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By China at 11:08 AM

I used to never drink tea. My dad loves drinking hot tea and my sister loves iced tea and bottled tea like the kind that Snapple has. When I would get sick my grandma would tell me to gargle salt water and to drink tea and I would never listen. I love water and Gatorade and I drink a lot of diet coke (way more than I should) but tea just always seemed so bland to me. Then freshman year of college my roommate got me hooked on white tea. It finally became another staple in my diet and I began to eat (or so I was told, healthier).

But are there any white tea benefits from drinking it? I read an article somewhere that white tea can help to boost your immune system so drinking it can help prevent you from getting sick and also if you do end up getting sick, it can help you to get well faster. The part I like most about it though when I'm sick is the warmth on my throat. I had never had that before because I usually drank diet coke or sports drinks, so I never really drank anything hot or soothing on my throat. I also have heard that white tea has many other health benefits like prevention of cancer. It is full of antioxidants that inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Other health benefits of white tea include: lower blood pressure, heart protection, stronger bones, healthy teeth and gums and even glowing skin.

All of these health issues are ones that need to be addressed while in college (even though a lot of students think that they are invincible and cancer is later in life and blood pressure is only high in adults). We need to be aware of our health and be doing things like exercising and eating the right foods and making good decisions now so that when we are older we don't have problems. A lot of diseases and illnesses are caused from earlier life decisions that are catching up with you, like not exercising, eating right or even from smoking and drinking at a younger age. The things we do now will affect our bodies forever so when we find a food or drink that has a positive effect on our health we need to find a way to incorporate it into our diets and lifestyles.