Tea is one of the healthiest beverages that you can have. Apart from the fact that it is one of the healthiest, it is also a tasty and refreshing drink that everyone can enjoy. In fact, it can be enjoyed millions of people around the world, from China to India, and even to United Kingdom. It just shows that this particular beverage is loved all through out. And one of the reasons why it is a very healthy drink is because it is rich in antioxidants. And if you are going to ask what are the benefits of antioxidants in tea, they are explained below.
Drinking tea in a regular basis helps you prevent certain types of cancer. Apart from cancer, you will also reduce some other diseases such as heart ailments, stroke, obesity, and Alzheimer's disease. These diseases occurred to be causes of death by many people of different nationalities worldwide.
This will be a good news for those who smoke a lot out there: green or black tea can prevent DNA damage that is cause by tobacco and other toxic chemicals. So it helps when you drink tea while kicking the habit of smoking so it will hasten the recovering process.
Some information on green tea: It has the highest content of flavonoid known as catechins; green tea also has gallic acids, and other kinds of antioxidants such as carotenoids, and tocopherols; apart from antioxidants it also has minerals such as manganese, zinc, chromium.