Ancient Tea Tree Teas are HOT!

Written by Tea Hub


Although people in Yunnan have been drinking teas made of leaves of ancient tea trees for generations, it is not until recently that people from outside Yunnan become aware of this type of tea. Ancient tea trees are growing in remote tea mountains in Xi Shuang Ban Na, a beautiful autonomy state that is 450 km away from Kunming,repparttar capital of Yunnan. Interests in ancient tea trees are growing rapidly globally.

Surrounded by wild orchids, leaves of ancient tea trees have developed

Tips to Achieve Your Optimal Body Shape

Written by Cheryl Haining


Tips to achieve your optimal body shape

A few simple changes can make allrepparttar difference torepparttar 114812 long-term health of your body. Here are some tips and suggestions to improve your body and your health.

Food Choices

What you eat and drink gives your bodyrepparttar 114813 fuel and energy to carry out allrepparttar 114814 physical and mental activities that you do every day. Some foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables provide excellent fuel forrepparttar 114815 body, with lots of beneficial nutrients. Other foods provide poor quality fuel. These include high sugar content foods and ‘junk’ foods. What percentage of your current diet is giving you energy efficient, nutrient rich food? Try keeping a diary for a week then analyse where your major energy and body fuel comes from.

Healthy Choices

Choose meals and snacks that are kind to your body. These are natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, salads, grains and pulses. These are ‘living’ foods. Avoid foods that are over processed, stored too long, high is sugar or fats. These are ‘dead’ foods with little to offer nutritionally. Variety is also vital, helping you obtainrepparttar 114816 broad range of nutrients your body requires.

Fibre

Your body needs between 18-35 gms of fibre a day. Fibre, together with water, is essential for proper digestion. Fibre providesrepparttar 114817 food for ‘friendly bacteria’ inrepparttar 114818 colon, which manufactures various essential vitamins. One cup ofrepparttar 114819 following is equal to 10gms of fibre: - oats, peas, dried apricots, peanuts, prunes and sunflower seeds. Half a cup of wheat bran or almonds also equals 10 gm of fibre.

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