• October 22, 2013
• Tea_Girls
• Tea Talk

Here are a few health facts about Rooibos Tea!

I found a few points/health facts on the health benefits of Rooibos tea.  If you like to read the rest of the post on the official Rooibos web site, click here.

• Rooibos is a good source of antioxidants and is the only known source of a potent antioxidant aspalathin, which could play a role in combating several lifestyle diseases.
• Unlike black and green teas, Rooibos is naturally caffeine free (not decaffeinated) and therefore suitable for children, infants and breast-feeding mothers.
• Rooibos has proven cancer-fighting properties in animal research studies, and exciting new research points towards the role that Rooibos can play in promoting heart health and preventing diabetes.
• Rooibos contains low amounts of tannin. (Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins and interfere with iron absorption in the body.)
• After centuries of use, no negative side effects of Rooibos have ever been recorded

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