Green Tea: Benefits
By Zoe Whitfield
Mankind knew the history of tea and its making from time long ago. Some say it originates in China or Tibet, whatever may be the case but humans loved and enjoyed there cup of Tea. The western world enjoys Black tea, though this taste has seen some changes in the recent times. More and more people recently started enjoying another type of tea called as Green Tea. What is Green Tea?
Green tea is the same tea leaves of the same plant named “Camellia sinensis”. The difference between this and black tea is that the leaves are plucked just when they are un-wilted and un-oxidized. The minimal oxidation process makes this tea a Green tea.
Benefits:
The recent advent of this tea in the market is solely responsible for different studies made by different research labs all around the world.
In the recent lab studies it has been found that certain alkaloids and chemical constituent of this green tea reduced the rate of growth of certain cancerous cells in the body.
Another study is in progress in regards to the work of this on weight loss and different issues related to obesity. Although researchers are still not sure if this green tea can really help some on to lose weight.
Although beneficial Green tea still contains enough caffeine to show some long term side effects. One or two cases of liver issues due to drinking of concentrated green tea on a long term bases have been noted.
Green tea also contains small traces of Vitamin K, which has the reputation to make anti coagulant like warfarin less effective.
New evidence is emerging that green tea can even help dieters. the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the results of a study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Researchers found that men who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo.
Green tea can even help prevent tooth decay! Just as its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria that causes dental plaque. Meanwhile, skin preparations containing green tea – from deodorants to creams – are starting to appear on the market.
As the Pete said green tea help dieters and its very healthy what is very important thing. There are some health effects:
Green tea contains polyphenols which are thought to improve health, particularly catechins, the most abundant of which is epigallocatechin gallate. In vitro and animal studies as well as preliminary observational and clinical studies of humans suggest that green tea can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer as well as beneficially impact bone density, cognitive function, dental cavities, and kidney stones. However, the human studies are sometimes mixed and inconsistent.[6] Green tea also contains carotenoids, tocopherols, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), minerals such as chromium, manganese, selenium or zinc, and certain phytochemical compounds. It is a more potent antioxidant than black tea,[6] although black tea has substances which green tea does not such as theaflavin.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, green tea has many beneficial effects. So, if you or one of your family has a fever, green tea can help to accelerate the healing, but you will still need the right medicine for the fever.
I love drinking green tea every day because green tea has many beneficial effects. green tea can help to accelerate the healing
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