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Monday 6:45p - Latin

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THE BENEFITS OF TEA

You want to... LOOSE WEIGHT
You love: GREEN TEA
Swap in: WHITE TEA
Made from the same plant as green tea, white tea has more EGCG, an antioxidant that may rev metabolism. That's because white tea is picked before it's fully grown. (Plants lose antioxidants via photosynthesis.)


You want to... GAIN ENERGY
You love: BLACK TEA
Swap in: GUAYUSA
Guayusa has almost double the get-up-and-go as black tea, with 90 milligrams of caffeine per cup. And it has twice the antioxidants as green tea, plus polyphenols, compounds that can lower blood pressure, Maleeff says.



You want to... EASE STRESS
You love: CHAMOMILE
Swap in: GYOKURO
This Japanese variety is grown in the shade, which minimizes photosynthesis. As a result, the plant's leaves conserve more theanine, an amino acid that may help relax your nerves, as herbal teas can.


You want to... LOWER CHOLESTEROL
You love: OOLONG
Swap in: PU-ERH
Like oolong, pu-erh (pronounced "poo-air") lowers cholesterol but more efficiently. Its fermentation produces bile salt micelles, molecules that absorb excess LDL ("bad") cholesterol, Nutrition & Metabolism reports.

from SELF magazine