BY
BARBARA QUINN, THE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD JANUARY
13, 2012
"There
is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of
tea," wrote Bernard-Paul Heroux. (http://www.quotegarden.com/tea.html)
What
is it about a cup of hot tea that is so...soothing? I happen to think it’s the
warmth that emanates from pretty tea cups. But scientists credit a host of
naturally-occurring compounds in tea with beneficial health effects. All
tea comes from the same plant: Camellia sinensis. And over the centuries as
this plant grew in the sun, says the USDA Agricultural Research Service, it
formed chemicals called "polyphenols" to protect it from the
elements. Polyphenols are family to "flavonoids" — health-promoting
antioxidant substances found in many fruits and vegetables.
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