Advantages Of Green Tea

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The steady stream of good news about green tea is getting so hard to ignore that even java junkies are beginning to sip mugs of the deceptively delicate brew. You'd think the daily dose of disease-fighting, inflammation-squelching antioxidants - long linked with heart protection - would be enough incentive, but wait, there's more! Lots more.

CUT YOUR CANCER RISK

Several polyphenols - the potent antioxidants green tea's famous for - seem to help keep cancer cells from gaining a foothold in the body, by discouraging their growth and then squelching the creation of new blood vessels that tumors need to thrive. Study after study has found that people who regularly drink green tea reduce their risk of breast, stomach, esophagus, colon, and/or prostate cancer.

SOOTHE YOUR SKIN

Got a cut, scrape, or bite, and a little leftover green tea? Soak a cotton pad in it. The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes, sunburns, even puffy eyelids. And that's not all. In the lab, green tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or apply it directly to the skin - which is why you're seeing green tea in more and more sunscreens and moisturizers.

STEADY YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

Having healthy blood pressure - meaning below 120/80 - is one thing. Keeping it that way is quite another. But people who sip just half a cup a day are almost 50 percent less likely to wind up with hypertension than non-drinkers. Credit goes to the polyphenols again (especially one known as ECGC). They help keep blood vessels from contracting and raising blood pressure.

PROTECT YOUR MEMORY, OR YOUR MOM'S

Green tea may also keep the brain from turning fuzzy. Getting-up-there adults who drink at least two cups a day are half as likely to develop cognitive problems as those who drink less. Why? It appears that the tea's big dose of antioxidants fights the free-radical damage to brain nerves seen in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

STAY YOUNG

The younger and healthier your arteries are, the younger and healthier you are. So fight plaque build-up in your blood vessels, which ups the risk of heart disease and stroke, adds years to your biological age (or RealAge), and saps your energy too. How much green tea does this vital job take? About 10 ounces a day, which also deters your body from absorbing artery-clogging fat and cholesterol.

LOSE WEIGHT

Oh yeah, one more thing. Turns out that green tea speeds up your body's calorie-burning process. In the every-little-bit-counts department, this is good news!

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My Wife is Japanese, Since We have been married I have been drinking at least 1 cup of Green Tea daily.

I have not been sick for 3 years, other than an occasional head cold.

Green Tea is superior to any other Tea in its Antioxidant content.

A good tea for Weight loss in addition to green tea is Oolong Tea

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The many wonders of green tea.

[Cali Gal CPA 0]

It's a toss between green and jasmine tea, been drinking these for years. Great stuff.

[Cassie 8]

As with any natural or herbal products, one has to be careful mixing them with medicine. I for one cannot drink green tea due to the blood thinners I am on. Just a small word of caution.

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As with any natural or herbal products, one has to be careful mixing them with medicine. I for one cannot drink green tea due to the blood thinners I am on. Just a small word of caution.

Great point! I did my Thesis on The danger of "herbal Supplements" A lot of "diet teas" Contain combination of ingrediants that when combined present significant health risk, including High Blood Pressure, Elevated heart Rate, Sleeplessness, And in some cases if abused Death.

One Herbal supplement that used to be in alot of diet Teas is Mao Huang or Ephedra, It has since been taken off the market by the FDA.

I Do not suggest mixing any Herbakl product with medication.

Some people are very sensitive to Caffeine and the combination of Caffeine and other stimulats can have very negative health risks.