In the chilly winter, if you can hold a steaming cup of hot tea, it is a kind of enjoyment. Black tea is a kind of tea that people like to drink very much in winter, because black tea is warm in nature and can warm the stomach. It can not only prevent colds, but also enhance the body's ability to resist the cold. The benefits of drinking black tea in winter are more than these. Let's take a look at the specific benefits.
Black tea is made through fermentation and baking. During fermentation, tea leaves turn into red oxides under the action of oxidase, becoming black tea. Black tea is mild in nature and mellow in taste. In addition to containing a variety of water-soluble vitamins, it is also rich in trace element potassium. After brewing, 70% of the potassium can be dissolved in the tea. Potassium helps enhance blood circulation in the heart and reduces calcium consumption in the body. Because the manganese contained in black tea is an indispensable element for bone structure, drinking black tea regularly is also beneficial to bone strength. Foreign reports have shown that regular consumption of black tea can also prevent flu, stroke, and skin cancer.
Benefits of drinking black tea in winter:
1. Black tea is sweet and warm in nature, good at storing yang energy, generating heat and warming the abdomen, and can enhance the body's ability to resist the cold. In addition, people's appetite increases in winter, and they eat more greasy food. Drinking black tea can remove greasiness, stimulate appetite, and help health preservation.
2. Black tea has the effects of clearing heat, promoting fluid production, diuresis, reducing swelling, and eliminating fatigue. It mainly promotes metabolism. Some of its components can promote the excretion of sodium and water, accelerate metabolism, and quickly expel toxins. Stroke and heart disease are high-incidence diseases in winter. Black tea can also reduce stroke and heart attacks. Therefore, in winter, the elderly can drink warm black tea every day to warm the body and prevent diseases.
3. Gargling with black tea regularly can remove bacteria in the mouth and prevent the flu. Black tea can also prevent osteoporosis and reduce the risk of skin cancer. However, it must be noted that black tea should be drunk hot, not cold.
4. Black tea contains a flavonoid compound, which acts like an antioxidant and can prevent stroke and heart disease. A recent US study shows that people who drink one cup of black tea a day have a more than 40% lower risk of heart disease than those who do not drink tea.
5. Medical experiments have found that the caffeine in black tea stimulates the cerebral cortex to excite the nerve center, helping to refresh the mind, concentrate thinking, and thus make thinking more agile and enhance memory. It also has an exciting effect on the vascular system and heart, strengthening heartbeats, thereby accelerating blood circulation to benefit metabolism, while promoting sweating and diuresis. This dual effect accelerates the excretion of lactic acid (a substance that makes muscles feel tired) and other waste products in the body, achieving the effect of eliminating fatigue.
Although there are many benefits of drinking black tea in winter, there are also taboos:
1. Do not take medicine with black tea to prevent affecting the effect of the medicine. Do not drink tea within 1 hour before and after taking medicine.
2. Women cannot drink black tea during menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding.
3. Ginseng and American ginseng cannot be eaten together with tea.
Since ancient times, there has been the saying of drinking black tea in winter. The ancients are not lying to us! As the weather gradually gets colder, you might as well try drinking black tea, which can generate heat, warm the stomach, and prevent colds.