What is Green Tea?
Green Tea is a tea which
is prepared from green leaves of tea tree utilizing lesser oxidation process.
As a result, it consists huge antioxidants and helpful poly phenols. Basically,
green tea is invented from China. Now a days, it becomes popular all over the
world. Green tea is the raw material for extracts used in various beverages,
health foods,cosmetic items and dietary supplements.
In the past, green tea
was used in China and India as a medicine in order to control bleeding and
overcome injuries, aid digestion, improve heart, mental health and adjust body
temperature.Recently, it is observed by researchers that green tea has positive
effects on weight loss disorders of livers and type-2 diabetes.
Nutrition value in Green Tea
Green tea which prepared
without any sugar is absolutely a zero calorie beverage. The caffeine contained
in a cup of tea can vary according to length of infusing time and the amount of
tea infused. Typically, green tea has very little amount of caffeine in
comparison to black tea.
One of the healthiest
drink of the world is Green tea which contains huge amount of antioxidants of
any tea. Poly phenols which is a natural chemical can contribute to provide its
anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effects.
Health benefit of drinking Green Tea
Drinking green tea regularly provides following health benefits:
- Green tea is the excellent source of catechins which is a powerful anti oxidants which contributes reducing the risk for several cancers, including, skin, breast, lung, esophageal, colon, and bladder.
- It is also very helpful in lowering LDL (Bad) cholesterol levels and prevents the abnormal formation of blood clots.
- There is a natural anti-bacterial agent in green tea. During drinking green tea it helps killing the oral bacteria which is the cause of cavities and bad breath.
- Antioxidants in green tea contribute preventing the harshness of rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.
- Green tea is a very powerful against bacteria and viruses of influenza and flu.
- Green tea helps preventing Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is a neurological disorder wherein the death of brain cells causes memory loss and mental decline.
- Green tea contributes fighting
against allergies.