Thursday, January 18, 2007

HEALTH TIP # 26

Easy ways to stay healthy

Tea party benefits all guests. Celebrity testimonials are all well and good, but none of them can top this: tea is the beverage most commonly enjoyed by centenarians around the world. The free radical-inhibiting property of tea is more potent than that of vitamin E, and tea is a proven preventative and treatment for atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).

The polyphenols in tea, especially the catechins, are powerful antioxidants that help ward off diabetes and cancer.

Source: Secrets of Longevity, By Dr. Maoshing Ni