Tea has long been renowned for its benefits on
your health. The fact that it’s almost next to no calories (and some variants
being zero calories) is a huge boon right from the start. Not having to worry
about weight gain in the slightest when drinking such a healing and delicious
drink is amazing.
But the true benefits of tea are the
antioxidants. Having such things in a drink and consuming it on a daily basis
helps to ward off cancerous cells down the road, something that coffee drinkers
can’t claim as boldly. Both drinks contain caffeine, yet the overpowering
effects of antioxidants in your body from day to day simply makes tea a clear
winner of health, in my book.
Just as well, green tea goes another step
further by being even lower in caloric value and sometimes having zero caffeine
at all. While some people see this as a bad thing, I welcome no caffeine.
Caffeine, just like nicotine, is an addictive chemical that will make you want
to drink more. In my opinion, I don’t want to be addicted to anything but
rather have control over my intake of that thing.
But how does tea affect your teeth?
Much in the same way that coffee and red wine
have tannins that can stain your teeth if you’re someone who drinks multiple
cups a day, black tea can do the same. Luckily, green tea doesn’t stain your teeth whatsoever, so again 1 point to green tea.
Tea is one of those things that far more
consumed around the world than it is in the States, and I think we could learn
something from other cultures that make tea a core part of their diet. The more
you drink, the better off you are. This will also mean you’re consuming less
coffee, no alcohol, and less soda simply because you’re busy drinking tea
instead.
When you drink your tea, I’d suggest going
easy on the sugar, honey, or milk simply because that’s where you’ll see calories start to build up and sugar levels
start to take over. And we all know sugar’s effect on our teeth if we don’t
brush our teeth or at least rinse with water after consuming something laden
with sugar.
As always, be mindful of what you’re
consuming. There’s no point in having something healthy if you have too much of
it. Get into tea as something you’re really quite interested in and you’ll end
up making a great life choice for yourself.
