Traces the history of tea in China from the prehistoric period to the present. Contains chapters on how to prepare tea and on tea ware and tea museums.
In recent years, the role of plant secondary metabolites as protective constituents in the human diet has been a growing area of research. Unlike the traditional vitamins, they are not essential for short-term wellbeing, but there is increasing evidence that modest long-term int…
While there have been many claims of the benefits of teas through the years, and while there is nearly universal agreement that drinking tea can benefit health, there is still a concern over whether the lab-generated results are representative of real-life benefit, what the risk…
Tea is a health-promoting beverage in lowering the risk of premature killing chronic diseases : a review / J.H. Weisburger -- Tea as a rasayana / B.N. Dhawan -- Prophylactic functions of tea catechins / Y. Hara -- Bioavailabilities of tea polyphenols in humans and rodents / J.D.…
