Black Tea vs Herbal Tea

I found a blog post comparing about black tea and herbal tea. For me, I always support Real Tea. Therefore, as I mention before even herbal tea is not consider as “TEA”, but herbal tea still have other benefits.

Black tea offers the benefit of reversing cardiovascular disease if you drink it plain and long term. Herbal teas each offer their individual benefits ranging from aiding digestion, to removing nausea, to treating diarrhea and more. The role of tea in cancer prevention and boosting the immune system needs to be studied further. When it comes to deciding between black tea and herbal tea, examine your individual needs. You may want to incorporate black tea into your diet regularly but moderately because of its caffeine content. Use herbal teas to cleanse your system and to deal with symptoms as they pop up.

Feel free can check out the post from
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/black-tea-vs-herbal-tea.html#b
They also provide lots of information about healthy eating.

Herbal Tea

So…what is a herbal tea? Well…let us start out with what a herbal tea is NOT!

A herbal tea is NOT, repeat NOT, tea. So then why are herbal teas called a “tea.” Good question…but one that probably goes back to some tradition or another that says anything added to hot water becomes a “tea.”

But in any event…yes, a herbal tea is NOT a true tea. Technically speaking, in order for something to be considered a true “tea,” the plant that is used must come from the tea plant, camellia sinensis.

To put it simply…a tea is “only a true tea” if it actually contains tea plant leaves. And thus…this is why oolong, white, green and black are considered “true teas,” as their leaves come from the actual tea plant camellia sinensis. By contrast, rooibos and herbal teas do NOT contain leaves from the tea plant.

Confused? Read What Tea Is and What Tea is Not for more information.

Thus, with this out of the way, we can basically define a herbal tea as just about anything that gets added to boiling water. And by anything…I do mean ANYTHING. From lemons, to orange peel, to whole strawberries, to peppermint leaves, to candy cane pieces…and well, you get the idea.