Health-conscious parents are curbing their children’s consumption of sugary sodas and juices, as well as those highly caffeinated sports drinks that seem to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. What’s left to quench a child’s thirst? While plain water and milk are of course good alternatives, many parents are also adding tea-based […]
Antioxidants play a powerful role in our wellness, in part because they help to neutralize the free radicals associated with aging and cancer. The polyphenols in green and black tea have been studied extensively as potential chemopreventive (anti-cancer) agents, with promising results. Does this mean we should all be sipping green or black tea all […]
Green tea, widely esteemed for containing a myriad of body-boosting compounds, is now being scrutinized for containing potentially hazardous pesticides. Manufacturers the world over must now prepare for a fallout as more sensitive testing available to countries everywhere – including the U.S. – will make it nearly impossible for green tea products with residues of […]
