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Many get their daily morning jolt of caffeine from coffee, but others prefer the more soothing approach of hot tea — which has several health benefits.
Isabella Ferrari, a registered dietitian with Parkland Hospital System, says the type and number of health benefits you gain from tea depends on the variety you choose.
Green tea is high in antioxidants, which are great for the anti-inflammatory properties. They can help prevent heart disease, even cancer, diabetes as well. Black tea has less of the anti-inflammatory properties. It’s still known to decrease your risk for heart disease, or diabetes, or even cancer.
Most of the studies that say that were done on rats. There’s one that says tea increased fat oxidation by ten to 14%. Another [study] had women take tea extract versus a placebo, and they did find that the green tea created weight loss. But if you’re drinking green tea instead of soda or sweet tea, then that for sure, can aid in some weight loss.
In general, I think it helps prevent cancer because of the anti-inflammatory properties of the tea and it can prevent those free radicals that are not good for our bodies. Another great thing to know is that green tea is high in flavonoids, which we’ve heard about because they’re present in fruits and veggies.
The temperature does not change the health benefits at all. But we’re used to drinking a lot of sweet tea in Texas, so that would be the only difference.
Source: https://www.keranews.org/post/health-benefits-drinking-hot-tea
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