http://blog.tea-grotto.com/articles/2008/03/29/soothe-stress-with-black-tea en-us 40 <p>According to researchers at the University College London, those who drink black tea are able to de-stress more quickly than those drinking a placebo. The stress hormone cortisol (associated with all manner of ails), spikes during a fight-or-flight response, and it&#8217;s abatement in the body is much faster for someone who&#8217;s recently had a cup of black tea.</p> <p>Additionally, people who drank black tea regularly (four times daily for six weeks) were found to have lower baseline levels of cortisol.</p> <p>So&mdash;as if you needed any more reason to steep up your favorite black tea&mdash;go ahead and add serious stress reduction to your long list of tea health boons.</p> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:47:00 -0700 urn:uuid:8234c640-f077-480d-9232-7478e75f703f Jeremy Wilkins http://blog.tea-grotto.com/articles/2008/03/29/soothe-stress-with-black-tea Tea and Health