Tea is officially good for your health! As if you needed an excuse to drink it here’s a few more reasons why drinking tea can make you feel good - inside and out!

Before you load up on Tetley’s, PG Tips, or your usual cuppa we recommend checking to make sure your “tea” is actually TEA.

Real tea is derived from a particular plant (Camellia sinensis) and includes only four varieties: green, black, white, and oolong. Anything else (like herbal “tea”) is an infusion of a different plant and isn’t technically tea.

Now before you get defensive about your favourite cuppa, what real tea lacks in variety and differs in taste, it makes up for it with some seriously amazing health benefits thanks to the polyphenols (antixoxidants) and phytochemicals.

We recommend introducing green tea into your diet but if you really can’t stand the taste, flavour, or maybe even the colour, you’ll be pleased to know your standard variety of tea - the kind you have with milk and two sugars (if you’re being naughty) - is still beneficial for your health!

1.Tea can boost endurance
2.Drinking tea could help reduce the risk of a heart attack
3.Tea could help protect against cardiovascular and degenerative diseases
4.The antioxidants in tea might help protect against cancers
5.Tea helps fight free radicals
6.Tea is hydrating for the body
7.Drinking tea is linked with a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease
8.Tea might provide protection from ultraviolet rays
9.Green tea may act as a back-up sunscreen (but don’t ditch the sun protection!)
10.Tea could keep your waist circumference in check
11. Regular tea drinking might counteract some of the negative effects of smoking
12.Tea could benefit people with Type 2 diabetes
13.Tea can help the body recover from radiation
14.Green tea has been found to improve bone mineral density and strength
15.Tea might effective in the prevention and treatment of neurological diseases

Do you drink tea regularly? Have you noticed any health benefits? Let us know!