Coffee Or Tea: Which Is Better For Me? 

Which do you crave in the morning—a cup of java or a spot of tea? Popular belief labels tea as a health drink and coffee as bad. Not so! Mounting evidence suggests that both are good for you because they're brimming with antioxidants.

What are antioxidants?

Antioxidants are phytochemicals, chemicals found in plant foods. In our bodies, antioxidants protect healthy tissues from "oxidants," also called free radicals. Over time, free radicals can damage cells and cause disease. Antioxidants are like microscopic police officers who seize these bad guys that plan to harm our cells.

What's sweet about tea?

Tea leaves come from an evergreen plant called Camellia sinensis. The way the leaves are processed determines if they become black or green tea. All teas contain a group of antioxidants called flavonoids.

Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, next to water. Green tea is especially popular in Japan and China. But on any given day, only one in five American adults drinks tea, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. That's a shame, because tea drinkers in the study took in 20 times more flavonoid antioxidants per day than tea non-drinkers. That's amazing!

Experts say tea provides as many disease-fighting flavonoids as fruits or vegetables. Many brands of tea list antioxidant and caffeine content (in milligrams per serving) right on the box.

Which diseases does tea fight?

Laboratory studies using tea and tea extracts on rats, mice, and human cells show promising results. They suggest that tea may reduce cholesterol levels, help prevent blood clotting, lower the risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, and even fight inflammation, cancer, and seasonal allergies.

Studies of tea-drinking humans suggest these possible health benefits:
  * Black and green tea may lower risk for ovarian cancer.
  * Green tea may reduce breast cancer risk.
  * Green tea may decrease death rates from heart disease.

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Boby .. My little dog​​.

Dogs play many roles in our lives--family member, friend, helper, defender and, from time to time, psychiatrist. Anyone who has ever felt the familiar warm heartbeat at their feet knows that canine friends offer pure unconditional love and loyalty

My little dog--a heartbeat at my feet.
- Edith Wharton

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. 

- Roger Caras 

My Boby is  big now..

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.

My 50 birthday

...05.03.2012....