Posts Tagged ‘antioxidants’

We have written about differences between White tea and Green tea, but how about White tea compared to Black tea? For many years, black tea has been the only known so called real tea in the West, most usually called Indian Tea. It was the only tea from Camellia sinensis plant that could endure the [...]

White tea has many surprisingly strong antibacterial and even antiviral properties. The teas that we call real teas are all made from the Camellia sinensis plant (white tea, green tea, black tea, oolong or wulong and pu-erh tea) and they all have antibacterial effects, which have been thoroughly studied. So far the results show that [...]

Studies have shown that regular consumption of White Tea (Camellia sinensis) provides protection against colon tumors about just as well as sulindac, drug commonly prescribed for that purpose.
Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University studied treating colon tumors and confirmed that the most effective results were obtained with a combination of White tea and sulindac. [...]

Recent studies show that White Tea Extract has major health benefits. It can destroy bacteria, viruses and fungi in the body with more success than other tea. The study focused on Staphylococcus infections, Streptococcus infections, and pneumonia. The same study concluded that white tea, being rich in fluoride, helps prevent the growth of dental plaque, [...]

While White Tea can actually be classified as a subgroup of Green Tea, it has recently gained a status of its own due to its high level of antioxidants. The reason why White Tea has much more antioxidants than Green Tea is in its production and minimal processing. White Teas are not fermented, but come [...]

A lot has been said and written about the health benefits of all kinds of teas. The health benefits of white tea have somehow been neglected. Being the least processed tea white tea has some unique properties that can promote health even further.
Antioxidants
Most of the health properties of tea in general comes from the antioxidants. [...]

Pure and unspoiled by oxidation white tea comes for the same camellia sinensis leaf plant as green tea, black tea and oolong tea. White tea is derived from younger leaves and buds that are inherently lower in caffeine than older leaves. After a very short fermentation the leaves are fast dried leaving all the active [...]