Epigenetics, which is the study of how gene expression can be modified by our environment, is a hot topic these days. A new study published in The Human Molecular Genetics Journal has shown that tea may have a positive effect on the expression of certain genes in females. The study found that for females, drinking…
Category: Health and Nutrition
Cold Brew Tea
Whether it be for coffee or tea, cold brewing is hot these days (pun intended). But how exactly does cold brewing work? Well for tea, it is really simple. The steps are really just to put a traditional iced tea bag (or loose leaves) in the appropriate amount of water, put that in the refrigerator…
Lemon in your iced tea
Lemons have long been one of the many things people have added to tea. Until recently, other than adding a bit of flavor and vitamin C, the full health effects of this addition were not fully known. Some recent research has shown that drinking tea with lemon also increases our bodies’ ability to absorb the…
Sugar in your Tea
If you have looked around this site you will see that most of it is devoted to black, unsweetened tea. The reason I stick to black tea, I admit, is more a matter of preference than anything else. But there are other types of tea and this will be one of the few times I…
Antioxidants in Tea
Most people know that tea is a pretty good source of antioxidants, specifically polyphenols or flavonoids. However, there was a study done back in 2010 by researcher Shiming Li that concluded many bottled teas have “virtually no” antioxidants (click here for study). Six teas were analyzed in this study and those teas contained 81, 43, 40,…
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