Tea drinking has been associated with
health benefits for centuries, only in recent years have its medicinal
properties been investigated scientifically. If you want to cut those extra
inches around your tummy, switching to green tea could be a simpler way.
Green tea is the healthiest beverage on
the planet. It’s loaded with antioxidants and nutrients that have powerful
effects on the body. It reduces blood fat, cholesterol, bloated nest,
detoxifies the body and suppresses untimely food cravings. It also eliminates
excess water and thereby reduces excess weight.
Green tea has been used as a medicine of
thousands of years, originating in china but widely used throughout Asia this
beverage has a multitude of uses from lowering blood pressure to preventing
cancer. Black tea is processed in a way that allows for fermentation whereas
green tea’s processing avoids the fermentation process. Here are some of its
amazing benefits that you may not have been aware of.
Green tea apparently helps regulate
glucose levels. This can prevent high insulin spikes and resulting fat storage.
Green tea increases the metabolism. The polyphone found in green tea works to
intensify levels of fat oxidation and the rate at which your body turns food
into calories. Scientists think green tea works on the lining of blood vessels,
helping keep them stay relaxed and better able to with stand changes in blood
pressure. It may also protect against the formation of clots, which are the
primary cause of heart attacks. It can reduce the risk of esophageal cancer but
it is also widely thought to kill cancer cells in general without damaging the
healthy tissue around them. Green tea reduces bad cholesterol in the blood and improves
the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol. A study suggests that the chemical
antioxidant in tea can destroy bacteria and viruses that cause throat
infections, dental caries and other dental conditions. Regular consumption of
green tea is thought to reduce the risk of high blood pressure as well.
