Oolong Tea Health Benefits #1:

Act as antioxidants.
Free radicals are linked to many signs of aging, including wrinkles, dark spots
and certain diseases, even cancers.
They are everywhere - in the air we breathe, the food we eat and even the
sunlight.
Tea contains antioxidants that mop up the free radicals before they can hurt
us.
A 2003 study conducted by Kenichi Yanagimoto compares green tea, oolong
tea and black tea for their antioxidant activities.
He found green tea to be the most potent antioxidant, followed by oolong tea, then black tea.
Green tea blocked oxidation by almost 100% over 40 days.
Oolong tea blocked oxidation by 50% over 15 days.
Black tea showed only slight antioxidant activities.
Oolong Tea Health Benefits #2:
Promote weight loss.
Oolong tea has a reputation for weight loss, and rightly so.
Scientific studies have found that it does so by increasing metabolism, burning fat and blocking
dietary fat absorption.
There is a lot of hype about what it can do, with some vendors claiming that it can help lose 2
pounds of weight a week.

Oolong Tea Health Benefits #3:
Promote heart health.
Oolong tea is good for the heart in several ways.
A 2007 American study found that it reduces blood concentrations
of triglycerides (the most common form of fat that exists in the body) by a
whopping 80% compared to rats on normal diet.
Another 2001 Japanese study found that it reduces cholesterol after 1 month of regular drinking.
A 2004 Japanese study conducted by Osaka City University found that oolong tea increases
plasma adiponectin levels.
Low levels of plasma adiponectin are associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and
coronary artery disease (CAD).

Oolong Tea Health Benefits #4:
Treat skin disorders.
Atopic dermatitis (AD) skin disease, or eczema, causes the skin to become red, flaky and itchy.
Mild forms of eczema can be treated. But many people suffer from what is called the recalcitrant
AD, which does not respond to conventional treatment.
Green tea has been known to be anti-allergic. Perhaps drinking oolong tea can help?
A 2001 study conducted by Uehara from Shiga University found that drinking oolong tea is good
for recalcitrant AD.
118 patients participated in the study. They maintained their dermatological treatment, but also
drank 1 litre of oolong tea (made from 10 grams of leaves) a day.
Beneficial effects were observed after 1 or 2 weeks.
63% of the patients showed marked to moderate improvements after 1 month.
Oolong Tea Health Benefits #5:
Complement diabetes treatment.
A 2003 Taiwanese study found that drinking oolong tea is helpful to
diabetes patients.
20 patients participated in the study.
They suffered from type 2 diabetes and took the prescribed
hyperglycemic drugs.
They drank either water or 1.5 litres of oolong tea daily for 30 days.
The scientists found that those who drank oolong tea
experienced reductions in plasma glucose and fructosamine concentrations by 30% and 20%
respectively.
Those who drank water experienced no changes.
The scientists concluded that oolong tea complements oral agents in the treatment of type 2
diabetes.
Oolong Tea Health Benefits #6:
Reduce high blood pressure.
A 2004 study by Yang found that drinking green and oolong tea for at least a year reduces high
blood pressure.
Regular drinkers are 46% less likely to develop high blood pressure if they drink one-half to two-
half cups a day.
They are 65% less likely to develop high blood pressure if they drink more than 2 cups a day.
Oolong Tea Health Benefits #7:
Inhibit bacteria. Prevent tooth decay.
A 1993 study conducted by Nakahara found that oolong tea inhibits the enzyme activities of
bacteria streptococci.
The bacteria has been known to cause dental plaque to form on teeth, which can lead to dental
caries.
Nakahara examined green tea, oolong tea and black tea in his study. He concluded that oolong
tea extract "exhibits the most prominent inhibitory action among various tea extracts".