Archive for July, 2012

Harvey called me this morning
and was really excited about what
his wife found on weight loss just
by drinking tea! She heard it on the
Dr. Oz show and it was an interesting one!
Here is the link so that you can
take a look yourself.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/best-teas-weight-loss-pt-1

Dr. Oz always brings in some
interesting information and I have
been a tea drinker for some 30 years
and I will share with you some of my secrets.
Although Pu –ehr tea isn’t one of my
favorites it’s really popular in China.

Pu-ehr is a good wake up tea and that’s
why they suggest drinking it in the morning.
What I do is I buy the best I can find usually
at a good tea shop. It is compressed and looks
like a small cake. Not expensive at all!
This tea helps shrink fat cells and is great
for maintaining a healthy weight loss.

I take a small piece, about the size of a
quarter and steep for 2-3 minutes.
Then I pour out the water. This opens up
the leaves and brings out the flavor and
then I add more hot water,
steep for another 2-3 minutes and drink!

As the day moves on I switch to a white tea.
As a matter a fact this time of the year,
summer when it’s hot and sticky, white tea is
one of my favorites.

I do the same process as the pu-ehr tea to
open the leaves but on the second pouring I
put it in a glass bottle with cold water and
close the lid and put it in the sun for the day.
That evening I strain the sun tea and let it
cool over night in the fridge.
It makes a delicious cooling drink!

White tea prevents fat storage, helps to
reduce stress, burns fat and is delicious.

Now, let’s get to my favorite tea!
Premium Green tea, not the tea bags you get
at the health foods store but the loose tea
that you can get at fine tea shops like
oolong tea is my favorite!!

“Ever since tea was first discovered,
its cultivation and consumption have been
encouraged because of its apparent ability
to ward off disease, strengthen powers of
concentration, cleanse the body, and aid digestion.
Legends of its medicinal properties reached Europe
and the New World from China, intriguing the
Western consumer, and now, centuries later,
modern research has begun to confirm many
of those early beliefs.”

-JANE PETTIGREW

I have a few cups late afternoon it’s a
picker upper. Although tea drinking has
been associated with health benefits for
centuries, only in recent years it has its
medicinal properties investigated scientifically.
The October issue of Harvard Women’s Health
Watch recognizes the healthy power of tea
while helping readers get the most out of their cups.

Tea’s health benefits are largely due to its
high content of flavonoids — plant-derived
compounds that are antioxidants. Green tea is
the best food source of a group called catechins.

In test tubes, catechins are more powerful than
vitamins C and E in halting oxidative damage to
cells and appear to have other disease-fighting properties.
Studies have found an association between consuming
green tea and a reduced risk for several cancers,
including, skin, breast, lung, colon, esophageal,
and bladder.

Additional benefits for regular
consumers of green and black teas
include a reduced risk for heart disease.
The antioxidants in green, black, and oolong
teas can help block the oxidation of LDL (bad)
cholesterol, increase HDL (good) cholesterol
and improve artery function. A Chinese study
published recently in the Archives of Internal
Medicine showed a 46%-65% reduction in
hypertension risk in regular consumers of oolong
or green tea, compared to non-consumers of tea.

If you want something to cut down those food
cravings at night a cup of mint tea is great
after dinner! It helps with the digestion
and settles the stomach.

I wish you the best in your Health,
Wealth and Happiness

Dr. Wu Dhi

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