Research: Tea’s health benefits boost its popularity

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“We don’t clearly understand why tea is so beneficial, but we know it is,” said Thomas G. Sherman, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at Georgetown University Medical Center. “There are lots of epidemiological studies, and so of course people see these studies and want to drink tea and gain these benefits.”

Nationally, tea purchases have risen for 20 consecutive years, annual supermarket sales have surpassed $2.2 billion, and away-from-home consumption of tea has grown by at least 10 percent a year for a decade, according to the Tea Association of the USA, a New York-based industry group. On any given day, the association says, 160 million Americans drink tea.

Although coffee is still king in the United States, change is brewing. Department of Agriculture statistics show tea drinking has increased as coffee drinking has declined: Per-person tea consumption was nine gallons in 2009, up from 7.3 gallons in 1980; per-person coffee consumption was 23.3 gallons in 2009, down from 26.7 gallons in 1980 

Tea comes from the leaves of the warm-weather evergreen Camellia sinensis, and it is classified into five types: black, white, green, oolong and puerh.

Experts say all are healthful. Many scientists link health benefits to tea’s polyphenol antioxidants, which protect against oxidative stress, but others say they don’t know exactly which chemicals or combinations of chemicals  ... Read More

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Tea: Tea Time

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Winter is just not going to let us go for a couple more weeks. How about wrapping around a hot cup of tea? The caffeine in tea might brighten your mood a bit on a cold March day. In the long-run, tea drunk daily is looking like another valuable tool in our nutritional tool kit to help ward off diabetes, assorted cancers, heart disease, and stroke.
And, like eating fruits and vegetables, “Variety in our tea drinking is a good thing,” says Johnson Ave. Hy-Vee dietitian, Judy Fitzgibbons. On today’s segment we’ll look at a variety of ways to buy tea and brew it as well as talk about its benefits.

All tea comes from the same plant, but like roses, there are thousands of varieties. Teas we buy contain blends of dried teas, which gives them their distinctive flavors. Where the plant grows and how it is processed affects both the flavor and the amounts of health-promoting components end up in our tea cup.

Green tea has been researched ... Read More 

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Recipe: Carrot fries

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French fries? Forget them and try these for way more antioxidants and fewer calories! They're super easy to make too. Your kids will love them!

Ingredients

1 pound of carrots
cooking spray
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
2. Peel the carrots and cut them into strips about in ¼ inch thick and a few inches long.
3. Coat a baking pan with cooking spray and spread the carrots onto it. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
4. Bake 15 minutes. Flip them over and coat them with a bit more cooking spray, salt and pepper and bake another 15 minutes until lightly browned.

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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/4 Recipe
Amount per serving
Calories 45		Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g			0%
	Saturated Fat 0 g		0%
Cholesterol 0mg			0%
Sodium 370mg			15%
Total Carbohydrate 11g			4%
	Dietary Fiber 3g		12%
	Sugars 5g
Protein 1g
Vitamin A			380%
Vitamin C			10%
Calcium			4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.