teas that are health-promoting -- ginger, green ... others?

There are a lot of claims for a lot of tisanes, but scientific studies to back the claims are sometimes sparse. I'd suggest drinking your tea plain (green or black) throughout the morning and early afternoon, and your ginger tea in the late afternoon and evening, so you won't have caffeine interfering with your sleep. Ginger tisanes often come in a mixture with other spices and herbs- licorice, black pepper, peppermint.... Toci

thanks toci. I like the idea of keeping the drinks separate. buti don't need to buy ginger tisanes, its easy & fresher just to cut up a few slices of ginger, and boil for a few minutes

Hi, there are claims on the benefits of white teas too. The western cosmetic industry has recently discovered the benefits of white tea. In addition to its anticancer properties, tea has a calming and detoxifying effect on the skin. White tea is especially potent in that it is has three times as many antioxidant polyphenols as green or black tea and has been shown to be more effective in mopping up free radicals that cause skin to sag.

Researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute in Oregon tested white teas on selected rats to test for the ability of white teas to inhibit natural mutations in bacteria and to protect the rats from colon cancer. Interestingly, white teas were found to be more effective than green tea in inhibiting the early stages of cancer but researchers were quick to point out that their study was on rats and the effects should not be extrapolated to humans.

- Athooya

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(Note to youngsters or n> Hi, there are claims on the benefits of white teas too. The western

Let us pass over the issue of calm vs. nervous skin. There certainly is evidence from chemical analyses that tea contains antioxidants. But I haven't seen any clinical studies (i.e., on people) which show that tea benefits skin. There are an awful lot of antioxidants out there (in blueberries, pomegranates, ...) and few have been shown to actually increase human health. This hasn't stopped the cosmetic industry, of course. Notably, vitamin E appears to _increase_ lung cancer rates. That's orally though. I presume that smearing small quantities of it on your face won't hurt much except your wallet.

Although this warning is encouraging, it's hard to trust the LPI after their vitamin C debacle.

That of course, is beyond doubt. I do worry about taking certain marketable aspects of that lifestyle, refining them to a product, and selling it to the unambulatory masses.

Best,

Rick.

This is the problem with allowing people whose job is to analyze scientific results ex post facto get involved in design methodology. The idea is to smear the stuff on your wallet, thereby saving face.

-DM (sorry; just back from the left coast, and getting coriolis-effect flashbacks)