Tea and Health

It seems you can't pick up a magazine or newspaper anymore without seeing an article about the health benefits of tea! Just today, I read how they're finding that tea is good for your memory.

Now, the Tea Lady is not a doctor and doesn't quite know how all this works, but I'm certainly not going to complain! Most of the articles I read talk about tea being high in antioxidants--those wonderful things that can also be found in tasty foods like blueberries and dark chocolate. These antioxidants apparently then go through your body and clean up the damage done by nasty free radicals. I'm sure there's more to it than that, but just knowing my cherished cup of tea is helping my body just makes me feel warm all over.

White tea is especially high in antioxidants, since it is the least processed of the teas. And you can't go to the store without seeing all sorts of things popping up with white tea in them. The other day, I even picked up a box of cereal that contained white tea! Just goes to show you that we tea lovers have been ahead of the curve all along.