Tea is Good for You

The health effects of tea have been examined ever since the first infusion of Camellia sunensis about 4700 years ago in China .The legendary emperor Shennong claimed in The Divine Farmer,s Herb-Root Classic that Camellia sinensis infusions were useful for treating conditions including tumors ,abscesses, bladder ailments and lethargy.

Some studies have been made of the other types of tea derived from Camellia sinensis, such as white, oolong and black tea.Green tea has been claimed to be helpful for atherosclerosis, LDL cholesterol , cancer , inflammatory bowel disease , diabetes ,liver disease ,weight loss ,neurodegenerative diseases and even halitosis.

What makes green tea so special?

Running is Good for You

A new study links cardiovascular fitness in early adulthood to increased intelligence, better performance on cognitive tests, and higher educational achievement later in life. This comes from proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .

Middle-aged professional athletes who ran about 50 miles a week and had done so for many years had cellular proteins more effective in preventing cell death than healthy, non-athletes of similar age who did not exercise regularly. Translation of this report in the journal, Circulation, is that exercise can keep the body young in middle age.

Moderate-to-high intensity exercise such as jogging, swimming or tennis may help reduce stroke risk in older men by as much as 60 percent, but a similar protective effect was not seen in women, as reported in the journal, Neurology.