When it comes to your favorites brews and how they can affect your health, we love to stay on the beat and keep you informed. This time around, we’re looking at three different stories from around the web.
Pu-Erh Tea: What It is and What It Can Do For Your Health
Bliss Tree has a great article about Pu-Erh tea that serves both as an introduction to this particular brew and a survey of potential health benefits. Like Matcha, which we talked about in last week’s blog entry, Pu-Erh is actually a very old and traditional type of tea. With artisanal and specialty teas becoming more popular, a lot of consumers are revisiting Pu-Erh as a great way to expand their horizons and steep themselves in tradition. From weight loss to preventing tooth decay, the studies done around Pu-Erh are showing that it could be a terrific tool when it comes to improving your health. Don’t forget to check out our very own Pu-Erh tea selection.
Green Tea Backed for Breast Cancer Benefits
From Nutra Ingredients comes a story about a study published in Nutrition Journal that outlines a connection between drinking tea and reducing your risk for breast cancer. For regular tea drinkers, the level of oestrone metabolites found in urine was significantly lower. What does this number indicate? Past studies have shown that high levels of the same oestrone metabolites had a positive correlation with an elevated risk for breast cancer. It’s a good sign that drinking green tea regularly could affect ‘oestrone metabolism and conjugation’ and reduce the chances of developing cancer. You can check out our green teas here.
The Health Benefits of a Cuppa– Made from Insect Droppings
Feel free to file this one under “weird, wild stuff.” Digital Journal shares a story about a very particular kind of tea, brewed from the droppings of insects who only eat camelia sinensis, the tea plant. Westerners call it dragon ball tea, and while it doesn’t look like it will be hitting stateside markets in a big way any time soon, its potential benefits are definitely intriguing. According to the report, the tea might be able to help with “improving digestion, alleviating high blood pressure and reducing fat and sugar levels in the bloodstream.” What do you think of drinking insect droppings? Would it be worth the potential upside, or does the idea bug you too much?
Be sure to check back in for more news relating to tea and your health. In the meantime, let us know what you think in the comments below.