tea and the Versatile Camellia Sinensis

Most pure tea comes from one plant, the Camellia sinensis which is part of the evergreen family. The leaves are glossy green with serrated edges. When allowed to flower, the plant produces a small white flower with bright yellow stamens.

Cherries are Nature’s Healing Food

Everyone knows how delicious cherries are, bursting with fresh sun sweetness with a tart side, but did you know that cherries also hold the ability to provide several different healthy solutions to many problems that can affect your body?

How Antioxidants Protect Against Free Radicals

Everyone knows that antioxidants are good and help provide several health benefits to our bodies. However, what are free radicals and what do they do to our bodies?

Optimal Tea Harvesting Schedules for the Main Tea Producing Countries

The harvest time for tea leaves depends largely on the region in which they are being grown, and can also vary from season to season in regards to the fluctuations in weather.

 

Timing the harvest is of the utmost importance because it can take only a few days for a bud to appear, open up and grow into a large leaf. If the optimum harvest time is missed a whole crop can be destroyed.