tea’s health benefits boost its popularity

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As scientists and the public learn more about the benefits of tea, tea is becoming more and more popular in the United States.
More and more research shows that the world is secondmost-
Consumer drinks-
Only water is more popular
It helps prevent cardiovascular disease, burn calories, and prevent certain types of cancer.
\"We don\'t know why tea is so beneficial, but we know it\'s beneficial,\" said Thomas G . \".
Sherman, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center.
\"There are a lot of epidemiology studies, so of course people will see them and want to drink tea and get those benefits.
Across the country, tea purchases have risen for 20 consecutive years, with supermarket sales exceeding $2 a year.
2 billion, away-from-
According to the New York American Tea Association, household tea consumption has increased by at least 10% per year over the past decade.
Based on the industrial group.
On any day, 0. 16 billion Americans drink tea, the association said.
While coffee is still the king in the United States, change is brewing.
Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture show that with the decline in coffee drinking, the amount of tea drinking has increased
In 2009, people\'s consumption of tea increased from 7 gallons to 9 gallons.
3 gallons in 1980; per-
Coffee consumption is 23 people.
It was 3 gallons in 2009, less than 26 gallons.
Seven gallons in 1980, about half the mid-term. 1940s.
While studies have also shown that coffee has many health benefits, including helping to prevent diabetes and Parkinson\'s disease, there is more jitter in typical cups --
More caffeine than tea.
Martino, co-
The owner of tea in the Washington capital says she has witnessed a surge in interest in tea.
Her sales
She said that since its opening in 2007, leaf tea has grown significantly every year.
\"We opened a tea company in a store.
Now there are six stores in Washington. C.
District, \"she said.
\"People are getting healthier. conscious.
You have baby boomers who like to protect their youth.
You see they want to look after themselves better.
\"Tea comes from warm leaves --
Red Mountain Tea is divided into five categories: black, white, green, oolong and puer.
These are all healthy, experts say.
Many scientists associate health benefits with antioxidants in tea-preventing oxidative stress-but others say they don\'t know which chemicals or combinations of chemicals in tea produce
For example, Sherman said there was no evidence that tea\'s antioxidants were linked to beneficial effects, noting that a study suggested that black tea could lower the low-density cholesterol, or \"bad, \"Cholesterol, without affecting antioxidant levels, suggests that something else in tea causes this.
A large number of epidemiology studies
Establish Association, not cause and effect
Focus on the role of tea in reducing cardiovascular disease, the largest killer in the United States.
For example, a 2004 paper in the internal medicine archives looked at the incidence of hypertension in people who drank tea for at least a year.
The study, conducted in Taiwan, found that those who drank about 4 to 20 ounces of tea a day were at a 46% lower risk of high blood pressure than those who did not drink tea regularly.
Another paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2002 screened through a large study on chronic diseases and found that people drank the most tea
More than 12 ounces per day
Compared with people who don\'t drink tea, the risk of heart attack is only half.
The most recent cardiovascular study was published in September at a seminar at the Washington Department of Agriculture.
A study found that black tea reduced blood pressure in all participants and offset the adverse effects of high weight
Fat meal for high blood pressure patients.
\"The more tea you drink, the better,\" Sherman said . \".
\"It\'s really shocking.
As for the prevention of cancer, the evidence is not so convincing.
A research review published last year in the Journal of Cancer Research and clinical oncology shows that eating 10 Japanese-
A cup of green tea the size of each day helps prevent several cancers and prevent recurrence of colorectal cancer.
2006 reviews published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition on the beneficial effects of green tea indicate that research has shown that tea is associated with reducing the risk of ovarian cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer.
But the review also cited conflicting research.
For example, two studies show breast cancer benefits, one showing lower risk for Asian-American women with increased tea intake, and the other showing lower risk of recurrence in Japanese patients who drink three or more cups a day.
But a large study of more than 35,000 women in Japan concluded that drinking tea would not affect the risk of breast cancer.
Scientists at the John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center announced last week that black tea and green tea (and coffee)
It is one of the foods and condiments that affect cancer-related genes.
But it doesn\'t mean people should stop drinking tea and coffee, they say, just need more research.
The study also investigated whether tea could affect weight loss.
A 2004 study found that caffeine, tea and other ingredients in green tea powder inhibit weight gain and fat accumulation in laboratory rats.
There is also some evidence that drinking tea can promote the health of the digestive system.
Gerry mulling, associate professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, author of the inner gut: Your Good Gut Guide, tea seems to help control blood sugar and insulin and keep the stomach system running well.
\"At the end of the day, these teas are-
Inflammation in essence. They have anti-
Bacterial properties, \"said Mullin. “They [boost]
The immune system offers many different benefits.
Sherman\'s wife, ginneville Eden, likes to start her day with a soothing cup of tea.
For working mothers of two preschool children, a healthy beer is reminiscent of a quiet moment and a good feeling
She is excited about her childhood in England.
\"The first thing in the morning, it feels so good,\" said Eden, 45.
She said she had five or six cups of tea a day later.
\"That\'s all I drink.
I don\'t drink coffee.
Tea experts disagree on how much tea is recommended for better health.
Some say two or eight.
An ounce a day, and others say five or more cups.
Experts say tea has a relatively low caffeine content, so it can be consumed in large quantities without causing tension, heart beats and stomach discomfort that the same amount of coffee may cause.
Black tea contains more caffeine than green tea, oolong tea or white tea, which is about half the amount of coffee.
Nevertheless, experts advise against overusing, noting that tea, unlike coffee, contains trace amounts of aluminum.
But according to the National Cancer Institute, while aluminum accumulates in the body and causes neurological degeneration, there is no evidence that drinking tea can cause aluminum toxicity.
Ice Tea should provide the same benefits as hot tea, Sherman said, as long as it is hot at first and then cooled, not just brewed in the sun or made from a shop --
Bought a powder mixture.
Adding milk to tea may not be as beneficial as drinking it directly, he said, because there is some evidence that proteins in milk are combined with healthy chemicals in tea and prevent them from being absorbed.
He and others said that sugar does not seem to reduce the benefits of tea, although it itself has problems, such as empty calories that can lead to weight gain.
Martino of Capital Teas said that customers in her store often ask about health benefits, especially after celebrity doctors such as Mehmet Oz made statements.
Whenever Oz mentions some kind of tea, \"people flock to look for it, Martino says.
Erika Sanchez, manager of Dupont Circle tea shop in Washington, said customers did the same in her store --
Then find out how many different types of tea are out there: \"It can be surprising if you\'re new to the tea world.
The growing interest in tea in the United States has attracted the attention of the international community.
Sundeep Mukherjee, chief consultant of the Great Ridge Tea Association, said three
10% of tea leaves from the region of India are exported to the United States, and as health benefits become more widely known, this proportion has been rising over the past decade.
\"The tea industry is doing a good job,\" Mukherjee said . \".
\"This is a product that everyone drinks.
Ungar is a medical writer for express delivery.
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