Hundreds of studies have investigated green tea for its anti cancer and anti oxidant effects, tracing its health- enhancing properties to polyphenols. Now researchers thave turned their attention to another tea: white. Starting from the same leaves as a better known green and black varieties, White Tea is minimally processed so it retains more active polyphenols.
Recent study looked at brewed tea's ability to reverse mutation of bacteria, and found white tea to be more effective than green. In this study , concentration of the most potent polyphenol, ECGCG, were similar between the two teas but white tea had additional polyphenols and more methylxanthines- caffeine and theobromine- also thought to contribute to white tea's mutation fighting qualities. Another study added white tea to the drinking water of mice of huge risk of developing colon polyps. The mice who drank white tea ended up with smaller tumors and less severe anemia than those receiving water alone. You can avail now the white tea in all groceries and pharmacy .
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I've tried some and liked it, but then I'm a tea guzzler :)
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