How Natural Is Green Tea?


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Historically Green Tea leaves have been used across Asia as a remedy to aid poor digestion, releive body aches and pains, prevent headaches and offer a tonic for general improved health.

Very little processing is required to produce green tea. In most cases the leaves are dried immediately after harvesting or briefly treated with steam prior to drying. There are a few types of tea that are also lightly roasted. Because of this minimal processing, the leaves keep their green color and more importantly they keep the very valuable ingredients that contribute to their healing properties. Green tea leaves contain caffeine, tannins, essential oils, proteins, vitamins, minerals and trace elements such as fluoride, zinc and potassium.

Green tea is known to be rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are required by the body to protect cells from free radicals (unstable molecules found in our cells) which cause damage. Too much free radical damage, over time, often leads to diseases which can include cancer. As part of our regular cell renewal, antioxidants attach themselves to these free radicals and this leads to the neutralization of these molecules. Enjoying drinking green tea regularly has been linked (via much research) with the prevention of cancer; it lowers the risk high blood cholesterol, harmful blood clotting and stroke.

Green tea is very good for arthritis sufferers because of its anti-inflammatory properties.

The caffeine in green tea has an invigorating effect and it promotes concentration.

As well has being antibacterial, and having the trace element fluorine helps to fight tooth decay - Just one cup of tea a day of Green Tea will be beneficial in the prevention of decay.

Many Alternative Practitioners prescribe green tea in order to help their pateints to cleanse the body. A must in all types of detoxification diet. Happily it contains no calories, no carbs and is known as the 'fat eater' in Traditional Chinese Medicine due to its cholesterol-lowering properties.

Green tea is an excellent thirst quencher. It is enjoyed at any time of the day and is also delicious hot or cold. Try it with a squeeze of lemon, over ice for a very refreshing drink.

If you are unsure about the Preparation of The Tea (and don't like teabads): Use one level teaspoon of the green tea leaves per cup. Boil some water and then let the water sit for a couple of minutes - to cool slightly. Pour the water over the tea and leave the tea to brew.

Brewing the tea for 2-3 minutes will give you a mild tasting but highly stimulating tea.

Allowing the tea for a longer 4-6 minutes produces a less stimulating and a more stronger tasting tea.

Important: The caffeine in green tea may cause heart palpitations in some sensitive people. To reduce the amount of caffeine in your tea, put one teaspoon of leaves in your cup, pour a little bit of hot water over it and allow it to stand for 30 seconds then strain. Now use the leaves to prepare your tea as usual - or of-course buy non-caffeine Green Tea, which is available in many health food stores.

Keith Woolley is Herb Advisor to Boots Herbal. The following link provides valuable info on Green Tea Capusules here Solgar Green Tea


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