Having a cup of coffee early morning after waking up and a cup of tea in the evening relaxes your mind and relieves your stress from body.
For some people, coffee is an addiction and a drug that keeps away fatigue, headaches and a sense of motivation. Compared to coffee, tea plays a crucial role in maintaining good health and gives you good reputation for being healthier.
Let’s find out which is better for your health is it either Tea or coffee. Here we go….
Several studies have proved that tea and coffee both have high number of anti oxidants and a good source of nutrients which are linked in preventing number of diseases.
First we will go with Tea.
Tea
Tea is most widely consumed beverage next to water. Tea contains high number of antioxidants known as flavonoid.
Benefits of Tea
- Tea benefits are numerous and are well known for antioxidants. Several studies have shown that tea drinkers have a higher bone density compared to non drinkers of tea.
- It is best in reducing cholesterol levels, preventing blood clot, lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and even fights with inflammation, cancer and seasonal allergies.
- All types of tea are made from the leaves of a plant camellia sinensis, which will oxidize after harvesting where as oxidation results in breaking down of chemicals.
- Well, oxidation in different types of leaves defines the types of leaves from black tea to white tea and of course green tea.
- Polyphenols are a group of plant chemicals which are involved in number of health benefits especially in green tea.Green tea plays a major role among all other types of teas. It helps in reducing or lowering the risk of memory loss.
- Black tea and green tea may lower risk of ovarian cancer
- Green tea may reduce breast cancer risks and also decrease the death rates from heart diseases.
- Tea is also useful for reducing the side effects of anti cancer drugs and protects from causing DNA damage.
Which Kind of Tea is Best?
Most herbal teas are made with roots, flowers, herbs and contain no tea leaves that mean no tea flavonoids. Very few tea contain real tea leaves with added spices. So, be cautious when you are buying tea from stores and make sure that you are of the products used in it.
Well, green tea has more number of antioxidant properties, if you don’t like the unique flavor of green tea then you have a choice between black and green tea as these both are rich in antioxidants, drink the kind you like most.
Coffee:
In USA coffee is the king of beverages, millions of people start their day with aromatic brew. It is taken from the roasted seeds of group of coffee plants.
Coffee contains high number of anti oxidants which protect us from various health issues.
Benefits of Coffee:
- Researchers have concluded the specific potential benefits with some studies finding that coffee might have the ability to reduce the incidence of dementia and even type 2 diabetes.
- Coffee contains higher content of caffeine compared to tea; it helps the people who are suffering from asthma by stimulating and relaxing the lungs airways.
- Caffeine also helps in constricting blood vessels in brain and reduces migraines and often alleviates hang over’s.
- Caffeine stimulates the brain and the nervous system and it is considered as a addicted drug. So you need to be limited to avoid overload symptoms.
Having 2 to 3 cups of coffee per day doesn’t seem to be harmful, but that doesn’t mean you can take more than 3 cups of coffee in a day. Because it may cause side effects, it’s better to consult your doctor before the intake of caffeine especially if you have heart diseases or high blood pressure.
Too much intake of coffee leads to risk of osteoporosis and lowers the bone mineral density and risk of fractures especially in women.
Cons:
- Anything that contains caffeine either it is coffee or tea should not be taken in huge amount, it could results in anxiety, heart palpitations, insomnia and nausea.
- A high amount of unfiltered coffee is linked to higher levels of bad cholesterol and too much of tea may increase the risk of brittle bones and oesteoflorosis.
- Certain amount of tea contains huge amount of aluminum and risky amount of lead. So from where you get your tea is pretty important.
- Plain coffee and tea are very healthy and calorie free beverages. Be careful in adding much sugar and flavoring agents in your cup of tea or coffee.
Which is Better Coffee or Tea?
It totally depends on you to know the benefits and use of drink, and it’s your choice to drink.
To be honest, both drinks have the some side effects and health benefits. If you are looking for the best drink to get you moving, then I recommend coffee is the best.
The stimulation of coffee offers the muscles to improve its endurance and energy during your workouts. It adds more minerals to your diet and it can also cause dehydration in your body, so be careful by the content of coffee you may take.
If you want to enjoy the benefits of both the drinks, coffee as well as tea then, have coffee in the morning which helps you feel energized all day long. Having tea at night will help you restful sleep.