Did you know that yellow tea can help you shed those extra calories and treat inflammatory bowel disease? Yellow tea has many health benefits, apart from being a healthier and often tastier option than normal.
Yellow tea is a special form of green tea. It is much damper than green tea, and shares many similarities with it in terms of characteristics and benefits (1).
Many studies conclude that yellow tea extract can have metabolism quickening and fat burning abilities. The polyphenols and catechins present in yellow tea give it its fat burning properties.
Many studies on animals have suggested that yellow tea’s polyphenols, and specifically one catechin, can have restrictive and inhibitory effects on hepatitis (liver inflammation). This makes yellow tea an effective home remedy for treating the symptoms of hepatitis (2).
There have been many instances of yellow tea helping reduce inflammation accompanied by ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease- two common IBD types. Again, the polyphenols are the magic ingredients which exhibit anti-inflammatory characteristics (3).
Traditionally, green and yellow tea helped people control blood sugar in the body. Studies suggest that yellow tea may potentially prevent type-1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetics usually can’t produce insulin, which is essential for converting glucose (sugar) into energy.
Yellow tea is crammed with antioxidants and polyphenols, and since it shares many similarities with green tea, it can help prevent conditions like atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (4).
Yellow tea has been proven to effectively reduce LDL ‘bad’ cholesterol, while increasing HDL ‘good’ cholesterol in the body. A study on men who drank yellow or green tea noted that men who drank yellow/green tea had a lower blood cholesterol level than those who did not (5).
Yellow and green teas have many possible cancer-protective effects that several population based studies report. Cancer rates in Japan and countries where green/yellow tea is consumed are lower than other countries. Again, polyphenols and antioxidants play an important role in purging the body of cancerous cells (6).
Yellow or green tea’s polyphenols are effective in preventing breast cancer cell growth. One study found that women who consumed most yellow/green tea experienced a lesser spread of cancer, especially in women who were in early stages of the cancer (7).
Yellow/green tea’s polyphenols are the most important chemicals present in these tea leaves. Studies conclude that these polyphenols help restrict oesophageal cancer cell development. However , studies on this aspect of yellow tea have been far and few, making it impossible to say for sure that these polyphenols can eliminate esophageal cancer (8).
Yellow and green tea polyphenols inhibit growth of human lung cancer cells in test tubes. Although the studies conducted have been conflicting, there are some experts who argue that drinking yellow tea can have some effect on preventing lung cancer.
So, switch your early morning cup of tea with yellow or green tea and make the most of its benefits. Yellow tea is tasty, healthy and has many benefits for your body. Order your own packet of antioxidant rich yellow/green tea today.
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