What Is Moringa Tea? 5 Amazing Facts You Need To Know!
Moringa Tea is becoming more popular for the health benefits that it provides. A lot of people have been getting more and more curious about this type of tea.
So what is Moringa tea?
This superfood tea is nothing too new to me as I grew up in the Philippines where Moringa trees grow in our backyards so fast and easily! It is used in teas and it is also a favorite ingredient for delicious local soup recipes like Chicken Tinola and Monggo Beans with Malunggay in the Philippines.
To help everyone better appreciate and know more about the benefits of this nutritious powerhouse, here are 5 amazing facts about this Moringa tea. Let’s get to it!
1. Moringa tea comes from the tree called Miracle Tree or Moringa Tree.
Moringa tree (Moringa oleifera) is a fast-growing flowering tree native to parts of northwestern India in the foothills of the Himalayas and has been used in traditional medicine for thousands of years. It has widely spread in parts of Asia, South America, and Africa as well.
This highly nutritious tree has also been called a lot of names:
- Moringa’s the genus name
- Horseradish tree because of the flavor resemblance of its roots
- Drumstick tree because of the shape of its pods
- Malunggay as we call it in the Philippines
- Miracle tree because of the many health benefits it provides.
It is named Miracle tree because it contains a variety of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and antioxidants that offers a lot of health benefits.
2. Here’s a list of the vitamins and minerals found in Miracle tree:
- vitamin A (4x more than from carrots)
- vitamin B1 (thiamine)
- B2 (riboflavin)
- B3 (niacin), B-6
- folate
- vitamin C (7x more than found in oranges)
- calcium (4x more than found in milk)
- potassium (3x that of a banana)
- iron (9x more than in spinach)
- magnesium
- phosphorus
- zinc
There are a variety of ways that you can incorporate this into your diet. You can either take it as a dietary supplement, add it as an ingredient to a soup recipe, mixing it with your smoothies such as Mango smoothies or make it as a tea.
Making it as tea is the most popular.
3. What is Moringa Tea Good for?
There’s a myriad of health benefits that you can get from drinking Moringa tea. Here’s a few of them:
a. Antioxidant
Miracle tree is packed with antioxidants that can protect the cells of your body from harmful free radicals that we get from foods, tobacco smoke, radiation, and our environment.
It helps lower blood pressure levels and can help prevent a variety of diseases including cancer.
The antioxidants it contains not only help the body deal with stress and prevent chronic diseases, but it also protects your skin by reducing pigmentation, fine lines, and wrinkles.
You should consider adding this to your daily beauty list! ????
b. Lowers Blood Sugar Level
Miracle tree also contains Chlorogenic acid and isothiocyanates which may help in lowering high blood sugar levels.
This is so important because high blood sugar is a serious health problem today. It can lead to other problems including diabetes and heart diseases.
c. Reduces Body Inflammation
Accidents and injuries occur and moringa can help alleviate pain and body inflammations. When taken in, the compound called isothiocyanates helps fight inflammation in the body.
In some areas in Asia, the sap of moringa leaves is used as a coagulant for wounds and serves as a quick way to lessen, if not stop, the bleeding of fresh wounds.
Freshly crushed clean leaves are used as inflammation cushions or first aid support so that pain is alleviated while heading for a clinic to seek professional medical help.
d. Lowers Cholesterol Levels
High cholesterol is linked to a higher risk of heart disease. This makes it important for us to find ways to combat and control our high cholesterol levels.
Just as herbs and plant foods like almond, flaxseeds, and oats can combat cholesterol, moringa can also offer the same benefits.
e. Enhances Milk Supply and Production of Lactating Mothers
Moringa tea can also increase milk production for breastfeeding moms. It contains galactagogue – a substance that helps increase lactation in breastfeeding moms.
Supplements and fresh moringa leaves are highly encouraged for breastfeeding moms’ diet.
With moringa as a nutritional powerhouse, it also helps boost the immune system of nursing mothers which can help their bodies recover more quickly from the birthing process.
Supplements for moms made out of powdered moringa are readily available.
4. Does Moringa Tea Have Caffeine?
Even though Moringa tea can give an energizing effect when you drink it, it does not have caffeine. So great news for those that get jitters when drinking caffeinated drink like me!
The energy boost that you get comes from the combination of nutrients that energize the body at a cellular level, achieving that rejuvenated feel, but caffeine-free.
You will have the same alertness as having a caffeinated drink but with no jitters!
There are available supplements that you can also take orally like regular vitamins if you wish to skip the process of creating moringa tea from scratch.
There are also ready-made Moringa tea bags in the market. You can check out which ones fit your preference.
5. How Much Moringa Should I Take Daily?
At this point, there is not enough information to establish a suitable dosage for this as a tea drink.
If you choose to take Moringa tea be sure to follow directions on the product labels and consult your healthcare provider before using.
I can tell you that when I was growing up in the Philippines, my family and I rarely get sick. One of the main dishes that my parents make are soups with Moringa leaves.
We didn’t know at that time the great health benefits it gives to our bodies. We just simply obeyed what our parents want us to eat and all we know is that is it nutritious!
So now we reap the benefits of our obedience (for the most part) and God’s blessings through this amazing plant.
Moringa tree offers a lot of benefits since it is uniquely packed with more vitamins and minerals compared to just any fruits and vegetables. Adding this to your diet in moderation will give you more health benefits.
With this in mind, you can go ahead and enjoy a cup or two of this Moringa tea daily. Notice for yourself the good significant changes your body will be experiencing, all thanks to the wonders of this Miracle tree.
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