Some good reasons to enjoy your Daily Cuppa...

Some good reasons to enjoy your Daily Cuppa... 

Almost 80% of Britons are tea drinkers getting through an estimated 165 million cups every day. Natures Healthbox have been supporting the Fairtrade Campaign and selling brands of tea bearing the Fairtrade mark to help small farmers make a living wage in developing countries.

A recent newspaper article suggests that having 3 cups of tea a day can cut your risk of diabetes. Black Tea has a glucose-lowering effect which could help prevent and manage Type 2 Diabetes. The natural ingredients in the tea known as polyphenols block 2 enzymes responsible for pushing up blood sugar levels. Other research indicates that the addition of milk does not appear to alter the benefit.

Green Tea has been used in Chinese Traditional Medicine for centuries to beat everything from headaches to depression!  The leaves are thought to be richer in antioxidants than other types of tea and these are now thought to help with weight loss by speeding up the metabolism, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol and some early research using animal cells found that green tea protected against nerve cell death associated with Alzheimer’s and Dementia which is being investigated.

Tea has less caffeine than coffee so if caffeine give you the jitters, causes indigestion, headaches or interferes with sleep consider switching to tea!

Tea is calorie free unless you add milk and contributes to our daily fluid needs – keeping our body well hydrated and able to function properly.

Tea is fabulous as are its benefits. For all those tea drinkers – keep drinking your way to good health. For those who have not yet been converted, it’s never too late to start brewing a batch.

Explore the various types, flavours and brands and find one that suits you and can become your “tea mate”!!

We sell a wide varitey of Tea's including:

• Rooibos.
• Matcha Tea.
• Fruit Tea.
• Loose Tea.
• Tea Infusions.