will be honest, that I moslty drink green tea. I have started taking green tea extract about 3 months ago. It has reduced caffeine content and I don’t have any of the problems I experienced drinking the tea. It has a stimulating effect on me and make my skin look much better. Let’s take a look what are the other health benefits of green tea.
1. It burns fat. By speeding up your metabolism it helps burn energy faster, even if you do nothing. You can burn up to 80 calories more a day just by drinking green tea.
2. It reduces the risk of heart disease. Having antioxidant properties and helping to reduce bad cholesterol, it’s perfect for heart health.
3. It has anti-aging properties. Polyphenols, bioflavonoids and ECGC are all potent antioxidants that bind with free radicals, preventing them from damaging your cells.
4. It protects the skin. It reduces the damage caused by free radicals and too much sunlight. It even helps prevent skin cancer.
5. It may contain fluoride. The poll is still out on this one whether it’s good or bad. To my knowledge, natural green tea should not contain fluoride and the only reason it does is pollution by humans. Conservative medicine recommends it for tooth and bone health. Conspiracy theorists say it reduces one’s IQ and mental capabilities.
6. It can help lower cholesterol. At the same time it increases the ratio of good to bad cholesterol.
7. It may help prevent diabetes. It balances the metabolism, helps prevent sharp increases in your blood sugar level, and it improves lipid and glucose metabolism.
8. Green tea boosts your memory. For this reason it may be beneficial for people with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
9. It may prevent obesity. Some studies show that green tea stops the movement of glucose (sugar) in lipid (fat) cells.
10. It helps people with fatty liver. Due to its effects on fat metabolism and by binding with free radicals in the fatty liver, it’s a nice addition to a fatty liver diet.
11. It prevents high blood pressure. By repressing angiotensin, it keeps your blood pressure in control. Do not try to replace your blood pressure medicine with green tea and always consult with your doctor before you make radical health changes.
12. It may aid food poisoning. By destroying bacteria and viruses, it may help accelerating your recovery from food poisoning.
13. It’s an immune booster. Its vitamin C content and the potent antioxidants inside make boost the immune system. So much so that some people claim they use it to recover from colds and flu.
14. It may help prevent viral hepatitis. Certain strains of hepatitis need iron to replicate. Catechin is one of the components of green tea and it reduces the amount of iron in the liver thus helping the fight against hepatitis. Some studies show that high amounts of catechins were able to help treat hepatitis. It’s not clear if drinking green tea would make a difference as you would need higher concentration of that substance.
15 .It is beneficial for people with asthma. It contains theophyline that can reduce the muscles, even the ones supporting the bronchial tubes.
16. It may help with ear infection. Soak a cotton ball and use it to clean the affected area.
17. It increases the effectiveness of herpes treatment. Before interferon treatment, green tea compress is applied. After the skin dried comes the interferon and combining them make the treatment more effective.
18. Antibacterial and antiviral. This is the reason it’s good for food poisoning,ear infection and oral hygiene.
19. It may help reduce stress and anxiety. L-theanine (a type of amino acid) has relaxing effects.
20. It may be helpful for people with allergies. EGCG is considered the most important of green tea’s agents. When you buy green tea extract, usually its EGCG content is prominently displayed. This antioxidant proved to be beneficial in relieving allergies.
21. Early research indicates that it may help stop HIV spreading in the immune system. A Japanese study indicates that EGCG prevents HIV viruses from binding with healthy white blood cells. Green tea has a long tradition in Japan.
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