by Charlotte Raynor Piggush

Created on: October 28, 2008   Last Updated: March 01, 2012

> Top 10 Green Tea Benefits

Green tea has been around since ancient times. According to research, compared to any other drink, green tea provides numerous benefits to health. The Chinese have the wisdom on how therapeutic green tea can be. It can be the solution for just about every disease - from physical to mental or emotional troubles. This has been the secret element for a longer life passed down by the Chinese. Green tea has been aiding many people in poor health for roughly 4,000 years now.

Drinking green tea is a conventional action. But nonetheless, it is paving its way into benefiting lots of people concerning their diet, health and weight. There is lots of research that confirms how green tea has slowed down or lessened the growing threat of cancer.

China's health history was practically a revolution because of green tea. It is deemed as a very significant historical plant that came from the leaves of the Camellia Sinensis and is created through a special procedure.

What is so extraordinary about green tea? The secret lies in catechin polyphenols which contains a very potent antioxidant called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCE). This specialized antioxidant not only holds back the cells that instigate cancer but also kills it in the process without even damaging nearby healthy tissues. It has also been verified that green tea can be very efficient in decreasing cholesterol levels and slow down the abnormal buildup of blood clots.

Apart from those cited above, here are several of the various advantages resulting from green tea.

1. According to The National Cancer Institute, researchers have declared that green tea can be the cause for cancer prevention and even the management of disease.

2. It is capable of treating rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases.

3. Decreases the danger of the effects of esophageal cancer.

4. Used customarily to care for multiple sclerosis.

5. Care for immune function that is damaged.

6. It helps to avoid having Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

7. It is stated through rigorous research that daily consumption of green tea can avoid tooth decay. It is established that green tea can battle and kill bacteria that is one of the leading origins of plaque.

8. It can result in a decreased threat of heart attacks and heart diseases by reducing thrombosis formation.

9. Improves the percentage of good cholesterol versus bad cholesterol.

10. Finally, it is said to enhance fat oxidation and metabolism within the body. That is why it is used by many who desire to lose weight without even compromising with health.

The diversity of green tea apart from other Camellia Sinensis plant extracts is the way it is developed. Leaves of green tea are steamed or brewed which gives more motives for EGCG not to be oxidized. Black tea, alternatively, is prepared through fermentation. The procedure of fermenting the leaves of black tea can alter EGCG into compounds that aren't even near to the effectiveness of the original compounds found in green tea in terms of fighting and preventing many diseases.

> Caffeine in Green Tea

Apart from its numerous benefits, green tea can have one small alleged "disadvantage" and that is its caffeine content. Caffeine can initiate a sleeping disorder that causes a person to suffer difficulty in sleeping which is also known as insomnia.

Nevertheless, compared to coffee, green tea has less caffeine. With appropriate consumption, people can reduce the undesired caffeine content in their green tea.

Source

Tea and Cancer Prevention: Fact Sheet. (2002, December 6). Retrieved October 5, 2008, from National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/tea

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