{"id":3451,"date":"2011-01-25T08:16:45","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T13:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2014-10-26T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T17:30:11","slug":"ten-reasons-to-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/ten-reasons-to-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Reasons to Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1114\/1071219987_0cd74c2717_z.jpg\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"354\" height=\"265\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Motograf on Flickr.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tea, whether it\u2019s green, black, red or white is consumed in some way almost everywhere in the world.\u00a0 People have enjoyed both its taste and nutritional benefits for thousands of years, so it\u2019s no wonder that we still do today.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not already hooked then give tea a try, because the benefits of are amazing. 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