Thursday, 20 May 2010

Green Tea and the health benefits


Today I saw a bottle of green tea on the shelf in my local shop. I was aware that it contains caffeine, feeling sleepy still so I decided it was worth a try. Ive never had green tea before, but I rather liked it.

Ive been told how green tea is good for you in a number of ways. Supposedly in can reduce the chance of your body getting certain cancers. If simply drinking a cup of tea can do that, then I guess its worth having some right?

Doing some research online I found out that drinking green tea can help in numerous ways:

  • 1. It is used to treat multiple sclerosis.
  • 2. It is used for treatment and prevention of cancer.
  • 3. It is used to stop Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.
  • 4. It is used to raise the metabolism and increase fat oxidation.
  • 5. It reduces the risk of heart diseases and heart attacks by reducing the risk of trombosis.
  • 6. It reduces the risk of esophageal cancer.
  • 7. Drinking green tea inhibits the growth of certain cancer cells, reduces the level of cholesterol in blood, improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol.
  • 8. It is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular diseases
  • 9. It is used to treat impaired immune function. .
  • 10. Some researches show that, drinking green tea regularly may help prevent tooth decay by killing the bacteria which causes the dental plaque.
Raising your metabolism and icreasing fat oxidation is obviously a great benefit while dieting.
What do you think of green tea?

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