The scorching summer has arrived, and when it's hot, people often prefer to drink cold beverages to cool off. However, drinking Tea can also help with cooling down, and drinking tea is more beneficial than drinking regular beverages. This is especially true for Anxi Tieguanyin, one of China's top ten famous teas. On a sweltering summer day, brewing a cup of Anxi Tieguanyin allows the orchid fragrance to spread, letting you enjoy a leisurely summer time…
The benefits of drinking tea in summer mainly include the following aspects:
Tea is a natural beverage without additives.
During the production of tea, no additives are added; its color, aroma, and taste are formed only by the quality of the raw materials and the manufacturing process. Many other beverages, in order to improve their sensory properties and enhance color, aroma, and taste, often need to add chemical substances such as pigments, flavorings, and sweeteners during the manufacturing process. Sometimes, depending on the function of the beverage, stimulants, anesthetics, or preservatives may also be added. There are currently over two hundred food additives used in China. Experts suggest drinking less beverages containing chemical additives and opting for more natural Drinks, and tea is an ideal natural beverage.
Drinking tea has the effect of cooling down body temperature and quenching thirst.
During the scorching heat of summer, the cooling and thirst-quenching effects of drinking tea far surpass those of general beverages. This is due to the combined effects of multiple effective components in tea. The Caffeine in tea plays an important role in regulating the body's hypothalamic temperature control center. Additionally, the aromatic substances in tea themselves act as a coolant, driving out some heat through the skin pores during their volatilization. Drinking hot tea is best for cooling down body temperature. The caffeine in tea also has a diuretic effect. Furthermore, the tea polyphenols, amino acids, water-soluble pectin, aromatic substances, and other components in tea soup can stimulate the oral mucosa and promote saliva secretion, having a thirst-quenching effect.
Drinking tea can prevent gastrointestinal diseases.
In the heat of summer, if diet is not properly hygienic, bacteria can multiply rapidly, making summer a high season for digestive tract diseases. Scientific research indicates that tea has antibacterial, bactericidal, and the ability to improve the microbial structure of the gut. Drinking tea can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria while promoting the proliferation of beneficial bacteria, improving the immune capacity of the gut.
Drinking tea can supplement potassium salts and water.
In summer, when temperatures are high, people sweat a lot, causing a significant loss of potassium salts from the body. At the same time, physical exertion results in an accumulation of metabolic intermediates like acetone, lactic acid, and carbon dioxide, leading to an imbalance in the body's acid-base levels, metabolic disorders, arrhythmia, and symptoms such as fatigue, drowsiness, decreased appetite, weakness, or even dizziness.
Tea contains potassium, and researchers have determined that the average amount of potassium leached into Tieguanyin tea soup is about 10 milligrams per gram of tea. Drinking tea in summer can replenish potassium salts, which helps maintain normal osmotic pressure and acid-base balance within and outside cells, as well as normal physiological metabolic activities. This is why it is recommended to drink tea during the summer when sweating increases.