30 Days of Healing Food – Day 18
30 Days of Healing Food Day 18
Why Chai Tea is Important for Your Health
By Dr. Paul Haider
Did you know that Chai Tea has many many health benefits? There are many wonderful herbs in Chai Tea that will benefit your body in powerful ways.
Chai Tea contains black tea and some contain green tea too, both have powerful polyphenols that prevent disease such as cardiovascular disease, strokes, and help to prevent diabetes and even cancer.
Chai Tea also contains:
Cinnamon – which is very important for lowering cholesterol and lower blood sugar levels. Plus it’s a great antioxidant thus helping to prevent disease, and even a good anti-inflammatory agent that helps with arthritis and the cycle of chronic inflammation which starts lots of different diseases. Also cinnamon seems to help with PMS, Alzheimer’s Disease, and studies show that it protects the stomach from bacteria causing ulcers.
Ginger – Ginger is common in Chai Tea and will help to relax your stomach and sooth away GI distress. Ginger works great for motion sickness and helps with sweating and nausea. Ginger is very important for preventing colon cancer because it boosts up your immune system (another health benefit) and in studies ginger prevents the development of colon and ovarian cancer. Ginger is a great anti-inflammatory agents helping to prevent arthritis by getting rid of cytokines and chemokines.
Cardamom – Cardamom is a powerful antioxidant helping to get rid of free radicals in your body that promote disease. Cardamom also a good antispasmotic herb helping to sooth away GI gas and even heart burn. Cardamom also works for headaches and works really well for preventing heat stroke. And Cardamom is one of the few herbs that will work to detox the body of caffeine. And cardamom works wonders for asthma and other respiratory problems by increasing blood flow to the lungs. Plus cardamom will boost your energy level… and improve your mood.
