Autumn is very suitable for health preservation, and tea is also a good health preservation method. What kind of tea is better for health preservation in autumn? What's the good of tea in autumn? Let's get to know today.
What is the best tea to drink in autumn
Generally, it's oolong tea. Black tea is the best. It's good for the body and can effectively carry out daily health care. Sometimes you can choose to drink more tea. There are still many benefits of drinking more tea.
1. Green tea is also known as oolong tea. The most representative products are Tieguanyin and Dahongpao. Because it is a semi fermented tea, which contains almost no vitamin C, but is rich in iron, calcium and other minerals, and contains ingredients that promote digestion enzymes and decomposition of fat, which can inhibit the absorption of fat, and make it difficult to convert excess sugar into fat. Tea soup contains aromatic compounds, which can dissolve oil and help digest meat, oil and other foods. As a result, people give green tea the good name of "negative calorie drink".
2. Autumn climate is dry, suitable for drinking green tea, also known as oolong tea, is between green tea and black tea, which belongs to semi fermented tea. Sweet taste, bitter, slightly cold. It can moisten the skin, moisten the lungs, stimulate the body fluid and quench thirst. It can relieve the dryness of human body and replenish water. It is the best drink in autumn.
3. In autumn and winter, the climate environment becomes worse, and the haze is serious. You can drink some flower tea to clear the lung, such as osmanthus tea, tremella tea, orange tea, etc. Honey can be added according to your taste. It can nourish yin, reduce fire, moisten lung and throat.
4. Oolong tea is rich in organic chemical composition and inorganic mineral elements. Drinking oolong tea often can clear away heat and detoxification, reduce blood lipid and cholesterol, which is very helpful to dry and lose weight. Among the oolong tea, Anxi Tieguanyin and Wuyi rock tea are well-known. Sitting in the courtyard, enjoying a cup of tea and watching Yunjuan and Yunshu are also great fun.
The benefits of tea in autumn
Removing blood fat has a good therapeutic effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It can also remove intestinal waste, which has a good effect.
1. A 15-year Dutch study found that drinking black tea without milk reduced the risk of stroke. US research has found that five times the amount of tea polyphenols in black tea can reduce bad cholesterol by 11%, thus reducing the risk of stroke and heart disease. Tea polyphenols can also improve the function of blood vessels.
2. British research has found that caffeine and L-theanine in black tea can improve cognitive ability, and drinking twice black tea can improve attention. In addition, drinking more than 100 ml of tea (or coffee) every day can reduce the risk of glioma (the most common brain tumor) by 34%.
3. Tea (especially green tea) contains 8 times more polyphenol antioxidants than fruits and vegetables, which can prevent the growth of cancer cells. A cup of green tea a day can reduce the risk of lung cancer, a Taiwanese study has found. In addition, drinking tea can slow down the progression of prostate cancer and reduce the risk of gastric cancer.
4. Black tea has a high caffeine content, so it's best not to drink it before going to bed. But most herbal teas don't contain caffeine. Tryptophan and amino acids in chamomile tea can play a stabilizing role. Another substance, chrysin, can relieve anxiety, promote sleep and treat insomnia. In addition, lavender tea can relax the body and mind. Basil leaf tea has a sedative effect.
5. Tea polyphenols contained in tea have astringent effect and certain stimulating effect on the stomach, which is stronger in the case of fasting, so sometimes drinking tea on an empty stomach will feel uncomfortable. While black tea is made by fermentation and baking. Under the action of oxidase, tea polyphenols will undergo enzymatic oxidation reaction. The content of tea polyphenols will be reduced, and the irritation to the stomach will also be reduced.
Notes on tea drinking in autumn
1. When drinking tea, remember to be greedy. Drinking too much water in the body will increase the burden on the heart and kidney. Strong tea will make the brain too excited and the heart beat faster, leading to frequent urination and insomnia.
2. Boiling water should be used to make tea to fully overflow the beneficial chemical components, but warm tea should be used when drinking. Overheated hot tea will cause strong irritation to the throat, esophagus and stomach, and may even cause mucosal lesions in some organs.
3. The new tea picked in autumn is not suitable for brewing and drinking immediately, because the polyphenols, alcohols, aldehydes and other substances in the tea have not been completely oxidized, and it is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, even abdominal distention and abdominal pain after drinking. And the new tea, especially the tea less than a month after picking, contains a lot of aromatic substances and caffeine, which is easy to make people nervous excitement, limb weakness, night sweat and insomnia.
4. Many people like to drink chrysanthemum tea with sugar or honey in autumn, but it depends on their own constitution. If the spleen and stomach are weak, or the patients with diabetes are not suitable to drink such chrysanthemum tea, it is easy to aggravate the disease, but a little hawthorn or medlar can play a role of clearing the heart and clearing the eyes.
5. The best time to drink tea is after dinner, because drinking tea on an empty stomach will hurt the body, especially for those who don't often drink tea, it will inhibit the secretion of gastric juice, hinder digestion, and even cause 'tea intoxication' such as palpitation and headache. In particular, remind the majority of patients with stomach disease, it is better not to drink green tea, green tea chlorophyll content is also more, greater gastrointestinal irritation. Green tea is easy to vomit.