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When most people awaken, the first thing they grab is a cup of coffee or a cup of tea. You will also find a number of ice tea drinkers, as well as those who love ice coffee beverages, which have become quite popular. With both beverages being highly popular, we often hear the question, “Is tea better than coffee”, which is exactly what we wanted to address here in this article.

Okay, so is tea better than coffee and if so, why? The answer is yes, tea is better than coffee and we will explain why. Both beverages contain caffeine, a substance that helps get the day going but for individuals with a caffeine sensitivity problem, both coffee and tea would likely cause a problem. In addition, both coffee and tea are delicious. These drinks can be consumed as is or enhanced with cream, sugar, and honey, and so on. As you can see, tea and coffee have a lot in common but this is where the similarities begin to fade.

Now, for the question of is tea better than coffee, keep in mind that the type of tea makes a huge difference. Interestingly, different teas offer different benefits. For example, ginseng tea has been studies with results showing this type of tea can improve concentration and memory, boost a person’s reaction time, help fight off viral infections, reduce stress, and even improve circulation.

Then, you have black tea, also loaded with health benefits. For instance, black tea can prevent clogged arteries that lead to heart attack and stroke, this tea inhibits cancer growth, helps reduce inflammation, and is proven to neutralize many germs. Of course, green tea is a favorite, which also helps fight cancer, lowers high blood pressure, reduces bad cholesterol, and kills oral bacteria that causes plaque leading to tooth decay.

Although coffee tastes great, you can see the answer to the question, “Is tea better than coffee” is yes. Keep in mind that because of the caffeine makeup of coffee, most people would agree that coffee is better at providing a quick mental boost than most teas do. However, many teas contain antioxidants that work to protect the cellular structure of the body, leading to a healthier and longer life.

Again, coffee does have some health advantages over tea. In this case, studies show that coffee is a good preventative against liver cancer and that it lowers the chance of gallstones. Although these are certainly great reasons to drink coffee, we still believe that tea outranks coffee. In addition to the abovementioned benefits of tea, others include fighting off osteoporosis, reducing risk of kidney disease, providing relief from menstrual cramping and aching muscles, and calming the nerves.

The next time someone offers you coffee versus tea, we recommend you stop to thing of the age-old question, “Is tea better than coffee” to help you make the right choice. Of course, you can enjoy a good cup of coffee on occasion but perhaps you might be more apt to reach for tea instead.

Julie Health writes about the benefits of drinking green tea at her website.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opened this week on 100 IMAX theater screens nationwide with an apparently fantastic 3-D climax in the final 20 minutes.

While old-fashioned 3-D movies like the classic 1953 horror flick House of Wax required filmmakers to shoot films with two separate camera lenses to create left-and-right view films, IMAX producers now use computer algorithms to turn the original 2-D film into a 3-D version. Hundreds of computers ground away for two months on this film's translation to create a virtual second perspective, which serves as the film's offset lens view.

Three-dimensional film effects rely on a basic trick of neurobiology. Our eyes each have a slightly different view of the world, and it is only in the brain that the two images are welded to create depth perception. The trick to turning a two-dimensional screen image into a three-dimensional one is to simultaneously show viewers two slightly offset views of the same scene and let the brain do the rest. This is why 3-D movie viewers need 3-D glasses — which are either polarized or electronically controlled to allow light from one view into your left eye and light from the other view into the right eye. Scientists call this trick of depth perception "stereopsis," first described by the British researcher Charles Wheatstone in 1838.

Only in Hollywood...The Hollywood Reporter says that DreamWorks and Parkes/MacDonald Productions have acquired the spec script Tester by first-time screenwriter Colin Trevorrow.

The story centers on a young war vet suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who is recruited for a secret clinical trial that promises to cure his symptoms. He soon discovers that the chip implanted in his brain is not medicine -- it is advanced neurotechnology designed to control his body as a weapon of war.

Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are producing. The neuroethics community is sure to have a field day with this one.

Only in Hollywood...The Hollywood Reporter says that DreamWorks and Parkes/MacDonald Productions have acquired the spec scriptTester by first-time screenwriter Colin Trevorrow.

The story centers on a young war vet suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who is recruited for a secret clinical trial that promises to cure his symptoms. He soon discovers that the chip implanted in his brain is not medicine -- it is advanced neurotechnology designed to control his body as a weapon of war.

Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are producing. The neuroethics community is sure to have a field day with this one.