Image by mat.teo via Flickr
According to studies green tea has been present since ancient times and has been known to offer several benefits to health. The Chinese have had knowledge of how medicinal green tea can be. It has been used to answer many ailments from physical to mental or emotional problems. It has been the secret ingredient for a longer life passed down from generation to generation. The Chinese have been using green tea for almost 4,000 years now.
Drinking green tea is a traditional treatment and is now paving the way into helping out a lot of people regarding weight, belly fat and health issues. And the best thing is there is more to come as more studies are carried out proving that green tea has inhibited or reduced the growth of certain cancers.
What is so special about green tea?
Well the history of Chinese health was much a break through because of green tea. It is considered a very important historical plant. Its leaves came from the plant Camellia Sinensis and is produced through special processing.
This incredible plants secret is catechin polyphenol contain a very powerful anti-oxidant called epigallicatechin gallate (EGCE). This anti oxidant is specialised because it is not only inhabits cells causing cancer but also kills it in the process without harming adjacent healthy tissues.
Green tea has also has been proven to be very effective in decreasing cholesterol levels and inhabit’s the abmormal accumilation of blood clots.
Here are some other benefits that green tea has to offer other than the ones mentioned above;
1. Researchers claim that green tea can be the reason cancer prevention and even treatment of disease.
2. Can be able to treat cardio-vascular diseases and rheumatoid arthritis
3. Can reduce the effects of the esophagal cancer
4. Aids in the treatment of impaired immune function
5. Is used to traditionally treat multiple sclerosis
6. Improves the ratio of good cholesterol against bad cholesterol
7. Used to prevent Parkinson’s Altzimers disease
8. Can result in decreased risk of heart attack and heart disease by reducing thrombosis formation
9. It is also said that green tea can increase fat oxidisation and ,metabolism inside the body. This is why green tea is used by many to aid weight loss without compromising on their health.
10. It is also claimed that green tea can help prevent both tooth decay and gum disease. Extensive research gound that green tea fights and kills bacteria the bacteria’s that are one of the leading causes of plaque.
The difference of green tea from other Camellia Sinensis plant extract is the way is is processed. Leaves of the green tea are steamed or brewed so they EGCG is not oxidised. Black tea leaves on the other hand is made through fermentation. The process of fermentation with black tea leaves cannot convert the EGCGs into compounds that maintain their effectiveness to the original compounds found in green teas in terms of their effectiveness. So green tea have purer EGCG’s to help in fighting numerous diseases.
A Note On caffeine In green Tea
Green tea does have many advantages but there is one so called disadvantage and that is the caffeine content. Caffeine can cause sleeping disorders, so it is possible to experience difficulty sleeping.
However when youn compare the caffeine content of green tea against coffee, green tea has far less caffeine content.
With proper consumption it is easy to decrease the caffeine content of green tea.
Reduce Belly Fat-Now
No comments:
Post a Comment