If you feel like drinking coffee but you won't because you find it too strong or you can't because you will experience insomnia, nervousness, and increased heart rate, a cup of green tea can be the good alternative..
According to Authoritynutrition.com, it is one of the healthiest beverage and now ranks second, next to water, as the most consumed drink.
Its benefits, the website says, go beyond being a refreshment since it is loaded with "antioxidants and nutrients that have powerful effects on the body."
Just make sure that your “tea” is legit.
Authentic tea, based on healthland.time.com, is derived from a particular plant (Camellia sinensis) and has only four varieties: green, black, white, and oolong.
Anything else falls under infusion, which "is steeped longer and uses a larger amount of herb."
Here are five more healthy reasons why drinking tea can do wonders to your body:
1. It hydrates your body.
This goes against the myth that drinking a cup of tea dehydrates our body.
In an article published in Time, Dr. Carrie Ruxton, a nutritionist and the lead author of the study, explained that “drinking tea is actually better for you than drinking water.”
According to him, "water is essentially replacing fluid, while tea replaces fluids and contains antioxidants so it’s got two things going for it.”
2. Compounds of green tea can boost your memory.
While some blends have no caffeine, others have less than 50 percent of what is typically found in coffee.
It doesn't have much caffeine, but it is enough to to keep you awake without causing the “jitters.”
Plus it boosts your memory.
3. It lowers risk of various types of cancer and other diseases.
Studies show that antioxidants in tea can help protect against a breast, colon, colorectal, skin, lung, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, liver, ovarian, prostate, and oral cancers.
Aside from cancer, Time wrote that drinking tea is also considered a decreasing factor in acquiring Parkinson's disease.
"When considered with other factors like smoking, physical activity, age, and body mass index, regular tea drinking was associated with a lowered risk of the said disease in both men and women."
4. Tea boosts exercise endurance.
Check any fat-burning supplement, chances are that green tea is one of its ingredients.
Healthland.time.com wrote, "Scientists have found that the catechins [antioxidants] in green tea extract increase the body’s ability to burn fat as fuel, which accounts for improved muscle endurance."
5. It can help you lose weight and lower risk of becoming obese.
Given that green tea can boost the metabolic rate, it makes sense that it can contribute to your weight loss.
