Bothered by breath that’s a little, uh, foul?  Then sip a steaming cup of black tea.  An offensive smelling breath or halitosis, is a result of digestive enzymes in the mouth that produce odor-causing porphyromous gingivalis.  Black tea’s chemicals catechin and theaflavin eliminate the stinky bacteria, letting you exhale worry-free.

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Need a detox?  Take 2 cups of dandelion tea daily.  This phytonutrient-rich brew boosts the liver’s production of detoxifying enzymes by as much as 244 percent.  The tea also promotes healing of the digestive tract, flushes excess fluid out of the lymphatic system and boosts gall bladders’s production of bile to speed metabolism and the [...]

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Can’t stop yourself from raiding the fridge?  Here’s a tea mixture that calms carb cravings – green, black and mulberry teas.  It has been recently discovered that drinking a mixture of the three teas blocks carbohydrate absorption by 25% to help keep sugar cravings at bay.  But unlike green and black teas, mulberry tea is [...]

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Green tea and black tea are both hailed for their slimming benefits.  But did you know that there’s another brew with more brew that remains relatively unknown to many?  Oolong tea, a cross between black and green tea contains a richer array and concentration of slenderizing antioxidants than any other tea.  Drinking oolong boosts fat [...]

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Next time you want someone to consider your point of view, brew a pot of coffee.  The brew helps you become more persuasive, experts say.  That’s because caffeine increases the brain’s ability to process new opinions and moderate doses can make people more open to accepting ideas that go against their beliefs.

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