What are the types of tea and their effects and benefits?

Tea generally refers to camellia sinensis, a traditional beverage of our country that occupies an important position in the long history of our country's food culture.So what specific types of tea does our country have? What are their effects and benefits?

1. What specific types of tea are there?

1. In terms of fermentation degree from low to high, all tea categories in our country are: green tea, white tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea, dark tea.

2. According to the situation in which tea processing in our country is divided into the two stages of primary processing and refining, tea is divided into two major parts, crude tea and finished tea, among which crude tea is divided into five major categories: green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea and dark tea, with yellow tea classified into the green tea category; finished tea includes refined and processed green tea, black tea, oolong tea, etc.

3. By place of origin, tea is called Sichuan tea, Zhejiang tea, Fujian tea, and so on.

2. What are the specific effects and benefits of tea?

1. Drinking tea can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease onset and death: if you drink 3 cups of tea every day, it can reduce the risk of death from myocardial infarction, and can also reduce the risk of stroke.

2. Drinking tea helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure: drinking tea can reduce the level of total blood cholesterol by 25%. Moreover, tea has a certain blood pressure-lowering effect.

3. Drinking tea helps reduce a person's risk of diabetes: people who drink more than 6 cups a day have a much lower chance of illness than those who drink one cup or even less.

4. Drinking tea helps prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease in humans: tea has a good protective effect on brain cells, and can also effectively delay brain degeneration and help maintain the health of brain blood vessels. The latest research shows that drinking more tea can also improve memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease.

5. It has anti-stress and anti-anxiety effects: the theanine contained in green tea can improve mental state and overall function, and can resist stress and improve symptoms of anxiety.

6. Drinking tea can improve immunity and sterilization: if a person drinks 5 cups of tea every day for 2 consecutive weeks, the body will produce a large amount of antiviral interferon, to improve a person's ability to resist influenza viruses.

7. Drinking tea has a weight-loss and slimming effect: drinking tea can reduce a person's body fat rate, and tea is also a beauty agent with a very good protective effect on the skin; people who drink more tea look beautiful.

8. Other health benefits of drinking tea: tea can also eliminate fatigue, refresh the mind, improve eyesight, aid digestion, promote urination and detoxification, prevent dental caries, and eliminate bad breath. Tea is also an alkaline beverage, which is helpful for correcting an acidic constitution.