Prof. Tissa Amarakoon
World Health Day Week: Talking Tea
There is a strong undercurrent driving people towards ‘healthy living’ of late – for good reason, of course. The world is becoming more and more instant and automated, whether we talk about food, work...
Tea and Oral Health
There are many health benefits that are talked about in relation to tea consumption. However, one that is spoken of less frequently is the link between tea and oral health. Let’s take a look at two wa...
Antioxidants in Tea
Tea has a uniquely high content of flavonoids. What is the significance of this statement? To begin with, let’s take a quick look at what free radicals (FR) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are. FR a...