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Green Tea Health Benefits
Why is green tea so good for us?
Green tea helps with Antiaging - Rejuvenating your skin
- One of the best green tea health benefits is its
high concentration of antioxidants
which help stabilise and stop free radicals from damaging healthy cells.
- Another benefit of green tea is the ingredient Epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG a catechin, said to be more effective than any other vitamins in eliminating free radicals, that can cause disease.
- Green tea is often used in facial creams because of its high concentration of antioxidants.
Treat your skin - and make a refreshing green tea mask at home.
How Can Green Tea Help Weight Loss?
- Green tea weight loss research
conducted in recent years, have suggested that drinking green tea everyday is useful in reducing body fat.
WhenEGCG and caffeine combine in green tea it is thought to trigger the metabolism to burn fat at an accelerated rate.
Another great green tea health benefit is that it is calorie-free, so it can be enjoyed as often as you like.
It has lower caffeine than coffee, and has no known side effects.
The Japanese have one of the lowest rates of heart disease and cancer in the world, as well as lower rates of obesity than other Western countries.
For some helpful hints on diet and nutrition for healthy living - CLICK HERE.
Green Tea and its Anti-Cancer Properties
- As I mentioned above one of the major green tea health benefits is the compound EGCG, a catechin found in green tea that is believed to prevent cancer cells from growing.
- The catechins found in green tea block cancer-causing agents from binding with DNA,and protect cells against damage that could potentially lead to cancer.
- Catechins work to protect against free-radical DNA damage that can cause some cancers.
To find out more about green tea's beneficial effects against cancer - Click here.
Green Tea Can Lower Cholesterol
- The catechins found in green tea are also said to reduce lipoprotein –cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) in the blood.
Learn more about green tea and cholesterol here.
- The powerful antioxidants in green tea prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol in the arteries.
Check out www.Lower-Cholesterol-Today.com to find more information on how to lower cholesterol that is backed by scientific research along with tasty cholesterol lowering recipes.
We Are All Looking For Ways to Live Longer
- Green tea health benefits have been known and celebrated in China and Japan for hundreds of years.It is drunk on a daily basis, often with or after a meal.
- Japanese people today enjoy the longest life expectancy in the world, as well as lower rates of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
- Green tea can not provide all the essential nutrients needed to sustain a healthy life, but it can certainly complement it.
- It is a completely natural and cheap source of wellness, which just happens to taste DELICIOUS!
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