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(Medical-NewsWire.com, November 13, 2013 ) Tokyo, Japan -- Consuming tea regularly provides many health benefits. Increased rates of fat loss, protection from cancer, and prevention of hypertension are only several health benefits offered by tea. Catechins found in the tea are the compounds that give tea its beneficial properties. Catechins, however, can be easily destroyed during tea processing and steeping.
Adding to this, the bioavailability of catechins, while varying from tea to tea, is ultimately quite low. This means that most individuals regularly drinking tea fail to reap full benefits that consumption of catechins offers. In order to achieve maximum health benefits from drinking tea, the right type of tea, the right packaging, and the right brewing methods have to be employed.
There are five major types of teas, which, while being made from a single plant called Camellia Sinensis, have drastically different gastronomical and dietary properties. This difference is achieved by applying various processing methods to the initial batch of tea leaves. Of the five types of teas, three undergo either oxidation or fermentation, sometimes both. These procedures result in the partial destruction of catechins, which lessens the health benefits of those types of tea.
Green tea, on the other hand, only undergoes fixation (which deactivates oxidizing enzymes), rolling, and drying processes. White tea undergoes withering, which results in slight oxidation, and subsequent drying, leaving it with the highest catechin content, and making it the tea which provides the most health benefits. However, depending on specific teas in question, green tea may end up with a higher catechin content than white tea, making white and green teas the most healthful types.
Furthermore, catechin content is very dependent on the state of tea leaves after production. Stored tea leaves will interact with oxygen which causes further oxidation of catechin compounds, negatively influencing their overall amount and bioavailability. For this reason, it's important to use loose leaf tea, as it has higher quality, whole leaves compared to tea packed in bags.
Picking the right type of tea is only half the battle. It is also very important to brew the tea correctly. Under-brewing tea results in only a marginal amount of total catechin content being extracted, while over-brewing or letting the tea sit for a long time, causes the catechins, as well as vitamins and other beneficial compounds, to further oxidize.
To balance out the taste and health benefits of loose leaf tea, resulting in a healthy, tasty drink, brewing time must be strictly controlled. For this reason, anyone looking to reap the full benefits of tea should use loose leaf green or white tea, brewed using a stainless steel, basket type tea infuser such as the Coolahoo Premium Tea Infuser which does not contain harmful chemicals, such as BPA. This type allows more room for tea expansion which results in more catechin release.
About Coolahoo.com
Coolahoo is a new company and provider of the Premium Tea Infuser, sold on Amazon.com. The product was launched in July 2013 and is seeing robust sales and is getting many positive reviews. The tea infuser features a fine wire mesh basket to be used with mugs and cups, and it is easy to fill and clean while letting very little tea sediment through to the cup.
Coolahoo.com
Daniel Hall
512-772-1973
media@coolahoo.com
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