HEALTH BENEFITS OF DRINKING TEA

• Tea can even help burn fat and calories. A recent scientific study supports green tea's ability to burn fat. A study from Obesity Research indicates that people who have been regular tea drinkers for more than 10 years showed lower body fat percentages compared with those who don't drink tea regularly.
• Tea without milk has no calories. Using semi-skimmed milk adds around 13 calories per cup, but you also benefit from valuable minerals and calcium. Tea with milk provides 16% of daily calcium requirement in 4 cups. Tea with milk contains Vitamin B6, Riboflavin B2 and Thiamin B1.
• Tea is a source of the minerals manganese, essential for bone growth and body development, and potassium, vital for maintaining body fluid levels.
• Tea is a natural source of fluoride and delivers 45% of your daily requirement if you drink 3/4 cups per day. Fluoride helps prevent dental decay.
• Tea has antioxidants. Antioxidants fight your body's free radicals, the chemicals that are now believed to be linked to destroying cell DNA that leads to many types of cancer. Antioxidants help block cancer by preventing damage to cell DNA.
• Drinking tea can improve blood flow in your heart's arteries. 
• Tea may protect against cancers including breast, lung, mouth, stomach, esophagus, prostate and pancreatic cancer. It has been shown to fight cancer after development in lab studies.
• Researchers who looked at polyphenols - natural compounds in tea - found that they, along with the caffeine content, increased energy expenditure and fat oxidation, which resulted in weight loss and helped maintain a healthy body weight.
• Reduces cancer and cardiovascular risks.
• Improved bone strength, alertness and problem solving.
• Researchers note that the amino acid theanine and caffeine in tea are thought to confer psychological benefits to drinkers, strengthening attention, mood and performance.

"That moment in the morning when tea drinkers take their first warm sip can be amazing. And now, 12 new articles from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that tea may indeed be a magical elixir, as it was shown to promote weight loss, prevent chronic illnesses and improve mood."