Tea, Health Drink '3 In 1 '

Food and nutrition professor from the Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB), Prof. Dr. Ir Ali Khomsan, says tea is a health beverage that needs to go back to the community campaigned for its benefits which regressions.

"The tea, mainly black tea, has three benefits at once or 3 in 1 which contains water, bring antioxidants cathecin, and generate theaflavins which increase the production of natural antioxidants in the body, "said Ali.

According to him, this time the bombastic ads about the health of mineral water as the water slightly to make the image of tea as a health drink to fade.

"But if we consume mineral water, that means we only get water. However, if we consume black tea, then we get a water course, catechin, and theaflavins, "he said.

Furthermore, men born in 1960 it was explained that the antioxidants in black tea inhibit the oxidation of cholesterol, in other words, antioxidants make void accumulate cholesterol in the blood vessels.

When you accumulate a lot of cholesterol in the blood vessels, especially in heart arteries, then of course the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke increases.

There are an estimated production of dried tea leaves all over the world reached 2.5 million metric tons, and approximately 78% of them in the form of black tea. While green tea 20% and 2% tea oolong.

"People had been accustomed to drinking more than two cups of tea a day, and it is a very healthy habit," says Ali.

He mentioned to consume one and two cups of tea a day, chances of coronary heart disease and stroke can be reduced up to 40%.