Women who drink tea more likely to develop arthritis

Women who worry about their bones aching as they age should think twice before sipping a cup of tea, a new study suggests.

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Red wine, green tea prevent prostate cancer

Polyphenols, present in red wine and green tea inhibit cancer growth. A discovery that could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Green tea extract may slow leukaemia

Green tea extract may slow leukaemia, researchers have suggested.

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A cup of tea a day may reduce risk of ovarian cancer'

Women who drink a single cup every day are ten per cent less likely to develop the disease than those who never drink tea. Those drinking two cups a day or more see a slightly greater benefit, with their cancer risk reduced by about 12 to 13 per cent.
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How Long Should I Steep My Tea???

If you want to know how long to steep your tea just go to Steep.it. It is a chart of tea-steeping times and temperatures. It's free.

The perfect cream tea

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THERE are hundreds of ways to assemble a cream tea, but no clear rules on what works best. Not that it doesn’t matter. Don’t imagine that a cream tea is just a frivolous summer treat to enjoy in the garden. It is a serious thing, one that recently prompted sparks to fly between Cornwall and Devon as both counties claim ownership. Each says the cream tea is its own speciality. Meanwhile, dairy farmers, bakers, tea growers and jam-makers across the country have their own ideas about how it should be put together. Some things are clear: Time should be set aside for this mid-afternoon feast and only the finest ingredients should be used. Almost everything else is up for debate.


The tea Although it takes only 36 hours from plant to cup, the process is labour intensive. First the leaves are hand-plucked by a team of a dozen or so tea-pickers — they take the top two leaves and the bud, leaving the rest of the plant. Then the leaves are left on withering racks to go dry and floppy before being hand-rolled. Most of what we drink in Britain has been rolled by machine, but some prefer the time-honoured method of doing it between your palms — it takes one person half an hour to roll a couple of kilos of tea. It ruptures the leaves better, releasing the chemicals so that they can react with each other. Hand-rolled tea has the best flavour. Finally the leaves are left out to be oxidised for a few hours, then dried at a low temperature in an electric oven.

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Unreasonably Hot Tea

A woman is suing Starbucks for serving “unreasonably hot” tea, causing her second degree burns.

Use Denture Cleaning Tablets to Clean Tea Kettles

If you're faced with hard-to-reach stubborn mineral buildup and stains inside your tea kettle, a few denture cleaning tabs can help get your carafe sparkling clean.
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Confused protestors boycott NY-based AriZona Iced Tea

Arizona’s controversial new immigration law has activists and politicians calling for a boycott of the state’s products, and one geographically unrelated company has been caught in the crossfire.

In their zeal to stick it to the state, people are now refusing to buy AriZona Iced Tea. Despite the name, boycotters are overlooking one key fact: the company is actually based in New York. Call it a case of mistaken identity.



Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/04/29/confused-protestors-boycott-ny-based-arizona-iced-tea/#ixzz0mblWPmRB

British Military Tea

The tea that has fired up British troops for battle since 1921 went on general sale to civilians for the first time on Monday.

NAAFI, the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes, launched NAAFI Break tea in 80 supermarkets.

Fifty pence from the sale of every box goes to the Help for Heroes charity, which assists wounded service personnel returning from Afghanistan.




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Victoria Beckham drinks tea for weight loss

Known for her trendy diets, Victoria Beckham is on a new diet. Drinking tea for weight loss, Beckham is reportedly sipping Pu-erh tea to lose weight and keep her slimline figure.

Green Tea And Depression

A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that green tea may lessen the effects of depression for elderly men and women who drink the beverage daily.

Kind Of Funny

I Drink Tea, and Yes, I Am Totally Less of a Man

Tea For Health

In her book, Green Tea: The Natural Secret For A Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor writes that green tea had been used as medicine in China for at least 4,000 years. Today, scientific research in both Asia and the West is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with green tea.

Glaucoma and other eye problems can be helped by green tea

A possibility of cure for Glaucoma and other eye ailments can be aided by green tea. Researchers in Hong Kong have found that it may be a possibility that eye diseases can be treated by consumption of green tea.

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Tea In A Tube

The Tea Tube Infuser by RSVP International is constructed of stainless steel and polycarbonate plastic. The perforations on the tube allow for full 360-degree infusing. With the elongated shape of the tube, loose-leaf tea has more area exposed to hot water than that of a spherical steeper.

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Make Your Tea With A Yellow Submarine

The TeaSub is a cool little submarine made of silicone. It submerges your tea leaves, and it looks kind of cool.
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Tea For Health

The next time you drink to your health, you may want to grab a cup of tea. It is a healthful and refreshing drink, and green tea in particular provides antioxidants. Studies performed on these antioxidants indicate that they may be beneficial in contributing to the prevention of certain cancers and may assist in lowering cholesterol and blood pressure and possibly fighting off the flu.

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Green Tea Extract May Treat Uterine Fibroids

An extract from green tea may be useful in treating uterine fibroids, a condition that affects 25%-30% of U.S. women, new research indicates.
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Can Hot Tea Give You Cancer?

Can Hot Tea Give You Cancer?

Don’t drink your tea hot. Your morning cuppa has to be had lukewarm. Drinking hot tea makes you four times more prone to cancer of the oesophagus, or food pipe, says a study conducted by the Tata Memorial Hospital.

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