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Green Tea and Its 25 Health Benefits

25 Reasons Why u should Drink Green Tea.









Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide

because of its immensely powerful health benefits.



It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health.

And if you're not drinking 3 to 4 cups of green tea today,

you're definitely NOT doing your health a big favor.



Here Are The 25 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea

Right Now:



1. Green Tea and Cancer



Green tea helps reduce the risk of cancer. The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times

more effective than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E.

This helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed

to be linked to cancer.



2. Green Tea and Heart Disease



Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering

the level of cholesterol. Even after the heart attack,

it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells.



3. Green Tea and Anti-Aging



Green tea contains antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight

against free radicals.

What this means it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity.



4. Green Tea and Weight Loss



Green tea helps with your body weight loss. Green tea burns fat

and boosts your metabolism rate naturally.

It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day. That

translates to 7 pounds in one year.



5. Green Tea and Skin:



Antioxidant in green tea protects the skin from the harmful effects

of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging.

Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.



6. Green Tea and Arthritis



Green tea can help prevent and reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

Green tea has benefit for your health as it protects the cartilage

by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage.



7. Green Tea and Bones



The very key to this is high fluoride content found in green tea.

It helps keep your bones strong. If you drink green tea every day,

this will help you preserve your bone density.



8. Green Tea and Cholesterol



Green tea can help lower cholesterol level.

It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol,

by reducing bad cholesterol level.



9. Green Tea and Obesity



Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose

in fat cells. If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly

and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be obese.



10. Green Tea and Diabetes



Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp

increases in blood sugar level, and balances your metabolism rate.



11. Green Tea and Alzheimer's



Green tea helps boost your memory. And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's,

it helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain,

which leads to Alzheimer's.



12. Green Tea and Parkinson's



Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage

in the brain, which could cause Parkinson's. People drinking green tea

also are less likely to progress with Parkinson's.



13. Green Tea and Liver Disease



Green tea helps prevent transplant failure in people with liver failure.

Researches showed that green tea destroys harmful free radicals

in fatty livers.



14. Green Tea and High Blood Pressure



Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure.

Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by

repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.







15. Green Tea and Food Poisoning



Catechin found in green tea can kill bacteria which causes food poisoning

and kills the toxins produced by those bacteria.



16. Green Tea and Blood Sugar Blood sugar tends to increase with age, but polyphenols and

polysaccharides in green tea help lower your blood sugar level.



17. Green Tea and Immunity



Polyphenols and flavenoids found in green tea help boost your

immune system, making your health stronger in fighting against infections.



18. Green Tea and Cold and Flu



Green tea prevents you from getting a cold or flu.

Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold.



19. Green Tea and Asthma



Theophylline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the

bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.



20. Green Tea and Ear Infection



Green tea helps with ear infection problem.

For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in green tea

and clean the infected ear.



21. Green Tea and Herpes



Green tea increases the effectiveness of topical interferon treatment

of herpes. First green tea compress is applied,

and then let the skin dry before the interferon treatment.



22. Green Tea and Tooth Decay



Green tea destroys bacteria and viruses that cause many dental diseases.

It also slows the growth of bacteria which leads to bad breath.



23. Green Tea and Stress



L-theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea,

can help relieve stress and anxiety.



24. Green Tea and Allergies



EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies. So,

if you have allergies, you should really consider drinking green tea.



25. Green Tea and HIV



Scientists in Japan have found that EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate)

in green tea can stop HIV from binding to healthy immune cells.

What this means is that green tea can help stop the HIV virus

from spreading.

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  Rated 0 | Posted 28-04-2010

Valuable information.....thanks

Ritesh
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  Rated 0 | Posted 28-04-2010

Imp info. I think now I have to start drinking Green tea

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