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Is Green Tea Better Than Black Tea?

By Richard Adams

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Published: 29Sep2008
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There are a lot of us that try to take care of our health in a number of different ways. We may try to eat the right foods and get plenty of rest and exercise on a regular basis. Doing these things can certainly contribute to our having a healthy body and mind and to living a fuller life. It may also be possible for us to drink tea on occasion, perhaps on a daily basis in order to achieve a level of health that is above the one that we are already enjoying. Since there are many different choices when it comes to drinking tea, the question needs to be asked, is green tea better than black tea?

This question has actually been pondered for a number of different years and it was always thought that green tea had health properties that were simply unavailable in black tea. Many people enjoy drinking black tea because of its distinct flavor and the fact that there are so many different choices when compared with natural green tea. Even if you have stayed away from black tea in order to enjoy the health benefits of green tea, you may have been doing something that is unnecessary all of this time. Why is this the case?

Green tea that is grown in Asia has been known for a very long time to contain chemicals which will act as one of the most powerful natural antioxidants that are available. This will help to bring our body back into balance and to remove the free radicals from our system that is damaging our cells. Although for years it was thought that green tea was the only way to achieve these health benefits for tea drinkers, recent research has indicated that black tea may contain some chemicals which provide antioxidant benefits of its own. This is amazingly good news for those of us who enjoy having a cup of black tea on occasion.

One of the reasons why green tea may be a little bit more beneficial than black tea is because of the harvesting process. Because green tea is pulled and steamed in order to preserve it, it really comes to us in a healthy form. Black tea is dried in a number of different ways and this can allow it to ferment which may introduce some chemicals into the tea which we would not necessarily want to take into our body. Although black tea certainly does have health benefits, you will need to weigh the possibility of anything that may not be good for our health which is contained within it.

Additional research will be necessary before it is actually determined whether green tea is better than black tea. The fact of matter is, most of them can be enjoyed, both for their taste and for the health benefits that they give to us. If you enjoy drinking black tea, by all means do so but make sure that you're also including green tea in your daily regimen.

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