The Health Benefits of Drinking Tea

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The Health Benefits of Drinking TeaFact or
Fiction?

• By Payton Seelinger

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What is tea?
Camellia sinensis
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History of Tea

• Discovered in 1st millennium B.C.
• Brought to America by Peter Stuyvesant
• Chinese Emperor Shen Nung

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Picture representing the Camellia family in the
Doctrine of Signatures
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Variety of Tea

• Black Tea
• Green Tea
• Oolong Tea
• White Tea

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The Processof Making Tea

• Pick best leaves as
• buds and young leafs
• Withering
• Rolling
• Roll Breaking
• Oxidation (Fermentation)
• Drying

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Benefits of Drinking Tea

• Black Tea
• Green Tea
• Oolong Tea
• White Tea

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Benefits of Drinking Black Tea

• Reduces Blood Cholesterol
• Saves arteries
• Sooths arthritis
• Stimulates the immune system
• Breaks down fat in the body
• Inhibits cancer growth.
• Reduces inflammation.
• Fights viruses.

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Benefits of Drinking Green Tea

• Lowers the Risk of
• High blood cholesterol
• High blood pressure.
• Coronary heart disease and strokes
• Tooth decay
• Viruses
• Lung, stomach, esophagus, duodenum, pancreas,
  liver, breast, colon, and skin cancers induced by
  chemical carcinogens

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Benefits of Drinking Oolong Tea

• reduced the signs of inflammatory disease and
  artery disease.

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Benefits of Drinking White Tea

• Reduce blood sugar
• Help prevent the symptoms of diabetes
• Promotes Healthy Teeth and Gums
• Promotes Healthy Skin
• Antibacterial Antiviral
• Strengthens Bones
• Heart Protection
• Lower Blood Pressure
• Lower Cholesterol
• Reduces risk of Cancer

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Antioxidants in Tea

• Tea is a great source of anti-oxidants, which
  help defend the body from
• Free Radicals
• Heart Disease
• Cancer
• Plaque in the mouth

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Drawbacks of drinking tea

• Black Tea
• Green Tea
• Oolong Tea
• White Tea

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Quick Fact

• Coffee has over 2x the amount of caffeine as any
  kind of tea
• Herbal Tea is actually not a tea at all

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Tea VS. Coffee

• Coffee increased the risk for health declining
  factors such as coronary morbidity
• Tea had the opposite affect, and was beneficial
  to the body.
• In the liquid form, Coffee has more caffeine than
  tea.

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Caffeine in Tea

• Determined By
• Variety of tea leaf
• Where the leaf is grown
• The size and cut of leaf
• How you brew the tea leaf

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Caffeine in Tea
Type of Tea Avg. per Serving Range Per Ounce Caffeine
Black 40 25-55 5 Naturally caffeinated
Oolong 30 12-55 3.75 Naturally caffeinated but less than black
Green 20 8-30 2.5 Naturally caffeinated but less than oolong
White 15 6-25 2 Naturally caffeinated but less than black
Decaffeinated 2 1-4 .5 Caused by removing the caffeine from the tea
Herbal Tea 0 0 0 Naturally Caffeine Free
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BOH Plantations

• 1st highland tea garden in Malaysia
• Plants, processes, packs and markets its own
  premium brands.

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Sources

• http//www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/71/6/1698
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• http//holistic-nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm
  /health_benefits_of_drinking_tea
• http//archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/alternative/06
  /19/tea.healthy.wmd/
• http//jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/53/8/481
• http//www.healthchecksystems.com/antioxid.htm
• http//www.tributetea.com/faq.asp
• http//www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/296_tea.html
• http//www.teabenefits.com/