Healing, Yoga and Qigong

The international team of researchers also compared hundreds of different beverages. They tested everything from Red Bull to crowberry liqueur. I could never imagine any beverage more antioxidant-packed than matcha, which is a drink made out of powdered  green tea  leaves (so you’re actually  eating  green tea). But M atcha may have met its match.  Hibiscus tea,  ma de from the dried petals of hibiscus flowers, topped the rankings. It’s known as  flor de Jamaica  in Mexico, sorrel in the Caribbean, and roselle in many parts of the world. It’s what gives the “zing” to red zinger tea. The health benefits of  Hibiscus tea  h ave been known worldwide since Ancient Egypt. An old Arabic medical treatise describes it as a cure-all and it was called, among other names, the “royal drink” and “drink of the Pharaohs.” Hibiscus flowers contain  linoleic acid which blocks the formation of cholesterol  plaques on th...