HEAT UP your immune response with this hot drink
Once you reach a certain age… everyone treats you like you’re FRAGILE.
They don’t want you to do ANYTHING that could risk a fall… an infection… or WORSE.
You’ve gotten THIS far on your own…
You can take care of yourself!
But your loved ones have got one thing right – as you get older, you need to pay a little MORE attention to certain aspects of your health.
Because the consequences of getting sick, for instance, could be DEVASTATING.
Older folks have a much harder time “bouncing back” after being KNOCKED DOWN.
But that doesn’t mean treating yourself like a porcelain doll.
You can HOLD ON to your independence… and keep illness at bay…
By giving your immune system this “special treatment”!
‘Immunity leaf’
What most of us know as “tea” – no matter what the variety, from English Breakfast to Lipton – comes from the same plant, Camellia sinensis.
But in China, they’ve figured out how to take those “tea leaves“… and TURBOCHARGE them!
The secret is in the fermentation process. And the result is something called “pu-erh tea.”
This black tea – or “dark tea” — starts with the “Assamica” variety of Camellia sinensis with very large leaves, called Dayeh. The most ancient of these plants in existence can be up to 1,000 years old!
And pu-erh tea dates all the way back to the Han Dynasty.
During the Tang Dynasty, tea traders avoided spoilage while transporting their goods by FERMENTING the tea…
And you’ve read before right here in eAlert how this preservation process helped RAMP UP the digestive benefits of pu-erh tea.
That’s likely because of the beneficial bacteria growth that’s promoted through fermentation.
But fermentation also DOUBLES its content of vitamin C… and AMPLIFIES its immune-boosting action!
Specifically, research has shown how pu-erh tea can help support bone marrow function…
And even help DEPLOY your defense troops… including the immune system’s natural killer (NK) cells and T cells.
This is ESPECIALLY important as you age… when this part of your immune function starts to SLACK OFF…
And your NK and T cell counts could DECLINE.
But animal research has shown that pu-erh tea can help REVERSE these effects of an aging immune system!
That also includes BEATING BACK excess inflammation… a hallmark of autoimmune disease.
There’s an added bonus to pu-erh tea…
And that’s how it helps DIRECTLY combat pathogens like E. coli… hepatitis… and more…
Which could help STAVE OFF infection!
You’ll find pu-erh tea as a compressed tea “cake” or “brick”… in loose leaf form… or in tea bags.
Once it’s been steeped in hot water, try “slurping” it to enhance its flavors.
It does contain some caffeine, so you’ll want to limit yourself to no more than 4 cups of it daily.
Choosing older (or more “aged”) varieties of pu-erh tea… and shortening the steeping time… will reduce your potential caffeine intake.
To your immune system aging gracefully,
Sarah Reagan
