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I didn’t know (but I just found out)… that Red Rooibos tea can be a part of preventing heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and more.

Japanese researchers have confirmed red tea’s anti-viral… anti-mutagenic… and anti-allergic properties, in addition to its anti-carcinogenic and anti-inflammatory powers.

Superfood As Medicine

Red Rooibos (RR) contains a high level of minerals and antioxidants, including copper, iron, potassium, calcium, zinc, manganese, alpha-hydroxy (great for the skin), and magnesium. It acts as an anti-spasmodic agent to relieve stomach cramps and colic in infants, boosts the immune system, and helps with nervous tension, allergies, and digestive problems. The Western world has a fascination with all things exotic, and RR is no exception.

The Many Health Benefits Of Red Rooibos Tea. A blue bowlful of cut Rooibos tea with anti-viral, anti-mutagenic, anti-allergic properties, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory powers.

(red rooibos cut leaf)

Rooibos tea (pronounced roo-ee-bosh), which originates in the Cederberg province near Cape Town, South Africa, isn’t technically a tea at all. It is a robust herbal tisane, (the catch-all term for any non-caffeinated beverage made from the infusion of herbs, spices, or other plant material), and its flavor has a sweet, almost nutty quality. It is caffeine-free, flavonoid and antioxidant-rich.

 

Health Benefits Of Red Rooibos

Aspalathin, one of the flavonoids it contains, carries many health benefits:

  • Balances blood sugar
  • Improve glucose tolerance
  • Increases glucose absorption in muscle
  • Increases insulin secretion in the pancreas

For all of these reasons, this flavonoid reduces your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Together with the another relatively rare flavonoid, nothofagin, aspalathin protects your nervous system and lowers your risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

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Red Rooibos doesn’t stop there. It also contains the super-antioxidant compound quercetin noted for promoting heart health. Chronic inflammation is tied to virtually every life-threatening illness, and quercetin acts as both an anti-inflammatory and as an anti-cancer agent.

Studies have shown RR has great heart health benefits:

• Reduced cholesterol oxidation, a primary cause of heart disease
• Lowered levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol
• Increased levels of HDL (good) cholesterol

 

Making Rooibos Spiced Chai

The Many Health Benefits Of Red Rooibos Tea. A big steaming mug of red rooibos spiced chai tea.

We’ve been using RR Spiced Chai Tea and are loving the rich, exotic taste. Chai, with all the warming organic spices (cinnamon chips, orange peel, fennel, ginger, cloves, bay, and peppercorns), gives added health benefits on top of the red rooibos!

To make this winning combo, pour your mug or cup 3/4-full with piping hot RR Spiced Chai tea, stir in a dollop of raw honey to dissolve, and then top with raw (if possible) whole milk or cream. I believe you will be able to say it is “Better than Starbucks”. My favorite is to drink it with my quick, no-cook coconut snowballs.

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RR is distinctively red when held up to the light.

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Instead of sodas and high-sugar fruit juices, go for a nutrient-packed cup of red tea! As Hippocrates remarked in his credo “Let thy food (in this case, tea) be thy medicine.”

 

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  1. Isn’t it fun finding out all kinds of new things? I just found out about Rooibos tea last week on accident. I was in the health food store trying to get a few herbs to make my own tea and instead of getting rosehips like I thought I grabbed it was Rooibos tea instead. Needless to say I had to do some research and was thrilled to find out all the information about it. Isn’t it wonderful how God works in mysterious ways by helping me pick up the wrong packet of herbs. 🙂

    • That’s a great story, Nabilia 🙂 Maybe the Lord had you pick up that ‘wrong’ package on purpose?!

  3. Jacqueline thank you for this great info.
    I had bought 1 lb. from Azure Standard of the Red Rooibos and LOVE it; so good with a tad of milk & honey 🙂

    • Jennifer, I am new to rooibos, and am so glad to learn of its lower tannin and caffeine levels. Heavenly with cream and honey!

  4. Ah! Lovely reading about my favourite tea from the land of my birth! If I ever left South Africa, I would make sure to bring loads of rooibos with me. Not sure if you know, but the pronunciation of this Afrikaans-origin word, meaning Red Bush, is ‘roy-bors’ 🙂

    • Taryn,
      Thank you SO much for help with the pronunciation! I got it from other websites 🙂 I have so much to learn! I will be giving some Rooibos away later this spring!

    • No, I don’t believe so. Hibiscus is a flower. This is what Wikipedia says, “Hibiscus tea is a tisane or “herbal tea” consumed both hot and cold by people around the world. The drink is an infusion made from crimson or deep magenta-coloured calyces (sepals) of the Hibiscus sabdariffa flower.” Rooibos is a bush as I mentioned in the article 🙂 Hope that helps, Andrea 🙂

  6. Thank you for sharing the information about the rooibos tea, Jaqueline. It is something that may be able to help my special needs son. Alzheimers has some similarities to autism. The Lord’s blessings~Kim

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