Green tea can be made even more useful with a slice of lemon

According to the researchers, when added to green tea lemon, it contains ascorbic acid increases the absorption of nutrients by the body, known as catechins. Those, in turn, have antioxidant properties, and assist in controlling diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

They also found that green tea with ascorbic acid and sucrose 3 times increases absorbency catechins.

In a study using laboratory tests were monitored for scientists absorbability, solubility and stability of the digestive polyphenols. And concluded that the maximum benefit green tea brings, when it adds a slice of lemon.

Tea with lemon cure depression

Winter is still done its job, and you have started vitamin deficiency and its accompanying depression? Do not worry! Eat more fruits and drink tea with lemon. This will help you regain strength, to remedy the lack of vitamins and returns the perfect mood.

Tea with lemon doctors prescribed for depression and hypotension, it is courage and a pleasant taste. In the plant contains a specific restorative material - schisandrine.

In Russia naturally found only one type of magnolia - the Chinese. It grows in the Far East. As the drug is used as a raw material itself vine and its fruit.

Tea with lemon grass is easy to prepare yourself. Two tablespoons of black tea pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, let stand 5 minutes. In parallel, two tablespoons of fruit of Chinese magnolia brew 0.5 liters of boiling water. The resulting infusion broth and pour into the pan, cover and let stand 10 minutes. Tasty and healthy drink is ready! Remember, it is not recommended to take lemongrass after 18 hours, and nailimonneyshego your mood!

From what actually is produce iced tea from stores?

Iced tea is manufactured on the basis of drinking purified water. The structure of a quality product should include natural ingredients: tea powder, sugar and fruit extract. Quality ice tea can contain preservatives, colorants, flavors and should not be carbonated.

The range of flavors of iced tea in the majority of manufacturing companies is almost the same. It is in the first place - an extract of black tea flavored with a variety of additions: peach, green apple and lemon, or an extract of green tea without flavors or with lemon. In the fight for consumer companies have started to use other flavors - pineapple, jasmine, strawberry, tea rose, raspberry and hibiscus.

Currently, cold tea is poured into two kinds of packaging - plastic bottles of half liter and a half, as well as tin. Better to buy tea in bottles, poured into a hot way. It is cooked under pressure at a temperature of 120 º C, then cooled to 80 ° C and for time already bottled. Therefore preservatives are unnecessary. Already a twisted bottle to cool. It should be thermally stable.

But some manufacturers are preparing iced teas on the following principle: dilute the powder in cold water and then to drink is not spoiled, preservatives are added. So much for the traditional flavor chemistry.

At home, you can conduct an experiment: try to pour boiling water in the bottle of cold tea. If it was not deformed - a drink prepared hot way. In this usually added sugar, rather than substitutes to save on costs. A sweetener has a specific flavor to the same carcinogen.