Health Benefits
Teeccino Health Benefits
Every cup of Teeccino is brimming with nutritious health benefits that are naturally released during brewing from Teeccino’s herbs, roots, fruits and nuts. These nutrients are quickly absorbable from brewed Teeccino because the nutrients are suspended in liquid so digestion isn’t needed to remove them from fiber.
Antioxidants
If you read about health topics in magazines or newspapers, you will have heard about the importance of antioxidants in slowing or preventing damage to cells caused by free radicals to help prevent chronic disease. Free radicals can cause oxidative stress which has been linked to cancers, heart disease, stroke, Parkinson’s, and other serious conditions.
Many Teeccino ingredients are good sources of a type of antioxidant known as polyphenols – one of the many reasons to incorporate a cup of Teeccino in your daily brewing ritual! Two types of polyphenols found in Teeccino called flavonoids and oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs) are water soluble, making them instantly absorbable from brewed beverages. Both of these types of antioxidants have been proven to fight free radicals in the human body.
Polyphenols are found in high quantities in herbs such as carob, ramón seeds and dandelion roots, as well as spices, like cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, along with fruits like dates and figs that are all found in Teeccino blends.
Potassium
Every cup of Teeccino delivers potassium in a readily available and quickly absorbable liquid state. Potassium is an electrolyte mineral that stimulates the rapid transmission of nerve impulses, increases tissue oxygenation, and supports healthy muscle contraction. It is added to sports drinks to restore energy production, as it can be depleted through diet and exercise.
Roasted barley is a popular coffee alternative in Italy where it is known as “Caffé d’orzo”. Every coffee bar in Italy serves orzo brewed like cappuccinos or coffee!
Teeccino has more potassium per serving than popular sports drinks and it’s entirely natural!
Potassium is necessary for cellular metabolism via the sodium-potassium pump that regulates the transfer of nutrients and waste into and out of cells. Since our modern diets provide too much sodium compared to potassium, many people have health problems that result from too little potassium and too much salt. Potassium also naturally lowers blood pressure and helps reduce the risk of strokes.
Soluble Fiber
Teeccino contains slightly less than 1 gram of soluble fiber in a 10 oz mug that naturally extracts from the roasted chicory, barley and dandelion roots during brewing. Inulin from chicory and dandelion roots is a prebiotic soluble fiber that helps restore your gut health by feeding your probiotics. Soluble fiber from barley, on the other hand, contains beta-glucan, a natural polysaccharide that has been shown to lower LDL-cholesterol. Beta-glucan also has anti-tumor and immune stimulating properties.
Soluble fiber from foods such as barley, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease when ¾ of a gram of beta-glucan in soluble fiber is consumed daily. Four to five cups of Teeccino a day is necessary to provide ¾ of a gram of beta-glucan from barley.
Natural Energy
Teeccino provides a natural way to increase your energy via nutrients, not stimulants. Instead of stimulating a stress response by spiking cortisol levels with caffeine, which inevitably results in an energy crash, Teeccino gives your body the nourishment it needs to be energized in a healthy, balanced way.
The natural energy boost people experience when drinking Teeccino is partly a result of its potassium content that is readily available and quickly assimilated by your body because it is suspended in liquid. Carob pods, one of Teeccino’s main herbal ingredients, offer another explanation — Pinitol, a non-caloric sugar naturally occurring in carob pods, reduces insulin resistance by helping muscle cells absorb glucose and increase cellular metabolism. Decreasing insulin resistance also helps stabilize blood sugar. When your cells can absorb blood glucose and store carbohydrates more efficiently, you feel more energized. Therefore, the natural energy boost that people experience from drinking Teeccino may have to do with D-pinitol acting like insulin to help cells take in more energy!
Prebiotic
Every cup of Teeccino is naturally prebiotic due to its inulin that naturally extracts from chicory and dandelion roots during brewing or steeping. Prebiotics are nutrients that help support good digestive health by nourishing probiotics, the microorganisms that live in your digestive tract and positively affect your health in many ways.
Beneficial microflora increase the efficiency of digestion while also increasing the production of B vitamins and absorption of minerals. They also affect various immune functions that further promote good health. They may even affect important health concerns as such as heart health, mood, and your weight. They protect the integrity of our intestinal tract to prevent leaky guts and are involved in many other bodily functions.
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