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Healing Power of Tea
10/04

Have a cup of tea.

According to legend, Chinese emperor Shen Nung was boiling water outside his palace about 3,000 years ago when a gust of wind blew the dried leaves of a tea bush into his pot. The leaves infused the water with amazing flavor and color -- and Nung an adventurous sort, decided to taste it. And with that, the first cup of tea was invented.

There are many flavors of tea, but all tea comes from the same plant, the Camellia sinensis. The different flavors of tea come from how the leaves are produced and fermented. The black tea we're most familiar with has been allowed to ferment the longest. Green tea is fermented the shortest time. At pennies a cup, it may be the cheapest medicine in the world. Here's a sampling of tea's therapeutic benefits:

· Protects against heart disease
· Reduces the risk of cancer
· Protects against and destroys harmful bacteria and viruses
· Lowers blood pressure
· Reduces atherosclerosis (or hardening of the arteries)
· Fights infections
· Relieves migraines
· Reduces cavities and gum disease
· Promotes weight loss
· Lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol
· Raises HDL (good) cholesterol

Some of the most exciting recent findings regarding tea involve its role in fighting cancer.

 

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When you know that what you're doing is right, nothing will be able to stop you. When you are absolutely convinced of the true value of your efforts, you'll have the courage and the persistence to see them through. To believe in what you're doing is not just important. It is everything.

Anything less cannot possibly succeed. For any accomplishments you reach while living a lie will ultimately be of no value.

It is not always easy to live true to your highest values, true to your authentic self, true to what you know is right. Yet it is always your best choice.

When you deny what you know is right in order to follow the expediency of the moment, the benefits you gain are trivial and fleeting. Choose instead to live each moment true to the highest values you know.

Then, who you become will be the fulfillment of who you truly are. Why would you ever want to be anything less? —Ralph Marston

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