Tea is a health drink - four cups a day can keep the doctors away

Tea is a health drink and, in a presentation on tea organized by the Indian Tea Association. On this occasion, Hasan Mukhtar, the Helfar professor of cancer research and director and vice-chair for research, department of dermatology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, has said that all the useful compounds of tea are soluble in water.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 14 November 2015.

In his opinion, four cups of tea daily can keep the doctor away - some, if not all. The tea could be green tea, black tea or even white tea, with/without milk, hot/cold - the antioxidant qualities in the polyphenolic compounds present in any type of tea protects the body against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and certain types of cancer.
There are different ways of processing the leaves that go to produce various types of tea. The polyphenolic compounds are present in all the forms and are absorbed by water. So, it goes into the body when one drinks tea. Drinking green tea could reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer.
Hasan Mukhtar is originally from Lucknow, and has been working with mice to demonstrate the useful effects of tea.

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#bittergourd #type2diabetes #insulin #health #dialysis Diabetes is a dreaded disease and a worry for many – but, stopping taking sweets and relying on pills, insulin and dialysis are not the only remedies. There are several other alternatives that can be tried and implemented to cut the risks. A few of these have been outlined in this report. As per recent statistics, India has more people with Type 2 diabetes than any other nation. And eating sweets is not the only cause for this disease because stress and genes also contribute to this state of affairs. Very little can be done when it is genetic, but alternates can certainly help out.

On top of the list is bitter gourd or karela. Taking bitter gourd juice on an empty stomach has proved to prevent diabetes. If the bitterness is intolerable, it can be made into stuffed karela or even fry them like chips and have them as a snack or a side dish in your meals.
Then there is methi or fenugreek - soak a few seeds (1/4 tsps) of methi in water overnight and gulp it down with the water immediately after brushing your teeth in the morning.
The guava has good vitamin C property and high fibre content and is one fruit that diabetics can safely have – it is available all the year round. Gooseberry/amla juice can also help to reduce blood sugar levels.
For those who must have sugar in coffee or tea, a solution is to substitute sugar with honey. Black coffee without sugar cuts the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Moreover, green tea can also contain blood sugar and insulin levels in the body.

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