The UK Tea Council is running a poster advertising campaign on London Underground and Network South East trains this month to encourage people to drink more tea.
A minimum of four cups of tea a day will contribute to your daily fluid intake, the antioxidants tea contains can be beneficial for heart health, and the small amount of caffeine tea contains can help increase concentration, according to the latest research – all news that should have commuters heading straight for the kettle when they arrive in the office.
Aside from promoting heart health, tea has also been demonstrated to help cope with …read more

My neighbor-blog here at b5media, the Cancer Commentary, reports:
According to a population-based study from China, drinking at least one cup of tea a day cuts the risk of cancer in the gallbladder and bile ducts by about 40 percent.
Don’t ask me how; they‘re not sure either. They believe its due to the anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory properties of polyphenols found in tea called epigallocatechin gallate.
I hope I’m one of those with a very low risk of contracting this type of cancer. Or that there is some other food item, some other option, with the same medicinal benefit.
I can’t stand the taste …read more