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Drinking tea has a history of thousands of years. What are the benefits of drinking tea?
Tea originated in China and has a history of thousands of years. Now it has been widely regarded as a beverage by people all over the world. Tea itself is rich in many minerals, such as tea polyphenols and tannins, which can not only quench thirst, but also be a good nutritional health care product.

Proper tea drinking is helpful to relieve fatigue, prevent dental caries, resist radiation, reduce temperature and prevent heatstroke, protect hematopoietic function, beautify and lose weight. But it is generally not appropriate to drink tea on an empty stomach or at night. The former is easy to destroy gastric mucosa and cause diseases such as gastric ulcer and gastritis, while the latter will affect rest, thus further affecting the energy of the next day.

Another point is that it is generally not recommended to drink only the same kind of tea. I said in my previous article, "Tea is the master of all medicines." In addition to the aforementioned health care function, he can also be used as medicine. I share a plan to link tea drinking with time for readers' reference.

It is generally advisable to drink green tea in the morning. The common green teas in China are Rizhao Green Tea, West Lake Longjing Tea, Biluochun Tea and Xinyang Maojian Tea. The variety is different. You can take it 2 hours after breakfast. It can make people, especially office white-collar workers, recover quickly and relieve fatigue to cope with the heavy work at the beginning of the day.

You can have some Tieguanyin in the afternoon. Tieguanyin is a kind of oolong tea. Drinking Tieguanyin every afternoon can reduce blood fat, reduce blood sugar, delay aging, resist inflammation and fight cancer. This drink is very suitable for people who sit in front of the computer for a long time. He can resist the radiation brought by the computer, and also clear away heat and diminish inflammation.

You can drink some Pu 'er in the evening. Pu 'er tea is a kind of black tea, which originated in Yunnan. Divided into raw and cooked. If you are a person with a bad stomach, it is recommended to drink cooked pu at night. Drinking Pu 'er tea can lower blood pressure and relieve alcoholism. Taking it at night can remove excess fat in the body and help to lose weight.

So, what are the benefits of drinking tea? Reduce the risk of diabetes: Tea polysaccharides contained in tea can reduce blood sugar (drinking tea can affect glucose metabolism and prevent the increase of glucose level) and blood lipid. Drinking four or more cups of tea a day can effectively reduce the risk of diabetes in middle age. Lowering cholesterol content and hypertension: the probability of hypertension in people who drink tea regularly is only 6.95%, while that in people who hardly drink tea is 10.55%, which shows that drinking tea can really lower blood pressure. In addition, drinking tea regularly can gradually reduce the excessive cholesterol content in the human body to a balanced state.

Reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: If a person drinks three cups of tea every day, the risk of death due to myocardial infarction can be reduced by 70%, and the risk of stroke can also be reduced.

Compared with people who drink less than 1 cup of tea every day, the average risk of death due to cerebrovascular disease in men who drink 7 cups or more of tea every day has decreased by 22%, while that in women has decreased by 365,438+0%. Similarly, the risk of death from cerebral infarction decreased by 42% for men and 62% for women.

Prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's Harmo's disease: Keeping the habit of drinking more tea can improve memory and prevent Alzheimer's Harmo's disease. Drinking tea can effectively delay brain degeneration and protect brain cells, thus maintaining the healthy state of cerebral vessels.

Improve immunity: drinking more than 5 cups of tea a day can effectively improve the body's immunity. This is because tea contains a special chemical called alkylamine antigen. As long as you drink more tea at ordinary times, once the disease containing this substance invades the body, the human body can strongly resist. Another study shows that amino acids contained in tea can also improve human immunity.

Relieve stress: Compared with the well-known stimulant caffeine, people will feel relaxed, calm and comfortable when drinking tea. Studies have long confirmed that this is mainly due to the sedative effect of theanine contained in tea. Drinking tea regularly can undoubtedly relieve anxiety, anxiety, depression and stress caused by life and work.

Reduce fat and lose weight: Compared with people who hardly drink tea for many years, the body fat ratio of men can be reduced by about 20%, and that of women can be reduced by 30%. Therefore, for obese people, drinking tea can not only play a health care role, but also play a good role in losing weight.

Other health functions of tea: Besides, drinking tea can refresh the mind, improve eyesight, eliminate fatigue, promote diuresis and detoxification, promote digestion and prevent dental caries. It is the best healthy drink in 2 1 century.