White tea can inhibit the excitability of caffeine. In other words, drinking white tea won't make your nerves super excited. White tea has this "antagonistic side effect caused by caffeine", mainly because of its high amino acid content. Through the study of theanine, scientists found that theanine can play a role in inhibiting excitement.
Not only that, theanine can also relieve stress, soothe the nerves, resist fatigue and improve cognitive ability, which has been widely recognized. Therefore, white tea can significantly inhibit the nervous system excitement caused by caffeine.
White tea is relatively weak in irritation and will not cause nervousness and lead to insomnia. On the contrary, drinking a certain amount of white tea in the evening will calm the fidgety mood, thus relaxing your body and mind and making you fall asleep faster. But the premise is not to drink too much, so as not to consume too much water, which often leads to sleepless nights.
Taboos for drinking white tea When drinking white tea, you need to pay attention to the amount of white tea. Drinking white tea should not be too strong. Generally, it is 5 grams of tea and 150 ml of water, and the water temperature is above 95 degrees.
In addition, as mentioned above, white tea is strong tea. People with kidney deficiency, heart disease with tachycardia, severe hypertension, severe constipation, severe neurasthenia and iron deficiency anemia should not drink strong tea or drink tea on an empty stomach.
The above content refers to People's Daily Online-Deciphering 9 misunderstandings of drinking tea: drinking tea helps sleep.