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While oolong tea is no magic pill, if you are overweight or obese, this brew could certainly help with weight loss! It bumps up your metabolism, so your energy expenditure rises. It can also help reduce fat accumulation and lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

A cup of black tea is just what you need to improve focus, promote weight loss, fight cavities and infections. It can lower high blood pressure, sugar, and cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of stroke. It fights heart problems and offers some protection against Parkinson’s disease and cancer. Used topically, it works well as a skin toner.

A cup of ginseng tea could revive you on many fronts – from improving your sexual health to helping manage diabetes, boosting your energy levels, fighting fatigue and stress, and improving cognitive performance in seniors. This anti-inflammatory, antioxidant-rich drink made from Panax or American ginseng is everything you’d want in a restorative drink and more.

Elderberry tea has antioxidant properties and can strengthen your immune system. It helps you fight the flu and cold and may ease constipation, pain, and depression. It’s also good for your heart as it can counter HDL dysfunction and help manage your blood sugar levels.

Packed with antioxidants, spearmint tea can help combat hormonal imbalance like PCOS, improve digestion, boost immunity and fight chronic diseases like cancer. This invigorating herbal brew boosts respiratory and heart health, reduces inflammation, prevents bad breath, provides natural stress relief, and improves memory.

Chamomile tea can alleviate insomnia, anxiety, and depression. It’s helpful in dealing with premenstrual syndrome, colic, indigestion, gastritis, stomach ulcers, and IBS. It also helps control blood pressure and blood sugar and fights cancer. Drinking chamomile tea has even been found to be associated with a lower risk of death.

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Green tea’s caffeine content can vary depending on the brand and how you brew your tea. Expect a cup of green tea to contain anywhere from 30 to 50 mg of caffeine on average. You can reduce the caffeine content by ensuring you don’t use boiling water and by brewing your tea no longer than 90–180 seconds.

Water safety is crucial for anyone with a child. Being aware of hazards and ensuring your children follow water safety rules could lower risk of drowning in the pool, at home, or out by the sea or lake. Temperature, cleanliness, and sunlight exposure too could make water perilous so stay informed!

Chewing your way through your food can help you combat weight gain problems. Tricks like using smaller-sized tableware and loading half your plate with non-starchy veggies can also help you cut portions and lose weight. Eating a healthy breakfast in the morning will kick-start your metabolism and prevent unhealthy snacking, while swapping the soda for zero-calorie water can also make losing weight a lot easier.

Orange juice can boost your immunity, protect against cell damage and inflammation, lower blood pressure, balance cholesterol levels, and protect the skin from UV damage. But these benefits can only be found in fresh juice, not packaged juices. Choose unsweetened fresh cold-pressed juice or, better still, a whole orange.

Turmeric tea owes its superpowers to beneficial components like curcuminoids. It can ease pain, lower blood sugar and pressure, and relieve indigestion. It is good for your heart and can counter respiratory illnesses, allergies, IBS, and osteoarthritis. Add a pinch of pepper and some honey to your turmeric tea for a bracing immunity booster.

If you are counting on soy in all its versatile forms – milk, plain beans, yogurt, and cheese – to help with your calcium quotient, know that it offers a DV ranging from 4% to as much as 66%. Calcium-fortified soy variants especially tend to chalk up a score that’s at the higher end of the scale.

Coconut water can be a good inclusion in your diet if you’re trying to lose weight. The nutrient-rich drink can replace more calorific drinks and even post-exercise sports drinks. It is low in calories and fat but has a decent amount of fiber, helping keep you full longer. Stick to just 2–3 cups a day. Don't go overboard. It also has potassium and sugar.