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The healthy beauty of afternoon tea
The healthy beauty of afternoon tea

Beauty ①: Enhance memory.

Faced with the high efficiency and fast pace of modern society, office workers often eat lunch too little or in a hurry. A balanced afternoon tea can not only drive away the drowsiness in the afternoon, but also help to restore physical strength. It can also help people maintain their energy until dusk, thus making dinner light and developing the most perfect eating habits. In addition, experiments have proved that afternoon tea can also enhance memory and resilience. People who have the habit of drinking afternoon tea have an average higher memory and resilience than others 15%~20%.

Beauty ②: Drink tea regularly to avoid osteoporosis.

In afternoon tea, the effect of "tea" on human health can not be ignored. Black tea is mild in nature and mellow in aroma, which helps to strengthen bones first. Tea is rich in flavonoids, which can reduce the risk of osteoporosis in women.

Secondly, drinking black tea can prevent and treat influenza, myocardial infarction, stroke and skin diseases. Studies have found that frequent mouthwashing with black tea or direct drinking can prevent influenza; Black tea is rich in trace element potassium. After brewing, 70% potassium is dissolved in tea, which can enhance blood circulation of the heart and reduce calcium consumption in the body. People who drink five cups of black tea a day have a lower risk of stroke than those who don't drink black tea. In addition, theaflavins in black tea are more effective than green tea in preventing skin cancer.

Beauty 3: the guarantee of beautiful curves.

The latest nutrition survey shows that people who have the habit of afternoon tea are slimmer than others! Afternoon tea is often driven by hunger, and it is a real mini-meal, which is different from snacks used to vent depression or just to satisfy cravings. The calories of snacks will only be stored in the body, and afternoon tea, like other meals, is partly used for body consumption.

According to the nutrition cycle table, the most favorable diet is the richest breakfast, the middle lunch and the light dinner, which makes the diet directly proportional to the degree of body consumption. So the consumption principle of afternoon tea and dinner is exactly the same. It can help us keep our energy until dusk, thus making dinner light. The condition is that afternoon tea must be matched like dinner, and salty and sweet can be chosen according to your own taste.

Afternoon tea, how to match it to be both fashionable and healthy? Look at their six best partners!

Best partner 1: jasmine vs green tea

Ingredients: 6 grams of jasmine, 5 grams of green tea. Drinking method: directly rinse with boiling water.

Efficacy: Beauty and hair moistening.

Best Partner 2: Midi vs Xiangcha

Ingredients: rosemary 3 ~ 5g, 1 tea bag with personal taste (green tea can be selected in summer, except those with deficiency and cold constitution).

Drinking method: Boil the tea bag with hot water, and then add rosemary.

Efficacy: Purify physique and eliminate toxins.

Best Partner 3: Ganoderma lucidum vs mint

Ingredients: 2 grams of Ganoderma lucidum, 5 grams of mint, 5 grams of cereal buds, and a little rock sugar.

Drinking method: stir-fry the rice buds, then put them in a teapot with Ganoderma lucidum, add water and crystal sugar to boil, add mint, and turn off the fire after boiling for 10 minute; Stew for 5 minutes and serve. The production of this kind of tea is complicated, and it should be noted that the lid can't be opened often in the process of making tea. Because of its strong volatility, mint can't be put in until the water boils. If it is put too early or uncovered frequently, it will lose its effectiveness.

Efficacy: Health tea suitable for drinking in summer, especially for candidates. Because they stay at home all day to review, it is easy to have symptoms such as disharmony between qi and blood, irritability and qi deficiency. At this time, parents may wish to cook a pot of Ganoderma lucidum mint tea and give it to their children after cooling, which will make them feel refreshed.

Best Partner 4: Rose vs Pu 'er

Ingredients: Rose 15g, Pu 'er tea 3g, honey.

Drinking method: first put Pu 'er tea into a cup and bowl, and pour boiling water; First, pour tea, not drink. The second bubble, add roses, then pour boiling water to brew, cool and then add honey.

Efficacy: Most people drink Pu 'er tea, namely chrysanthemum and Pu 'er tea. However, when roses and Pu 'er tea are brewed together, their fragrance is more pleasant than chrysanthemum, which can relieve the feeling of chest tightness and irritation. In summer, they are angry and annoyed. Might as well drink more rose Pu 'er tea, the effect is good.

Best Partner 5: Chrysanthemum vs Sydney

Ingredients: 1 Sydney, proper amount of chrysanthemum and a little rock sugar.

Practice: Peel and cut Sydney into pieces, put it in a pot with chrysanthemum and rock sugar, add water, simmer for half an hour after the water boils, and take the soup to drink. If you have a flowered teapot at home, you can put the pear slices and other materials in the pot and light candles to drink all afternoon! In the warm autumn, it is a very pleasant thing to feel the delicious fragrant teas and turn pages with the wind!