Antioxidants
The primary benefit of oolong tea (and any other tea) are its polyphenolic compounds. They are potent antioxidants that serve to remove free radicals from the body.
This helps prevent numerous health issues:
Inflammation: antioxidants may help reduce inflammation that causes issues like joint pain or muscle aches
Brain And Memory Decline: evidence suggests that antioxidants may help increase brain function and memory ability and may protect brain tissue from oxidative damage.
Effects Of Aging: antioxidants may help prevent wrinkles and other similar effects of aging
Hair Damage: antioxidants may help protect collagen, which could lead to stronger hair and thus reduced hair breakage
Cancer: mounting evidence suggests antioxidants may help prevent cancer, but they may also increase the growth of some cancers, once they have begun to take hold
Eye Disease: antioxidant properties may provide relief, or even prevent, several eye health issues like macular degeneration and glaucoma
Skin Damage: protecting collagen not only benefits hair, but skin as well, protecting its elasticity from the oxidative damage of free radicals
Stress Relief
The other major benefit of oolong tea (and any tea) is the role it plays in relieving stress. The ancient Chinese used to drink tea as a way to relax and re-center themselves. and a study of Chinese women who were given oolong tea to drink, found that they experienced a reduction in stress levels
A study done in Japan on mice evidenced a 10 to 18% reduction in the stress levels of mice that ingested oolong tea, as compared to those that did not. Another study showed a significant reduction is stress levels in human participants after only 1 week of drinking 4 servings per day of oolong tea.
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