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The Best Herbal Tea

By David Mendosa Health Expert

The best herbal tea is more a matter of personal preference than the other stuff that we put in our mouths. Unlike food and other drinks that can have some nutritional benefit or disadvantage, herbal tea doesn't have any proven nutritional impact. Some teas just taste better than others.

But when we drink more of the nutritionally neutral herbal tea, we're likely to drink less of the bad stuff. We are even less likely to eat less of the bad stuff.

Drinking herbal tea puts something in your mo...

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