The Benefit of Green Tea?

In Indonesia, drinking tea is an usual habits. Even you has to eat in a small tuck shop, mostly they were serve with tea. Yeah, we can easily found tea everywhere. But have you realize how amazing is tea for our health, especially green tea.

Green Tea

So what is makes green tea special, I think it’s because the secret of green tea lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. It has also been effective in lowering LDL cholesterol levels, and inhibiting the abnormal formation of blood clots.? The latter takes on added importance when you consider that thrombosis (the formation of abnormal blood clots) is the leading cause of heart attacks and stroke ?

New evidence is emerging that green tea can even help dieters.?? In November, 1999, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the results of a study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.? Researchers found that men who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo. Green tea can even help prevent tooth decay! Just as its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria that causes dental plaque. Meanwhile, skin preparations containing green tea – from deodorants to creams – are starting to appear on the market.?

To date, the only negative side effect reported from drinking green tea is insomnia due to the fact that it contains caffeine.?? However, green tea contains less caffeine than coffee: there are approximately thirty to sixty mg. of caffeine in six – eight ounces of tea, compared to over one-hundred mg. in eight ounces of coffee.?

Now we are understand, why Chinese using green tea from ancient time until now to treat everything.