Plant Chemicals Known as Flavonoids in Tea: Key to Health Benefits

Tea continues to gain popularity. All varieties, black, green, hot or iced tea drinks are seen everywhere and are a staple in many households as well. Look around in cities and shopping malls. You will find specialty tea shops on many corners. Bottled teas have a special place on store shelves. According to the Tea Association of the USA, the tea market has quadrupled over the past two decades.

What fuels this tea drinking trend?

One theory is all the research and evidence of the health benefits for drinking tea. Tea is a good source of catechins and epicatechins thought to be responsible for tea's beneficial health effects. Catechins and epicatechins belong to a group of plant chemicals called flavonoids.

Above: A 19th-century Japanese painting depicting Shennong: Chinese legends credit Shennong with the invention of tea.

Research tells us flavonoids help stave off inflammation. Next, is this process may reduce plaque buildup inside arteries. Green tea is said to have slightly higher amounts of these chemicals than black tea. Another positive aspect of tea drinking is that both black and green tea is lower in caffeine than coffee.

Above: Tea Weighing Station located at the Chakva tea farm and processing plant just north of Batumi, close to the Black Sea coast Georgia. The Chakva farm and plant was one of the major suppliers of tea to all parts of the Russian Empire.between 1905 and 1915

Other possible benefits of tea drinking include:

• may improve vascular reactivity (how well your blood vessels respond to physical or emotional stress)
• may lower harmful LD cholesterol levels
• blood pressure also be lower in people who drink tea

Results from studies producing the above have been mixed.

There are several large, population-based studies showing that people who regularly drink black or green tea may be less likely to have heart attacks and strokes. Some experts believe tea may have cardiovascular benefits, but it is not a for sure thing.

One main point is to not be tempted by green tea extracts or tea supplements to get a higher dose of flavonoids. If you enjoy drinking tea, you may be one who will benefit from the health benefits, but don't go overboard with products promising higher concentrations of flavonoids just to try and reap the health benefits which may not even be in those products and more harmful than good.

To this date, there are no known downsides to drinking one or two cups of tea per day. Excessive amounts may harm the kidneys and even lead to kidney failure. Drink tea if you enjoy it not because you think it is good medicine and always drink tea in moderation. Source: Harvard Heart Newsletter

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