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Tea and Health
The accepted myths and legends tell us that it was Shen Nung, emperor, scholar and herbalist in China, who first recognized tea's healthful properties and refreshingly delicious taste when a few stray leaves drifted down from an overhanging tree one day and fell by chance into cauldron of water that he was boiling.
When tea was first drunk in ancient China, it was considered to possess health-promoting properties and, as well as being drunk after or within meals as an aid to digestion. Moreover, some recent researches around the world and coordinated studies have given us more and more evidence that tea does indeed have many tangible health benefits. We now know that tea contains polyphenols that have an antioxidant effect in the body and can help protect us against certain age-related and degenerative diseases. In the case of heart disease and stroke, reports indicate that tea can help reduce the inflammation connected with atherosclerosis and vascular problems. Tea polyphenols have also been shown to inhibit the development of cancer cells. Studies in a number of different countries indicate that tea is also helpful in reducing blood cholesterol, and it is thought that puerh and oolong teas are particularly beneficial.
