Since Shennong's discovery of tea, the Chinese people have been constantly exploring the value of tea, from the earliest medicinal value to the edible value of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, and even the drinking value of ordinary people's homes since the Tang and Song dynasties. Today, tea has truly become one of the world's three major non-alcoholic beverages and is well received by the broad masses of the people.
In addition to quenching thirst, it is more important to drink tea rich in nutrients, including but not limited to tea polyphenols, amino acids and mineral elements, which can provide nutrition for good health and play a good health effect.
However, everything pays attention to the law, relaxation and reasonable planning. The same is true for drinking tea, if you want to achieve better health effects, you must reasonably arrange your tea drinking time and tea drinking methods, rather than drinking a cup of hot tea anytime and anywhere, and you can't have time to drink tea because your life and work are too busy. So what time of day is the most appropriate time to drink tea?
The best time to drink tea for the best health of the day.
If the day is divided into three parts: morning, middle and evening, we can find out the corresponding best health care tea drinking time.
What tea to drink in the morning?
After waking up in the morning, dry mouth may occur. After all, after a whole night of consumption, the body may be in a state of lack of water, at this time do not rush to boil water immediately to make tea, but should choose to supplement a cup of warm water, and even add a little salt appropriately.
Drinking warm water in the morning can quickly replenish water, clean the stomach and intestines, dilute blood concentration, and help the body improve metabolic balance.
After breakfast, drinking tea after half an hour is a more healthy and exquisite way. If you are an office worker, drinking tea between 9 and 10 a.m. is the most appropriate time.
Because at this time has been working for one to two hours, it is necessary to stop in time to move the muscles and bones, replenish some water, relax the stiff and tired body, and achieve the purpose of combining work and leisure.
Morning tea can choose a milder black tea. After fermentation, black tea is very mild and non-irritating, very friendly to the stomach and intestines, which can not only refresh the mind, improve blood circulation, help recuperate, but also add more water.
What tea to drink in the afternoon?
Half an hour before lunch and half an hour after dinner, it is generally not recommended that everyone drink tea. It would be better to wait until after lunch to take a break of half an hour to an hour before drinking tea.
Especially after three o'clock in the afternoon, officially enter the afternoon tea time, you can drink more tea. At this time, it has been half a day of work, and the body is in a tired state. If you work overtime at noon or don't get a timely rest, you may still be sleepy and mentally weak.
Therefore, afternoon tea should choose to drink green tea. Green tea has not been fermented, the most irritating, but also the most refreshing, full of vitality. Of course, if you don't like to drink green tea, you can also choose Zhongzheng peaceful, cold and hot oolong tea.
When drinking tea in the afternoon, you can properly match some refreshments to supplement the energy consumed by the body.
What tea to drink in the evening?
Tea contains a certain amount of caffeine, which stimulates the central nervous system and is exciting. Under normal circumstances, if you drink tea before going to bed, you may experience symptoms of insomnia, which is very inconsistent with the health regimen.
Therefore, for the elderly who are accustomed to going to bed early, try not to drink tea at night, especially avoid drinking strong tea before going to bed. If you must drink tea, be sure to leave an hour's interval. In this way, the tea that is drunk is excreted through the consumption of the body, which will not cause insomnia, nor will it cause the elderly to get up frequently at night.
But most young people sleep late, and it is normal to go to bed at eleven or twelve o'clock at night, and some even do not go until after the early morning. For these people who sleep late, drinking tea at night is not too much of a problem, but it is necessary to pay attention to leaving enough interval time so that the body can effectively restore its function.
Drink tea at night to try to avoid strong irritating tea, such as green tea yellow tea and white tea, you can choose mild tea type of tea, such as black tea ripe pu and black tea.
In general, it is recommended to drink tea an hour after dinner, and after 10 o'clock in the evening, try not to drink tea again.
Avoid the time of drinking tea every day.
Since there is the best time to drink tea, there is naturally the most time to avoid drinking tea. In fact, as mentioned earlier when talking about the best tea drinking period, the following periods should try to avoid drinking tea.
First, drink as little tea as possible on an empty stomach. The caffeine contained in tea leaves can refresh the mind and make people feel refreshed. But there are also disadvantages, especially drinking tea on an empty stomach, absorbing too much caffeine will make people feel confused, dizzy, and not good for health. More importantly, drinking tea on an empty stomach will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, irritate the gastric mucosa, and lead to indigestion.
Second, avoid drinking tea immediately after a full meal. Tea should not be drunk on an empty stomach, and tea should not be drunk immediately after eating. As mentioned earlier in the introduction of the best tea drinking time, wait half an hour to an hour or so after eating. Because tea contains tannic acid, it is easy to combine with iron in food, affecting the body's absorption of iron.
Again, it is not advisable to drink strong tea after being drunk. Tea can solve alcohol, which is a misunderstood pseudo-common sense. Modern scientific research shows that after drinking, especially after drunkenness, drinking tea not only can not relieve alcohol, but also increase the burden on the heart. Because tea can excite the nerve center and at the same time has a diuretic effect, it will cause alcohol that has not yet been fully decomposed to enter the kidneys and stomach in advance, increasing the burden on the body.
Finally, avoid drinking tea early in the morning and before going to bed. After getting up in the morning in an empty stomach, drinking tea is very harmful to the stomach and intestines, and should be avoided as much as possible. Drinking tea before going to bed at night can cause hyperactivity and lead to insomnia. If you can't sleep all night, it is bound to affect the repair of body organs, and even affect work and life. In the long run, it will overdraw the body and cause the greatest harm to health.