ROOIBOS - EXOTIC TEA FOR YOUR HEALTH?

According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics we are faced with some 1800 chronic (unsolved) health issues. Unnecessarily – since nature gives us powerful answers. Exotic rooibos shrub native to South Africa (available also in our hemisphere) may be one of those.  Read on to learn about details.    

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND
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You know from our medical publications and seminars that healthy diet, besides physical activity, is a basic prerequisite for health and longevity. Leaves us with the question if – and which – tea is part of healthy diet. As we have answered one or another aspect of this crucial point previously, we would like to add one specific type of tea with the name of rooibos (botanical term Aspalathus linearis) for scientific elaboration in respect to our health. Derived from leaves of the rooibos shrub native to South Africa. Caffeine-free and organic – available also unfermented. With its (naturally) sweet and earthy flavor.
 

SCIENTIFIC PROS OF ROOIBOS TEA FOR HEALTH
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Overridingly, chances of rooibos tea are good for our health because of the high amount of
 

• antioxidants

 
of this tea. With special reference to quercetin and also aspalathin’
 
Inter alia, for the

Health of the liver
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Based on international research at, inter alia,
- University of Glasgow in Glasgow, UK
   and
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Belville, South Africa 
T
o be more precise, when it comes to our ‘typical’ health problems in our modern life, let’s see the benefits of rooibos tea on
 

​Cardiovascular health

As the rooibos tea controls
 

• cholesterol

 
i.e., significant increase of ‘good’ (HDL) cholesterol and significant lowering of 'bad’ (LDL) cholesterol.
 
With consumption of 6 cups of rooibos tea daily for six weeks.
 
According to research at, inter ala, Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Belville, South Africa.
 
Also, rooibos tea may manage
 

• blood pressure

 
as based on research at, inter alia, Linkoeping University in Linkoeping, Sweden.
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Diabetes
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With special reference to the above mentioned antioxidant aspalathin especially unfermented rooibos tea may well keep blood sugar under control.
 
According to international research at, inter alia,
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in Japan’s capital Tokyo
   &
- Daegu Haany University in Gyeonasan, Republic of Korea 

Since rooibos tea is not only calorie-free but also controls fat metabolism, it is certainly also a good partner for
 

Weight control
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according to research at, inter alia, Stellenbosch University in Stellenbosch, South Africa. 

IN A NUTSHELL
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According to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics we are faced with some 1800 chronic (unsolved) health issues. Unnecessarily – since nature gives us powerful answers. Exotic rooibos shrub native to South Africa (available also in our hemisphere) may be one of those.  
   

ADAGE OF THE WEEK

​“Stay close to nature, and its eternal laws will protect you.”
 
Dr. Max Gerson
U.S. Cancer Specialist
&
Private Physician of Nobel Prize Laureate
Dr. Albert Schweitzer