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Do you drink Green Tea?
Then you should read the information below.
Lately, green tea has been getting a lot of attention,
recent reports and scientific studies found that green tea
has the ability to reduce greatly the risk of many cancers
and in some cases it has shown signs of reducing tumors.
However, green tea has been around for thousands
of years. In China and Japan it is used as a tonic that
keeps the body in optimum conditions.
This is our topic for this issue of the Home
Made Medicine Newsletter, we will dive into the secrets
and properties and we will study green tea, to expose all
of its properties. We will answer questions like what makes
some teas cure illnesses, and what is the difference between
a regular black tea and this wonderful green healing concoction.
Chances are you have already tasted green tea, it is a common
treat in most Asian restaurants. What you probably did not
realize is that you were drinking a powerful healing remedy.
Green tea has been used for more than 4,000 years
for medicinal purposes. Only recently, scientists are paying
attention to this marvelous plant, as we mentioned above
green tea can prevent cancer, but that is not all. Other
researches have shown that green tea bolsters the heart's
resistance to cardiovascular diseases, increases longevity,
detoxifies the body and boosts the immune system.
TIP: Green tea also prevents
cavities.
Why does green tea have all these properties and black
tea doesn't
Although green and black tea come from the same plant,
it is the processing that sets them apart. Tea leaves contain
an enzyme that causes the leaves to oxidate after picking.
By steaming and heating the leaves, processors are able
to stop the oxidation process. Black tea it is let to oxidate
and it is submitted to several more possessing steps which
causes it to turn dark brown, and sometimes red. Unfortunately,
this manipulation of the plant reduces and destroys compounds
called polyphenols, present in the freshly picked leaves.
These compounds are the secret healing weapon contained
in the green tea leaves, because it is processed as little
as possible, green tea retains all its polyphenols. Out
of all the types of teas, green tea contain the highest
levels of polyphenols.
What are polyphenols, and what do they do Polyphenols are
a group of natural phytochemicals (plant chemicals). These
phytochemicals are potent antioxidants, antioxidants are
the substances that protect the body from free radicals,
and free radicals are the reactive molecules that damage
the body at the cellular level, causing cancer, heart disease
and many other horrible diseases. (To learn more about antioxidants
and free radicals read the article titled Antioxidants in
our website).
There are primarily four types of antioxidants in green
tea that stand out, which give it the properties that green
tea is famous for. Many other nutrients can be found in
green tea, vitamin C tops the list, containing ten
times more than black tea. Also found in different levels
are, vitamin B2, vitamin D, vitamin K and carotenoids (beta-carotine).
The wrong information, gives bad reputation.
Many years ago, there were concerns raised, which made
people believe that drinking tea in general might interfere
with the body's absorption and use of iron, which in turns
causes anemia. Further research has determined that tea
does not increase the risk of iron-deficiency anemia. Another
concern that was raised was the seemingly high level of
mineral aluminum some times found in tea, aluminum causes
bone and brain disorders. Again further research, shows
that the type of aluminum found in tea does not react in
any harmful way in the body. As far as we know, for thousands
of years tea has been used without any adverse reaction
or downside.
Green tea and cancer
prevention
As mentioned before, green tea has a 4,000 year old reputation
of health enhancing beverage, although this reputation has
been dismissed in the past, modern epidemiologists have
paid close attention the this plant, and they have found
proof that many diseases are prevented by drinking green
tea.
One of the researches was done on a region of Japan called
Shizuoka, they concentrated in the area, because statistics
showed that citizens of this city had a way below average
rate of death from cancer, both men and women. A deeper
study showed that in this tea growing region, its citizens
drank more cups of green tea than the average Japanese citizens.
After this study, dozens more have taken place, some in
Europe and some in the United States and the results only
fortify early conclusion. Green tea reduces de risks
of cancer.
I hope you like this article, please feel free to forward
it to all your friends and family members it may save their
lives.
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