Black Tea Fighting Diabetes

Following my last post about how black tea stacks up against green tea in the health category, I did some research to see how black tea can help diabetes patients.  There is a lot of information on this topic so I chose three of the most informative, concise articles I found to share with you.  The following links show how black tea can help reduce sugar levels and provide other benefits to those with diabetes as well as others who are concerned about their sugar level. 

http://www.tudiabetes.org/forum/topics/black-tea-reduces-glycaemic

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/08/18/Black-Tea-Fights-Diabetes.aspx

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/99292.php

Black vs. Green

It has been a generally accepted notion that green tea provides more health benefits than black tea does.  However, in one new study, the author suggests that this is largely because health research regarding tea has often neglected black tea.  A few such studies have come out recently and they show that black tea is much better for your health than previously believed.  For example, it can help lower cholesterol, prevent heart attacks, burn fat, and sooth arthritis.  As a matter of fact, it holds its own pretty nicely against its green counterpart.  Here are the links to a few studies where black and green tea square off:

http://www.the-color-of-tea.com/health-benefits-of-black-tea.html

http://chinesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa021103a.htm

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/antioxidants-in-green-and-black-tea

An Ounce of Prevention.

Ladies and gentlemen, the medical industry may have me assassinated for the information I’m about to share with you.  As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  If you follow these simple instructions, you may never catch a cold again!!!!  This info may come in especially handy now that we are moving into the colder months.

Make yourself a regular batch of black tea.  Next, pour a tablespoon (or less) of honey.  Then, squeeze a drop of lemon in there.  It tastes great, and fights off those ever-evolving bacteria like no other.  Tea and honey go so well together, some tea producers have begun making honey as well; none that I know of have begun engineering lemons though – yet.  But, if they ask me, it would be a profitable endeavor. 

 

And if you really want to hand it to that cold, add a dab of another special ingredient: brandy. 

Yes, brandy.  I have no reason to lead you astray my friends.