Is Coffee Out?

The cup of coffee has become a popular eye-opening experience for the majority of workaholics. Today none of them are excited over the rising health warnings related to their personal indulgence. Caffeine comes to the rescue during early morning traffic hours, and late night study sessions. It creates great company for cake celebrations and after-dinner socializing sessions.

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So when the doctor warns off caffeine to ward off heart problems and weight problems, and physical fitness fobics realize coffee will interfere with specific vitamin or creatine absorption – havoc is guaranteed to ensue. There is no replacement for this personal, daily spirit festival – or is there? According to research released by the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and the American Association for Cancer Research, there are loads of alternatives which will keep you on your feet due to its new and improved perspective of nature’s oldest taste brew: the tea leaf.

Not only will you have the much needed high in this budding guardian angel, but according to new study, drinking three or more cups of loose leaf tea per day has shown to be equally healthy as drinking water. Obviously, coffee doesn’t include antioxidants inherent in tea, so the brewed bean doesn’t have any health benefits in that respect in contrast to its leafy counterpart. In the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers tell us that tea not only re-hydrates like water, but also protects against cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.

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These specialists listed flavonoids as the essential ingredient in loose leaf tea that promotes health. It was commonly believed that caffeine – because it’s found in coffee – is a dehydrant. Studies on coffee have shown that high doses cause dehydration. Therefore it was commonly supposed any drinks containing caffeine would need to be dehydrating. However, according to research released by the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a very strong cup of tea could still have a net gain of fluid.

Not only is tea re-hydrating, in addition, it contains fluoride, which keeps teeth healthy. Unlike Coffee, tea contains antioxidants that are important to the immune system. Polyphenols inside tea leaves decrease risk of cardiovascular disease. And finally, according to the American Association for Cancer Research, the chemo-preventive agent identified as EGCG most commonly found in green tea was associated with decreased risk of certain cancers.

Final note

So while coffee isn’t all bad, its pleasures are rather limited in comparison to research published on tea. There are many types of tea, its tastes depending on the area it was developed, particular seasons, processing styles and extract practices. Tea is gaining growing attention from those people who have been weaned off coffee, in addition to the couple in between who have the natural instincts for all things yummy. It isn’t faux coffee — it’s a delightful way to start your day!