lactose digestion

• Super Snacks

WHITE TEA. You've probably heard of the benefits of green tea and even black tea. Now scientists have turned their attention to white tea -- a mild-tasting and light-coloured tea that is made from the young, unfermented buds of the Camellia sinensis plant (the same plant from which green, black and oolong teas are derived). Because white tea buds are steamed immediately after harvest, they contain higher concentrations of catechins -- antioxidant plant chemicals that have numerous health benefits. More evidence of white tea's superpowers come from recent research. For example, a Pace University study found that white tea had a greater anti-viral and anti-bacterial effect than green tea. Research at the Linus Pauling Institute suggests that white tea may be better at preventing colon can...

... enhances the immune system, aids in lactose digestion, wards off fungal infections and inhibit...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• August 18, 2009