Coffee or tea?

Are you a coffee lover or a tea craver?

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans which are the seeds of berries from the coffee plant. While tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to Asia.

To know what’s better for you, you should know the advantages and disadvantages of drinking coffee and tea.

COFFEE has health benefits, including providing protection against type 2 diabetes, liver cancer and against Parkinson’s Disease. It also helps to improve cognitive function and decrease the risk of depression. This is because it contains ingredients that lower blood sugar. But it isn’t known which ingredient causes this effect. Caffeine acts as a central nervous system stimulant. The most noticeable effect is alertness in your brain. You will feel more awake. It is a common ingredient in medications to manage drowsiness, headaches and migraines. However, drinking too much coffee can cause insomnia and restlessness.

TEA can boost exercise endurance. The catechins in green tea extract increase the body’s ability to burn fats as fuel to help improve muscle endurance. It could also help reduce the risk of heart attack. Tea has less caffeine than coffee. It contains antioxidant. It may help with weight loss and protect your bones. It may also boost the immune system and help battle cancer. A cup of tea a day could help the risk of ovarian cancer. However, drinking too many cups of tea can increase women’s risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. If you are suffering from insomnia, ten cups of green tea is going to be too much for your system regardless of the benefits.

Both tea and coffee are members of the evergreen family. But there are differences in their taste, preparation, recipes, flavor and benefits. So it’s up to you to choose which one is the best for you and for your health.