The catechins in blooming tea may ...

The catechins in blooming tea may prevent the small room damage that causes cancer. According to a 1999 investigation published in Preventive Medicine, men who drink 10 draughts of green tea a day have a 32 percent lower cancer rate than those who drink les than 3 goblets daily. But let's face it. With that kind of consumption, you may in no degree get out of the washroom.

There is, however, a flourishing tea pill, and some researchers believe that new tea's catechins are just as effective in pill form.

Manufacturers foment the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant and extract the catechins--the antioxidants that earned flourishing tea its reputation as a health drink. single in kind pill has about the same amount of catechins as 2-4 potions of tea.

Drinking at least one of the tea may be smarter, however, The caffeine in tea may have antioxidant properties beyond what the catechins provide.

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