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What are the benefits of drinking Tie Guan Yin?
1. Anti-aging
Some scientific studies at home and abroad have shown that human aging is related to the excessive oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in the body, and this excessive oxidation is linked to the action of free radicals.
The polyphenolic compounds in Tie Guan Yin can prevent excessive oxidation, and the purine alkaloids can indirectly help in scavenging free radicals, thereby achieving the goal of delaying aging.
2. Weight loss
Due to the improvement in our living standards, people often neglect their daily diet, leading to obesity. In 1996, the Fujian Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted a study on the weight loss effects of drinking Tie Guan Yin on 102 adult men and women with simple obesity.
The research indicated that Tie Guan Yin contains a large amount of tea polyphenols. These substances not only enhance the activity of fat-splitting enzymes but also promote the metabolic activity of neutral fat-splitting enzymes in tissues. Therefore, drinking Tie Guan Yin can improve the body shape of obese individuals and effectively reduce their subcutaneous fat and waist circumference.
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3. Anti-cancer
Cancer is a "terminal illness" that seriously threatens people's health today. Therefore, research on the anti-cancer properties of tea has aroused great interest and attention in recent years.
Several years ago, a report claimed that the incidence of esophageal cancer among Shanghai residents had decreased year by year due to tea drinking. This fact that tea drinking can prevent cancer caused a great stir worldwide.
Today, it is widely recognized that drinking tea can prevent and fight cancer, and among all teas, Tie Guan Yin has the best anti-cancer effects.
4. Heat-clearing and fire-reducing
Tea is a great beverage for preventing heatstroke and lowering body temperature. When the weather is sweltering, drinking a cup of cool Tie Guan Yin or a cup of hot Tie Guan Yin will make you feel physically and mentally refreshed, with a pleasant sensation that quenches thirst and relieves summer heat.
This is because the tea soup contains polyphenols, sugars, amino acids, pectin, vitamins, and other substances that react chemically with saliva in the mouth, moistening the oral cavity and thus playing a role in promoting the production of saliva and quenching thirst.
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