Post by Marty (Seppy) on Aug 12, 2012 17:40:31 GMT -5
End of Summer Tea Brings Refreshing Rejuvenation
Summer’s end…while the days of summer grow shorter, they only seem to be getting hotter. If this has you seeking refuge in the shade and something cool to drink, imagine - sparkling amber over crystal cubes, perhaps brightened by a squeeze of sunny lemon, smoothed with a drizzle of local honey and freshened with a sprig of mint...condensation riveting down the sides…it quenches and refreshes… go ahead, reach for a glass of iced tea.
With every glug of tea going down, it’s doing more than refreshing. The tea goes hard to work rejuvenating molecules in your body that have become damaged by earlier days of summer play.
Damage can occur when we are doing all the things we nave to get done. Stress – even the good kind like packing the car for a vacation, being active and spending time in the sun, can produce free radicals - unstable molecules with a cascade of potentially damaging affects. Free radicals can result from lifestyle choices like drinking alcoholic beverages as well as exposure to other toxins like air pollution and pesticides.
According to webMD free radicals can lead to cancer, Parkinson’s disease and heart disease. But they also can contribute to things we see and feel every day, such as the signs of aging that we can see in our skin or the ability of our muscles to recover quickly from exercise.
But don’t feel doomed by all your summer’s fun and hard work. Recovery is in the glass. Tea, it turns out is full of antioxidants – chemical substances that neutralize free radicals and defuse their damaging potential.
Black tea, green tea, oolong or white tea…which tea to choose? Turns out they each have their antioxidant merits. Just three cups a day can reduce the risk Alzheimer’s and type 2 diabetes and could increase bone density.
Putting all that activity aside, when sipping a sweet summer tea in the shade we are giving our selves a break from the heated bustle of our busy days – a practice steeped in the tradition of taking an afternoon tea. These breaks, no matter how micro, give us a break from even low-levels of stress lowering our risk of mortality.
With all eyes on London, her treasured tradition of an afternoon tea comes into the spotlight. But rituals aside, tea’s disease fighting abilities are of Olympic proportion.
While tea may come from across the pond, it’s been made a local summer favorite and can be enjoyed by the glass, hot in a cup or try this amazing marinade.
Honey lemon tea marinade
written by Libby Mills MS, RD, LDN
posted by marty o
Summer’s end…while the days of summer grow shorter, they only seem to be getting hotter. If this has you seeking refuge in the shade and something cool to drink, imagine - sparkling amber over crystal cubes, perhaps brightened by a squeeze of sunny lemon, smoothed with a drizzle of local honey and freshened with a sprig of mint...condensation riveting down the sides…it quenches and refreshes… go ahead, reach for a glass of iced tea.
With every glug of tea going down, it’s doing more than refreshing. The tea goes hard to work rejuvenating molecules in your body that have become damaged by earlier days of summer play.
Damage can occur when we are doing all the things we nave to get done. Stress – even the good kind like packing the car for a vacation, being active and spending time in the sun, can produce free radicals - unstable molecules with a cascade of potentially damaging affects. Free radicals can result from lifestyle choices like drinking alcoholic beverages as well as exposure to other toxins like air pollution and pesticides.
According to webMD free radicals can lead to cancer, Parkinson’s disease and heart disease. But they also can contribute to things we see and feel every day, such as the signs of aging that we can see in our skin or the ability of our muscles to recover quickly from exercise.
But don’t feel doomed by all your summer’s fun and hard work. Recovery is in the glass. Tea, it turns out is full of antioxidants – chemical substances that neutralize free radicals and defuse their damaging potential.
Black tea, green tea, oolong or white tea…which tea to choose? Turns out they each have their antioxidant merits. Just three cups a day can reduce the risk Alzheimer’s and type 2 diabetes and could increase bone density.
Putting all that activity aside, when sipping a sweet summer tea in the shade we are giving our selves a break from the heated bustle of our busy days – a practice steeped in the tradition of taking an afternoon tea. These breaks, no matter how micro, give us a break from even low-levels of stress lowering our risk of mortality.
With all eyes on London, her treasured tradition of an afternoon tea comes into the spotlight. But rituals aside, tea’s disease fighting abilities are of Olympic proportion.
While tea may come from across the pond, it’s been made a local summer favorite and can be enjoyed by the glass, hot in a cup or try this amazing marinade.
Honey lemon tea marinade
written by Libby Mills MS, RD, LDN
posted by marty o
realy tasty! (im noob of food baking so i came here)
, just smiley testing agian
seppy, how to make very good spaghety..? 
