Tea is a favorable drink for most people all over the world. Modern research has shown that tea, and especially green tea is good for our health and it can prevent many illnesses and even serious ones. Tea is also believed to improve our happiness everyday.
What makes tea healthy is difficult to find out with certainty but a major cause is believed to be the antioxidants it contains. Antioxidants protect the body’s cells and the cells’ DNA from certain groups of harmful substances. The most common antioxidants are vitamin C and E.
All kinds of tea contains powerful antioxidant phenolic compounds. The kind of tea that is best studied in this respect and high in antioxidants is green tea. Plain black tea only contains a small amount of antioxidants.
Cardiovascular disease is a scourge which in a lot of cases are due to poor diet and lack of physical exercise. Studies suggest that tea, especially green tea helps prevent heart disease. Japanese women who drank five cups of green tea per day had half as many heart attacks per year.
A study found that men who drank black tea ended with 30% lower risk of heart attack. Several other studies have pointed the same thing, and other types of studies have produced theories about how the effect occurs. The antioxidants may exert a protective effect on the vessel wall while reducing the bad cholesterol. Other mechanisms ages vessel walls also looks to be curbed.
Tea contains amino acid theanine. Tea is the only food besides a sponge containing the substance. Theanine counteract stress by stimulating the production of a neurotransmitter in the brain, according to several small studies. While there are studies that suggest that theanine improves concentration.
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this is awesome! I've heard so much stuff about drinking green tea. I bet I'll give it a try. thanks!
Yes. You can definitely try it for your health.
I love tea, be it black, green or with milk. Too bad my tummy reacts right after I am done with a cup. I do not know what is wrong with my system
Green tea is very good for health. It reduces fat. I have tested it on my self and i have been drinking it since ages and have reduce a lot of weight. Good stuff and great materials.
I agree that drinking green tea helps a lot.
It helped me to stay at the ideal weight.
Furthermore, you can't add sugar to green tea, that is beneficial to my sugar addiction
For me tea is a best source to make my mind run with all the energy to work during stress. Tea is the best invention.
I have been hearing so much about benefits of drinking green tea lately that I have decided to switch over to it from my customary regular tea. I hope I will find it good for my health.
I'd read about the theanine before, but wasn't really familiar with its effects. Now I know why tea has such a positive effect on my mood!
This is good to know. I was drinking about a quart of iced green tea a day and lost weight. I prefer it cold.
I have been drinking green tea for quite some time now. I quit tea in 2008 and last year, I quit coffee.
I drink a cup of green tea everyday aside from my other herbal tea, it sure does have lots of health benefits.
Yes, green tea is useful for human health for young and old and we must all of us must take daily in breakfast to maintain health 24 hours. It is loaded with antioxidants and nutrients that have powerful effects on the body.
This includes improved brain function, fat loss, a lower risk of cancer and many other incredible benefits. Here are 10 health benefits of green tea that have been confirmed in human research studies.
Many of the bioactive compounds in the tea leaves do make it into the final drink, which contains large amounts of important nutrients.
It is loaded with polyphenols like flavonoids and catechins, which function as powerful antioxidants
One of the more powerful compounds in green tea is the antioxidant Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), which has been studied to treat various diseases and may be one of the main reasons green tea has such powerful medicinal properties.
Green tea also has small amounts of minerals that are important for health.
Try to choose a higher quality brand of green tea, because some of the lower quality brands can contain excessive levels of fluoride