WHITE TEA (Pai Mu Tan)

Camellia sinensis

Other names: Chinese camellia, Tea tree

White tea first appeared in China and got its name from the white peony, a beautiful Chinese plant.

Healing properties

• Improved cardiovascular function. It has an increased content of flavonoids, which enhance heart health by lowering LDL-bad cholesterol and increasing HDL-good cholesterol.
At the same time, the consumption of white tea helps to regulate blood pressure, due to the dilution it causes in the blood, thus preventing the occurrence of heart attack.

• Strengthen the immune system. White tea slows down the growth of viruses and bacteria, especially reducing the effects of staph infections, streptococci, pneumonia, fungi and even dental plaque.

• Prevention of various types of cancer due to the many antioxidants it contains and reduction of cancer cell growth due to the flavonoids it contains.

• Anti-inflammatory action is anti-inflammatory and reduces the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.

• Stronger bones and teeth and healthier skin. Increases bone density. • It also has anti-aging action because it fights free radicals and helps in the slow breakdown of elastin and collagen and consequently in the slow appearance of our known wrinkles.

• Reduction of blood sugar. It also has the ability to lower blood sugar by reducing the symptoms of diabetes.

• Fights stress by improving mood thanks to the amino acid L-theanine, which when it enters the brain seems to reduce mental and physiological stress.

• It has a fat-dissolving effect due to the high amount of antioxidants, which inhibit the production of fat cells. White tea has shown through studies that it can be an ideal natural solution with fat-dissolving action. The results of the study showed that the herbal extract of white tea, effectively inhibits the production of new fat cells (fat cells) and activates lipolysis, ie the rapid burning of fat.