What does chai do for the body?

Chai tea is a fragrant, spicy tea that may help boost heart health, reduce blood sugar levels, aid digestion and help with weight loss. Although most of these health benefits are backed by science, it’s worth noting that they are generally linked to the ingredients used in chai tea rather than chai tea itself.

Is chai tea good for you everyday?

Chai tea has more polyphenols than most fruits and vegetables, meaning that drinking chai tea on a daily basis can help protect overall cell health. Clove and cinnamon are ranked among the herbs with highest antioxidant levels and chai tea contains both of these spices.

Can I drink chai daily?

Sounds like making the choice to drink chai tea every day isn’t too bad. Studies have also shown that other chai essentials, such as cinnamon and cloves as well as cardamom and black pepper, possess antibacterial properties. These properties can prevent digestive problems resulting from bacterial infections.

Is chai tea good for your kidneys?

Experiments show that five cups of tea increases urine by 400 to 500 per cent in people vulnerable to kidney related ailments. This continued stimulation of kidneys by caffeine found in tea might damage them. Tea also contains oxalate, over consumption of which can cause kidney damage.

Is chai a good replacement for coffee?

A cup of chai contains less caffeine than a cup of coffee. This means you can still enjoy a nice cup in the morning for a small caffeine boost, but you’ll be cutting back on your caffeine intake. In addition, our body absorbs the caffeine in chai more slowly than the caffeine in coffee.

Does chai have caffeine vs coffee?

One cup of chai from the powdered form has 25 to 55mg of caffeine while in the concentrate, it’s more likely to be 30 to 35mg. Compare that to roughly 120mg in your average cup of coffee and it’s obvious that if you want to be a lively bag of beans, you’ll probably want to stick to those, well, coffee beans.

Does chai increase blood pressure?

Lower blood pressure. The cinnamon in chai tea may prevent hypertension, especially in people with diabetes. Research also indicates that people who drink several cups of black tea every day lower their blood pressure by several points.

What coffee is like not coffee?

No matter the reason you want to make a (fair) trade, there are plenty of coffee alternatives including teas, juice shots, chocolate milk, lattes made with beets, matcha, kombucha, chicory, and other functional or fermented concoctions that are good to the last drop.