Tea Tuesdays in the Wellness Center

Did you know that every Tuesday, the Wellness Center offers free tea for all students? From 10 am to 2 pm, you can stop by the Wellness Center to grab a cup of your favorite tea (we have green, black, fruit, and herbal varieties), hot chocolate, or cider and relax in our comfortable lobby. This is to encourage you to take a peaceful break and become more mindful of your well-being.

While we are on the topic of tea, you should know that tea isn't only good for revitalizing the soul...it also does some amazing things for your health! Here are some of the health benefits of tea:


1. Boosts your immune system. The theanine in tea stimulates the disease-fighting capacity of your T cells, which helps your body's immune response when fighting infection.

2. Lowers your stress hormone levels. Studies have shown that drinking black tea daily can lower your cortisol levels by almost 20%. Can you imagine being 20% less stressed?

3. Weight loss and cholesterol control. The caffeine in green tea helps with fat oxidation, which helps fight obesity and lower your LDL ("bad") cholesterol.

4. Contains antioxidants. This helps protect our body from dangerous free radicals, like X-rays, pollution, smoking, and alcohol.

5. Raises your metabolism. By drinking about 5 cups of green tea per day, your metabolic rate increases so that you can burn 70 to 80 more calories per day.

6. Reduces your risk for cancer, heart attack and stroke. And these are the top three causes of death in the United States (according to the CDC). Shouldn't you try to reduce your risk?

7. Contains juuuust enough caffeine for you to make it through the morning. Tea has about 40 mg caffeine per cup, whereas coffee sits at around 135 mg. So if coffee makes you jittery or interferes with your sleep, switch to tea.

--Cristina, Wellness Intern