What color is your tea? - health matters - Brief Article

It seems like there's an endless array of teas out there -- green tea, black tea, oolong and herbal, but just which is the best for you? If it's antioxidants you're seeking, green and black tea appear to be equally effective. A study led by Lai Kwok Leung and colleagues at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, published in the International Journal of Cancer, was designed to compare the antioxidant activities of theaflavins in black tea with the catechins in green tea.

During the manufacturing process of black tea, green tea catechins are oxidized to form theaflavins. The results of this showed that theaflavins possess the same antioxidant potency as the catechins present in green tea.

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