1. The Health Benefits of Drinking Tea… Fact or Fiction? By: Payton Seelinger By: Payton Seelinger

2. What is tea? Camellia sinensis

3. History of Tea  Discovered in 1 st millennium B.C.  Brought to America by Peter Stuyvesant  Chinese Emperor Shen Nung

4. Picture representing the Camellia family in the Doctrine of Signatures

5. Variety of Tea  Black Tea  Green Tea  Oolong Tea  White Tea

6. The Process of Making Tea  Pick best leaves as buds and young leafs buds and young leafs  Withering  Rolling  Roll Breaking  Oxidation (Fermentation)  Drying

8. Benefits of Drinking Tea  Black Tea  Green Tea  Oolong Tea  White Tea

9. Benefits of Drinking Black Tea  Reduces Blood Cholesterol  Saves arteries  Sooths arthritis  Stimulates the immune system  Breaks down fat in the body  Inhibits cancer growth.  Reduces inflammation.  Fights viruses.

10. Benefits of Drinking Green Tea  Lowers the Risk of:  High blood cholesterol  High blood pressure.  Coronary heart disease and strokes  Tooth decay  Viruses  Lung, stomach, esophagus, duodenum, pancreas, liver, breast, colon, and skin cancers induced by chemical carcinogens

11. Benefits of Drinking Oolong Tea  reduced the signs of inflammatory disease and artery disease.

12. Benefits of Drinking White Tea  Reduce blood sugar  Help prevent the symptoms of diabetes  Promotes Healthy Teeth and Gums  Promotes Healthy Skin  Antibacterial & Antiviral  Strengthens Bones  Heart Protection  Lower Blood Pressure  Lower Cholesterol  Reduces risk of Cancer

13. Antioxidants in Tea  Tea is a great source of anti-oxidants, which help defend the body from:  Free Radicals  Heart Disease  Cancer  Plaque in the mouth

14. Drawbacks of drinking tea:  Black Tea  Green Tea  Oolong Tea  White Tea

15. Quick Fact:  Coffee has over 2x the amount of caffeine as any kind of tea  Herbal Tea is actually not a tea at all

16. Tea VS. Coffee  Coffee increased the risk for health declining factors such as coronary morbidity  Tea had the opposite affect, and was beneficial to the body.  In the liquid form, Coffee has more caffeine than tea.

17. Caffeine in Tea  Determined By:  Variety of tea leaf  Where the leaf is grown  The size and cut of leaf  How you brew the tea leaf

18. Caffeine in Tea Type of Tea Avg. per Serving Range Per Ounce Caffeine Black4025-555 Naturally caffeinated Oolong3012-553.75 Naturally caffeinated but less than black Green208-302.5 Naturally caffeinated but less than oolong White156-252 Naturally caffeinated but less than black Decaffeinated21-4.5 Caused by removing the caffeine from the tea Herbal “Tea” 000 Naturally Caffeine Free

19. BOH Plantations  1 st highland tea garden in Malaysia  Plants, processes, packs and markets its own premium brands.

20. Sources  http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/71/6/1698S?ijkey=e8a5994b89ecdf802648df6799 4b5dc2b0cda00a&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha  http://holistic-nutrition.suite101.com/article.cfm/health_benefits_of_drinking_tea  http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/alternative/06/19/tea.healthy.wmd/  http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/53/8/481  http://www.healthchecksystems.com/antioxid.htm  http://www.tributetea.com/faq.asp  http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/296_tea.html  http://www.teabenefits.com/