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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

7 Reasons to Drink Green Tea

The steady stream of good news about green tea is getting so hard to ignore that even java junkies are beginning to sip mugs of the deceptively delicate brew. You'd think the daily dose of disease-fighting, inflammation-squelching antioxidants - long linked with heart protection - would be enough incentive, but wait, there's more! Lots more.

CUT YOUR CANCER RISK

Several polyphenols - the potent antioxidants green tea's famous for - seem to help keep cancer cells from gaining a foothold in the body, by discouraging their growth and then squelching the creation of new blood vessels that tumors need to thrive. Study after study has found that people who regularly drink green tea reduce their risk of breast, stomach, esophagus, colon, and/or prostate cancer.

SOOTHE YOUR SKIN

Got a cut, scrape, or bite, and a little leftover green tea? Soak a cotton pad in it. The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes, sunburns, even puffy eyelids. And that's not all. In the lab, green tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or apply it directly to the skin - which is why you're seeing green tea in more and more sunscreens and moisturizers.

STEADY YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE

Having healthy blood pressure - meaning below 120/80 - is one thing. Keeping it that way is quite another. But people who sip just half a cup a day are almost 50 percent less likely to wind up with hypertension than non-drinkers. Credit goes to the polyphenols again (especially one known as ECGC). They help keep blood vessels from contracting and raising blood pressure.

PROTECT YOUR MEMORY, OR YOUR MOM'S

Green tea may also keep the brain from turning fuzzy. Getting-up-there adults who drink at least two cups a day are half as likely to develop cognitive problems as those who drink less. Why? It appears that the tea's big dose of antioxidants fights the free-radical damage to brain nerves seen in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

STAY YOUNG

The younger and healthier your arteries are, the younger and healthier you are. So fight plaque build-up in your blood vessels, which ups the risk of heart disease and stroke, adds years to your biological age (or RealAge), and saps your energy too. How much green tea does this vital job take? About 10 ounces a day, which also deters your body from absorbing artery-clogging fat and cholesterol.

LOSE WEIGHT (I love this part!)

Oh yeah, one more thing. Turns out that green tea speeds up your body's calorie-burning process. In the every-little-bit-counts department, this is good news!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I started drinking 2 years back when my friends told me green tea helps to keep her face radiant. It is true. I'm so into green tea. Love green snail tea from teacuppa.com, sweet and smooth taste. I would go for gunpowder or pearl jasmine too once in a while if I ever get bored.

Anonymous said...

I'm waiting for red tea to catch on. Compared to green tea, it's a superfood. Thanks for the great tips!

Anonymous said...

This is an insighful summary of green tea. Although there is much more, but these are enough to trigger other people's curiosity about this simple drink. One thing I am a bit curious though is why people always choose number 7 for reasons to drink tea. Why 7? and Not 10

Phamt,
Nature healthy Tea resource

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pradip gharpure said...

Simply Great Article explaining in detail the highly effective green tea. Thanks for sharing such a valuable information.

rxadvices said...

I am very fond of green tea.
Useful information. Thanks for sharing.

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Lower cholesterol can be achieved by drinking green tea.These antioxidants have been proven to help in the growth of healthy cells.