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Tea for health

Learn the benefits of tea for your health. Tea is the ancient, natural preventative.
During the Tang Dynasty (618-906 AD), tea became China's national drink. In 1644 sailors began bringing packets from the Far East to the United Kingdom. This replaced ale as the national drink of England. Tea bushes arrived in the United States in 1799 and by 1901 Thomas Sullivan of New Your had developed the first tea bag.
  • Leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant are dried for stability and shelf life. This particular leaf is rich in manganese and potassium and may provide up to 45% of the recommended daily requirement. Blood cholesterol, pressure and clotting all related to coronary function and disease, decreases as tea consumption increases.
  • Also rich in vitamins C and E, two cups of green tea provides as much nutrition as one cup of orange juice. It is well known that these vitamins plus the beta-carotene also found in green teas provide the same antioxidant effects as broccoli, spinach and tomatoes.
  • Teas are differentiated by color, grade and method of processing. Fermented leaves yield Black and Oolong teas, which are more hearty. Green tea requires less processing, hence its green/gold color and delicate aromas.
  • As for caffeine content, full flavor coffees average 110mg per cup, while most teas deliver only 50 mg. Those who find decaffeinated coffee lacking, may refer to tea for its naturally reduced caffeine content. Like coffee, it too is a natural diuretic.
  • Studies have shown that estrogen-like compounds in tea has increased bone mass by five percent in tea drinkers, thereby reducing fracture risk by ten to twenty percent. The comforting qualities of tea is no old wives tale either. A natural bioflavonoid found in green tea has been found to significantly increase endorphin levels, which in turn, reduce pain and anxiety.
  • Black tea is no slouch either. There is evidence that it has greatly reduced the incidence of cancers of the digestive tract, lungs, urinary tract, and skin among regular tea drinkers. White teas, which are very rare and derived from the buds of the tea plant and are produced almost entirely in China. This variety is known for protecting DNA, which in essence, fights cancer.
  • Tea is also a natural source of fluoride, which everyone knows is a preventative for tooth decay and gum disease. Each cup of tea can provide 0.1 mg, which is far more than fluorinated tap water.
  • Did you know that herbal teas are not true teas? They are a combination of fruits and herbs and contain no tea leaves. Though they do play a part in health, they do not afford the same benefits.
  • The United States Tea Association has conducted a survey and found that 85 % of tea consumed in our country is iced. Though you may think grabbing that bottled tea from the cooler at your local mini-mart will offer benefit, be aware that in order to maintain clarity of the tea, processing has removed much of the natural disease preventative antioxidants. For the most beneficial results, tea that is steeped in water that has reached boiling and then iced is the way to go.
  • With over three thousand varieties to choose from, chances are you will find several favorites while drinking to better health.




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    Introduction to orienteering

    Introduction to orienteering

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  • Orienteering, the sport of compass and map started in Scandanavia is popular around the world and is now gaining adherents in the United States. The sport of orienteering began as a military training exercise in the Scandinavian forests in the last decades of the 19th century. The term "orienteering" comes from the military practice of orientation, finding ones way through unfamiliar ground with a "chart and compass."
  • The Tjalve Sports Club, based outside Oslo, Norway, staged the first public orienteering meet on October 31, 1897. Thereafter orienteering clubs began appearing sporadically across Norway and Sweden.
  • Major Ernst Killander is recognized as the "Father of Orienteering." As President of the Stockholm (Sweden) Amateur Athletic Association in 1918, Killander noticed a declining interest in track and field among Sweden's youth. To stimulate interest in running outside a track environment he integrated the orienteering principles of map and compass with a cross-country competition. In blending the mental agility and navigational skills addition to the strength, stamina and running ability of cross-country, Killander created modern orienteering.

  • Scandinavians became skilled orienteers, so much so that Adolph Hitler banned the sport during German occupation of Norway in World War II because he feared their extensive knowledge of Norway's wilderness terrain would be assisting the resistant movements. After the war, orienteering spread to other European countries and the International Orienteering Federation was formed in 1961. The next year the first European Championships were held in Norway.
  • World championships, held every two years, began in 1966. In 1988, orienteering became an Olympic-affiliated sport and is awaiting full entry into the slate of sports at the Olympic Games. Today the International Orienteering Federation sports 41 full members and 8 associate members from around the world.
  • Harald Wibye, a Norwegian, is credited with beginning public orienteering in the Untied States by staging the first event on November 5, 1967 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Orienteering gained its first foothold in America through the military, especially the Marines, who won the first six national men's orienteering titles beginning in 1971, and cadets at the United States Military Academy.

  • Wibye only stayed in North America two years but helped establish orienteering clubs in several states and founded the first Canadian orienteering club in Montreal. Today there are 70 orienteering clubs around the United States with some 8,000 members but Wibye's original Delaware Valley Orienteering Club, with 700 members, is easily the largest.
  • An orienteering course usually consists of between five and twenty checkpoints which the orienteer must locate in order with only a topographical map and compass for guidance. In competitive orienteering, the finisher who successfully finds all the checkpoints in the least elapsed time is the winner. The course can cover anywhere from a mile to up to ten miles.
  • The elite of the sport, with compass strapped to a thumb, can race through dense undergrowth, across streams, around cliffs at a pace of about six minutes per mile while marking off all their control points. But orienteering is hardly a sport reserved for the elite. Families are encouraged to participate and if one wants to walk a course while studying the map and compass, so be it. And orienteering is no longer just for runners; ski orienteering is now gaining adherents around the world.

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