Green tea has a long history of healthful benefits and its qualities are significantly more effective than black tea. Both teas come from the carnellia sinensis plant but green tea leaves are steamed rather than fermented like black and oolong teas. This prevents a powerful anti-oxidant, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), from being oxidized and therefore diminished. Antioxidant Properties Most of us…
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Green Tea And Cholesterol Facts
A green and lush oasis in the middle of a scorching dessert. A cool breeze on a hot summer night. A bright light in the end of a cold and dark tunnel. Green tea and cholesterol. For the millions and millions of people suffering from high cholesterol green tea may be that light. You can browse and search the Internet…
The Benefit Of Green Tea
It is a miracle. People have been drinking green tea as treatment for everything from weight loss to curing cancer to skin problems. In the 1994 edition of the Journal of National Cancer Institute, the results of an epidemiological study showed that one of the health benefits of drinking green tea is that it can reduce the risk of esophageal…
Centuries Old Beverage Contains Super Antioxidant More Powerful Than Vitamins C E
“If we do not find time to take care of our health, we will reluctantly have to find time for our illness” -Hippocrates Lately there’s a lot of buzz in the news and online about green tea and its’ health benefits, particularly the role of polyphenols in green tea. Polyphenols are chemical compounds found in fruits, vegetables and green tea…