World Tea News.com asked Doug Balentine, director of nutrition sciences for Lipton/Unilever, a series of questions relating to the scientific study on the health benefits of tea. Dr. Balentine’s answers are quite informative.
Tea and Health, Questions and Answers.
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I came across this article from the St. Joe News.net, about the Simply Tea shop in St. Joseph, Missouri. The author provides a nice run-down of the different types of tea.
BLACK
Black tea is made from the Camellia sinensis plant, as are the green, white and oolong varieties. The way they are processed and [...]
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When offering samples of our BroccoSprouts at events such as Komen Race for the Cure and Breast Cancer Network of Strength Walk to Empower, we like to prepare wraps, then slice them into tasty bite-size pieces. They are always a big hit, and will be at your Super Bowl party.
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Here are a couple of great articles listing foods you really should add to your weekly menus.
Fight Cancer With These 10 Foods, with broccoli sprouts’ 3-day antioxidant action listed at number 2 and green and black tea’s compounds listed at number 5.
And a list of Superfoods courtesy of Prevention magazine, and captured by msn.com.
Superfoods: The [...]
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Here’s a nice article listing more benefits of green tea beyond flavor, including eye, skin, and throat soother.
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Here’s a nice article that briefly discusses the positive and negative aspects of DIM.
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Here’s a terrific article written by Registered Dietitian Betsy Klein and printed in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, with 10 easy steps to living a healthier lifestyle for the new year. Betsy goes into greater exposition, but here’s a quick summary:
1. Rather than extreme diets, make small changes that last;
2. Think functional foods;
3. Live and eat [...]
Filed under: books and articles, food, miscellaneous on January 6th, 2009 | No Comments »
