Is it good to drink Pu'er tea often?

As one of the famous Chinese teas, Pu'er tea has a mellow, sweet taste and a long aftertaste. It is the first choice for many tea lovers. Compared with other types of tea such as black tea, green tea, and oolong tea, Pu'er tea contains many trace elements that are beneficial to the human body. Due to its taste and nutritional value, Pu'er tea is often sold at sky-high prices and is also the first choice for giving as a gift. So, is drinking Pu'er tea regularly good for your health?

Benefits of drinking Pu'er tea for women

1. Nourish and protect the stomach

Pu'er ripe tea has a mild nature and warms the stomach without hurting it. Many friends drink ripe tea every day because it does not make their stomachs feel uncomfortable but instead makes them feel warm. For those who have a bad stomach and often have social engagements, drinking Pu'er ripe tea is the best. Our stomachs and intestines are soaked in a variety of food additives all day long, coupled with irregular and unhealthy diet, which can easily cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, you need to pay attention to the maintenance of your stomach and intestines. Drinking Pu'er tea has no additives and no side effects. It is green, natural, safe and healthy. Especially for tea lovers who like lightly fermented tea, drinking cooked tea regularly can relieve the irritation that lightly fermented tea brings to the stomach and intestines.

2. Reduce blood lipids, blood pressure, and prevent arteriosclerosis

Drinking Pu'er tea can increase the content of beneficial cholesterol and lower blood lipids and blood pressure. At the same time, it reduces blood viscosity, increases anti-platelet aggregation, and has a miraculous effect on cardiovascular diseases. Such as cerebral thrombosis and coronary heart disease. According to a survey by Dutch scientists, people who drink Pu'er tea regularly can reduce their risk of coronary heart disease by 45%. Domestic scientists have found that in a survey of 120 diabetic patients, 70% of the diabetic patients had an average drop in blood sugar by 35% after drinking Pu'er tea in a certain amount every day.

3. Weight loss

Pu'er tea's unique fermentation process can enhance the enzyme's ability to break down waist and abdominal fat after drinking. The trace elements in Pu'er tea have the effect of decomposing fat, which can inhibit weight gain and reduce cholesterol and glycerol in the blood. When losing weight, you can use Pu'er tea to replace all drinks, use tea instead of soup, and avoid drinking other drinks. You can eat other meals normally. But remember not to replace water with tea. Long-term use of tea instead of water can easily cause hidden dehydration in the body, resulting in dry skin and other diseases.

4. Antioxidant

Modern medical research shows that tea contains a large amount of vitamin C, vitamin E and other trace elements. Tea compounds have anti-aging effects, and rich tea polyphenols can help skin resist aging.

The disadvantages of drinking too much concentrated Pu'er tea

1. Drinking strong Pu'er tea on an empty stomach will dilute stomach acid, inhibit gastric juice secretion, hinder digestion, and even cause "tea drunkenness" phenomena such as palpitations, headaches, stomach discomfort, dizziness, and irritability, and affect the absorption of protein. (“Drinking tea on an empty stomach makes you anxious, and drinking tea late at night makes it hard to fall asleep”)

2. It is not advisable to drink strong Pu'er tea after drinking alcohol. After drinking, the ethanol in the wine enters the blood through the gastrointestinal tract and is converted into acetaldehyde in the liver. Acetaldehyde is then converted into acetic acid, and acetic acid is then decomposed into carbon dioxide and water and excreted. Drinking tea after drinking alcohol, the caffeine in the tea can quickly have a diuretic effect on the kidneys, thereby promoting the acetaldehyde that has not yet been decomposed to enter the kidneys prematurely. Acetaldehyde has a strong stimulating effect on the kidneys, so it will affect kidney function. People who often drink strong Pu'er tea after drinking alcohol are prone to kidney disease.

3. The tea polyphenols in Pu'er tea have a strong astringent effect on the gastrointestinal mucosa. The tea polyphenols content in strong tea is high, and the astringent effect is even stronger. It will slow down the contraction of the stomach and the peristalsis of the intestines, thus affecting the digestion and absorption of food, and easily causing dry stools or even constipation.