While I am unwell I have decided to learn about diet and particularly detox. I figured a good place to start would be investigating the health benefits of tea and coffee.
I first began drinking tea and coffee around the age of 29. Mostly because I enjoyed being able to “have a cuppa” socially. I still like the idea of drinking tea and coffee but I don’t think I actually like it?! There are many varied opinions about drinking coffee and weight loss but considering that I don’t really love it I am going to cut tea and coffee out for the time being. Perhaps I will go herbal tea shopping and drink something with some nutritional benefits. I found this little article about the effects of coffee on your weight loss. Please let me know if you know any other interesting bits of information about this topic.
peppermint tea
I found that loose leaf tea as opposed to tea bags, has greater concentrations of the good stuff so perhaps the old teapot will become well loved in our household. Here are just some of the herbal teas you can drink:
lemon
peppermint
rooibos
chamomile
lemon grass
ginger
kombucha
St John’s wort
rosehip
oolong
echinacea
dandelion
fennel
masala chai spices
Of course, black tea has health benefits too but if I can try something new, why not?
Healthy idea! I think I will purchase myself a lemon myrtle tree again. I had one years ago but it died as a result of my lack of gardening efforts. I could just pop a leaf in a cup of boiling water and enjoy!
Time to detox!
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It probably sounds a little whacked …. but I drink hot water. As in, boiled from the jug, into my mug with a little dash of cold water. It was weird the first few times, but then became addictive. I love starting my day with it, and it’s become a really easy way to still have a cuppa at someone’s house without loading myself up with caffeine. To be honest, I genuinely prefer it to tea and coffee most of the time. And I’ve discovered quite a few friends drink it as well
It’s a great, “Whaaaat!? You too!?” moment!
Also white tea is the most beneficial out of teas
Oolong tea seems to be a good one too- see http://oolong-tea-benefits.com
Also Googling “oxidized teas” and “un-oxidized teas” helped me understand a little more about how teas are made and processed.
see http://www.planet-tea.com/what_is_tea.html