Benefits of Tea
I have always heard that tea is supposed to be good for you. Until college though I never really drank it. My grandma is always telling me that drinking tea will keep me from getting sick or to drink it like crazy when I start getting a cold (or take s hot of brandy. She isn't the kind of person that buys wholesale tea and in bulk so she can stock up like crazy. But I think someone told her a long time ago that tea works miracles and since then she has always stressed that to us.
Herbal tea does however have a lot of benefits so whether or grandma knew that, she probably is right. Herbal tea can help with both sleep and digestion. It also strengthens your immune system, helps with concentration and can make your skin glow. White tea has anti oxidants which fight cancer. White tea is also helpful in lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol, heart protection, strengthens bones and gives you healthy gums and teeth. Those are a lot of benefits for a cup of water and a tea bag. Just reading about all of the positive health changes tea can have for me, makes me want to drink more of it even though I don't like the taste. It also says that tea in general has a calming effect on you, which I could definitely use. I have been drinking diet coke for so long and there are definitely no benefits health wise to drinking it, actually it's bad for you, your teeth and it tends to make my stomach hurt. The funny thing is that I don't even really like the taste of it anymore, but I have kept drinking it because the caffeine keeps me from getting headaches and I have found that when I eat certain foods I have to drink diet coke with them because I'm just so used to it. I think I am going to try and make an effort to switch over to tea. It would probably make a big difference in my life and my health and tea also has caffeine in it so I wouldn't get headaches from withdrawal. I don't really like the taste of diet coke anymore anyways so that wouldn't be as much as an adjustment to get used to the taste of tea.
I think everyone should make a goal to change something in their life to get healthier. I'm going to make my grandma proud and drink more tea.