Drinking green tea contains many assets
for our health. This medicinal plant (Camellia Sinensis), consumed for 5000
years in Asia and England since the 17th century, has a wide scientific and
historical bibliography. Green tea has been drunk for centuries in the Japanese
Peninsula and in China, as a drink and ingredient of Chinese medicine.
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Green tea from Japan, green tea from
China, Green tea, and its different varieties, is a tasty and comforting drink.
As confirmed by many scientific studies, green tea offers preventive health and
well-being benefits, especially for those who drink regularly.
1- Powerful Natural Antioxidant :
Green tea contains a powerful nutrient
known as epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG.
To make brief, this element of nutrition
is the main catechin, a polyphenol (family of organic molecules of the
vegetable kingdom) that one finds in the green tea.
Green tea a powerful antioxidant : This polyphenol with more than
50% in green tea is a powerful antioxidant: a molecule that reduces or prevents
the oxidation of other chemicals, essential for fighting free radicals, and to
boost one's health.
Catechins are the antioxidants of
tea which are the subject of the greatest number of studies. Green tea is the
one that contains the most. Black tea also contains them, but the processes
which it undergo transform a part of the catechins into theaflavins and
thearubigines. Moreover, the addition of milk to black tea would reduce the
absorption of catechins somewhat. But this would not necessarily harm the
overall antioxidant activity of this tea in the body, researchers say.
Other polyphenols. Whether green or
black, tea is also considered a source of other polyphenols such as quercetin
and kaempferol. These tea compounds, belonging to the family of flavonols,
would also have beneficial effects on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases
and of cancer.
2- Good For Diets + To Get Rid Of
Belly Fat :
Green tea allied diets: It
specifically targets ventral fat. A research from Tufts University indicates
that green tea EGCG, like other catechins, activates genes to burn fat in the
abdomen in order to accelerate weight loss by 77%!
3- Maintain Blood Sugar Balance:
Green tea fights nibbling: Green
tea keeps energy stable by balancing blood sugar levels. The EGCG improves the
use of insulin in the body to prevent a rise in blood sugar and accidents that
can result in fatigue, irritability and cravings for unhealthy foods (anti
snacking).
4- Cancer Prevention :
Green tea against cancer? Research
shows that it can be useful against lung cancer. In a study published in April
2010 on cancer prevention, EGCG confirmed that it can inhibit the growth of
lung cancer cells. However, few clinical studies have examined the link between
green tea consumption and lung cancer and the studies that have been done show
contradictory results.
A population-based study found that
Okinawa tea (Japan), similar to green tea but partially fermented, was
associated with a lower risk of lung cancer, especially in women. But a second
study found that green tea and black tea increased the risk of lung cancer.
Further studies are needed before researchers can draw conclusions about green
tea and lung cancer. Green tea should not be used by patients treated with
Bortezomib. Still in research, but it also seems that it allows prostate cancer
cells to "self-destroy". In March 2010, a cancer study demonstrates that
EGCG helps the body by causing prostate cancer cells to "suicide".
Some studies suggest that green tea can
protect against cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer, including
prostate cancer. Clinical trials designed to study whether green tea is useful
in treating prostate cancer are at an early stage. There is not enough evidence
to show whether green tea is effective in treating prostate cancer.
There is insufficient and contradictory
evidence to give firm recommendations on green tea consumption for cancer
prevention, as reported in a 2009 study ("Green tea (Camellia sinensis)
for the prevention of cancer". That the results of the studies should be
interpreted with caution and that their generalization is debatable as the
majority of the studies included have been carried out in Asia where the
potable tea culture is very pronounced.
5 - Facilitating Digestion :
Green tea would have an effect on the
digestive system. Without being totally convincing against colorectal cancer.
Laboratory experiments and case-control
studies have suggested that consumption of green tea provides protection
against gastric cancer, but few prospective studies have been carried out.
The consumption of green tea was not
associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer according to a study
published in 2005 by the Japan Epidemiological Association. However, its daily
consumption as part of a varied and adapted diet, green tea is an ingredient of
well-being assured for digestive health.
6 - Lower bad cholesterol:
Research shows that green tea
lowers total cholesterol and increases HDL (good) cholesterol in both animals
and humans. A population-based study found that men who drink green tea are
more likely to have lower total cholesterol than those who do not drink green
tea.
The results of an animal study suggest
that polyphenols in green tea can block cholesterol from being absorbed into
the intestine and also help the body to get rid of cholesterol. In another
small study on male smokers, researchers found that green tea significantly
reduced blood levels of bad LDL (bad) cholesterol.
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Note: I remind
you that in case of a real health problem, you should consult a doctor or other specialist. The remedies that are presented to you are brought to your attention and only indicative.
