In China, most people who drink green tea, white tea, or other types of Chinese tea every day. It is a very long tradition, more than 1000 years.Clearly those who have been lucky enough to have visited China will have noticed people drinking tea from thermo bottles or were served Chinese tea several times.
Drinking Chinese tea has become very popular in the western part of the world too. This is mainly due to the health benefits of drinking Chinese tea variety. You've probably heard that drinking tea has many health benefits including weight loss etc.. Here we will focus on the health benefits of drinking white tea.
There are many types of this tea, the most well known is white silver needle (bai hao Yinzhen) This is known to be the best quality tea. It's called white tea because the silvery white fur-like hair covering the shoots and leaves older design and not by the color of brewing tea. This type of tea is the younger type of Chinese tea also in the sense of production and processing.
All types of Chinese tea are used in traditional Chinese medicine. For people in the western world the great interest was related primarily to the prevention of cancer and weight loss. White tea is very high in antioxidants and there is a lot of empirical evidence from traditional Chinese medicine health benefits attributed to drinking this type of tea.
Recently we have also had some scientific findings revealing various health benefits, including the potential anti-cancer effects on cholesterol levels, naturally antibacterial properties and positive effects on weight loss. Many have said they are drinking white tea because of its low levels of caffeine. This is not true, that in fact this tea may contain higher levels of caffeine than black tea fermented Pu-erh tea or much more.
The level of caffeine does not really have much to do with the processing time or oxidation but more about the plant variety and the position of the leaves collected. Growing up in India and Sri Lanka tea contains caffeine even more than the Chinese varieties.
The caffeine content is also depending on how the tea is prepared. If he did so in the traditional Chinese Gong Fu Cha contain less caffeine because tea is prepared in earthenware teapots with more cooking and a very short maceration time.
There are two sides of caffeine, it will speed up your metabolism and burn more calories and will make you lose water weight and dehydration if you drink too much like drinking a lot of coffee. Caffeine is good for weight loss and the negatives are outweighed by other positive properties of white tea.
One of the main factors of the health benefit of white tea is the high level of antioxidants such as catechins which is also present in red wine, chocolate and apples. The catechin polyphenols found in white tea belongs to a family called molecular flavenoids. Laboratory tests have shown that these flavenoids inhibit the growth of cancer cells and prevent activity of free radicals that can lead to cancer. There are high levels of catechins in green tea and white tea more than fermented like black tea and Pu-erh tea.
Include some health benefits white tea;
Strengthening the immune system
Fight bacteria and viruses
High fluorine content (while also protecting teeth from plaque)
Low cholesterol level
Prevent blood clots
Lower blood sugar
Lower Blood Pressure
Ease arthritis
Preventing Alzheimer's
DNA repair radiation damage
Appetite Suppressant
Maintain the balance of body fluids
Increase bone density
High source of vitamin A
Anti-aging (used in cosmetics and beauty products)
source : Health Benefits White Tea
