Black tea improves digestion, helps you lose weight, control diabetes, and increases your chances of getting pregnant.
The difference between green tea and black tea is the treatment of leaves, because both come from the same plant, Camellia sinensis, yet in green tea the leaves are cooler, and are just passed by the heat, if oxidized and fermented, which makes its flavor even more intense and slightly alters its medicinal properties.
The main benefits of black tea are:
1. Prevents premature aging
Black tea is rich in antioxidants that act to benefit all cells, they prevent excessive oxidation, allowing better cellular oxygenation, and as a consequence cells remain healthy for longer.
2. Facilitates digestion
Black tea is a great treat when you have a full stomach, because it acts directly on the digestive system facilitating digestion and purifying the body.
3. Decrease your appetite and lose weight
Regular consumption of a cup of black tea decreases the appetite, and the desire to eat sweets, which helps fight the metabolic syndrome and refine the waistline. Black tea decreases appetite and speeds up metabolism but for this it is also important to eat a balanced diet with few fats and sugars and rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, seeds and fish. It is also essential to practice physical activity, such as walking for 30 minutes every day.
4. Helps control diabetes
Black tea has a hypoglycemic effect and is a good aid in the case of diabetes or pre-diabetes because of the curative effect it has on pancreatic β cells.
5. Increases the chances of getting pregnant
Drinking 2 cups of black tea a day, on a regular basis, increases a woman's chances of getting pregnant in each menstrual cycle. So when the couple is preparing for the arrival of a child it is recommended that the woman consume black tea regularly.
6. Helps to clean the skin
Applying black tea under the skin is a good way to combat acne and skin oils. Just prepare the tea and when it is still warm apply with a gauze or cotton directly over the area you want to treat. Leave on for a few minutes and wash the face afterwards.
7. Lower cholesterol
Black tea extract promotes an increase in cholesterol metabolism, probably due to inhibition of bile acid reabsorption, and may be used to prevent metabolic syndrome.
8. Prevents atherosclerosis and heart attack
Black tea is rich in flavonoids, known as protectors of the cardiovascular system prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, responsible for the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, which increase the risk of thrombosis.
9. Keeps the brain on alert
Another benefit of black tea is to keep the brain alert because this tea has caffeine and L-theanine that improves cognitive performance and heightens alertness, so it is an excellent choice for breakfast or just after lunch. Its effect can be noticed on average after 30 minutes of its intake.
10. Help in cancer prevention
Due to the presence of catechins, black tea also helps to prevent and fight cancer, and it is believed that this can happen due to its DNA-carrying effect on cells, and the induction of apoptosis of tumor cells.
How To Make Black Tea
To take full advantage of black tea it is important to follow the recipe to the letter.
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 sachet of black tea or 1 teaspoon of black tea
Method of preparation
Add the sachet or black tea leaves in cup boiling water, cover and let stand for at least 5 minutes. Coar and take still warm, sweetened or not.
Those who suffer from insomnia can consume black tea as long as it is infused for about 10 minutes, which makes their taste even more intense but does not disturb sleep. Black tea prepared for less than 5 minutes has the opposite effect and keeps the brain more active and so when prepared in this way should not be consumed after 19 hours.
To make the taste of the black tea softer one can add a little warm milk or half lemon pressed.
Contraindications
Black tea is not recommended for infants and children under 12 years of age.
