Tea also has a lot of benefit for our body, especially black tea. It can prevent serious diseases like cancer, and diabetes. Those diseases can be serious, because they can also attack young people who are in productive age. One of the triggers that can stimulate those diseases is the accumulation of free radicals or oxidants which can damage tissues or DNA in our body, teas have certain anti oxidant characteristics that can be helpful over time.

By drinking black tea, we can reduce the chance getting cancer, prevent coronary heart attack, cell aging, and it can even reduce cholesterol in our blood. We can found high dose of antioxidants and theaflavin in black tea. That compounds have an effect to reduce cancer risks. Antioxidants can prevent or delay oxidation. Theaflavin is an antioxidant that can delay LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) oxidation. Theaflavin also give a fresh taste on tea.

Drinking 1-2 cup of black tea a day can also reduce cholesterol accumulation to 46 percent. The number goes up to 69 percent if you drink 4 cup of tea a day. It can also increase insulin activity.

Let’s face it, teas have not been a staple in many cultures for no reason, there are definite and certain benefits to drinking them regularly.

Lower the chance of getting heart diseases
Every scientist that has done research on green tea say the same thing, it is a miracle substance. One particular study, which was done in Japan, showed that if you use it on a regular basis you will reduce the chance of getting heart diseases. The study included over 40 000 Japanese men and women.

Prevents cancer
I’m sure you have heard about the things it can do to prevent cancer. Cancer is caused by free radicals. A great substance that fights free radicals is antioxidants. And a large amount of antioxidants is found in green tea, if the tea leaves are heated right after harvest. Luckily I know that my green tea source is just that.

Burns fat
Another very nice effect is has is that it can help you to lose weight. Yes, it is true, it helped me. I struggled for a while with my weight. I’ve been very active in my life. I worked out several times a week. One thing in particular that I did a lot was to play basketball, which is a great fat burning exercise. I did a great deal of lifting weights too.

Of course I gained a lot of weight since I didn’t change the amount of food I ate. Then I found a great multivitamin nutrition supplement that also contains decaffeinated green tea. It has really helped me a lot. Now I’m a bit more active, because the supplement has that effect too, and I have lost all the excessive fat that I had gained. And I’m positive that it is thanks to green tea. Sensitive or not, caffeine should not stop you from enjoy the above described benefits.