FOR THE LOVE OF TEA

Anyone who knows me even slightly well - knows that I love tea. I'm pretty sure I caught the addiction from my maternal side and started drinking it pretty young, around the age of 15. Since then tea is my go-to therapy in times of happiness, sadness, distress, anxiety - you name the feeling.

Well I borrow a lot of magazines from the library and there are always so many articles on skin care in them. Recently, while reading one such article, I realised that I neglect myself quite a bit thus one of my new years resolutions was to start a skin care regime.

And this is when I felt that I may have to let somethings that may be sacred to me go out the door and one question loomed large over my head - would tea be one of them? - Id always thought tea was bad for you, but Id kept this thought carefully tucked away in some remote corner of my brain.

Then I did some research and I was overjoyed to learn the goodness of tea which Id like to share with you all:

Tea has antioxidants which protect your skin from the effects of pollution and aging.

Tea helps prevents cancer by unclogging the arteries, yes black tea too!

Tea has no calories

Tea flavanoids may be bone builders. In a Chinese study, tea drinkers were found to have higher bone density than non drinkers.

Tea increases your metabolism

One cup of black or green tea has more antioxidant power than a serving of broccoli, carrots or spinach - Study conducted in 1998.

So my friends especially all of you who have made fun of my binge (tea) drinking (l0l), in Macaulay Culkins words; "Eat this."