25 Reasons Why We Should Start Drinking Green Tea by Jimmy Smith, Combat Core Strength Creator
You Should Start Drinking Green Tea Right Now:
1. Green Tea and Cancer Green tea helps reduce the risk of
cancer. The antioxidant in green tea is 100 times more effective
than vitamin C and 25 times better than vitamin E. This helps your
body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to
cancer.
2. Green Tea and Heart Disease Green tea helps prevent heart
disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol. Even after
the heart attack, it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the
recovery of heart cells.
3. Green Tea and Anti-Aging Green tea contains antioxidant known
as polyphenols which fight against free radicals. What this means
it helps you fight against aging and promotes longevity.
4. Green Tea and Weight Loss Green tea helps with your body
weight loss. Green tea burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate
naturally. It can help you burn up to 70 calories in just one day.
That translates to 7 pounds in one year.
5. Green Tea and Skin Antioxidant in green tea protects the skin
from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling
and skin aging. Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.
6. Green Tea and Arthritis Green tea can help prevent and reduce
the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. Green tea has benefit for your
health as it protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that
destroys cartilage.
7. Green Tea and Bones The very key to this is high fluoride
content found in green tea. It helps keep your bones strong. If you
drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone
density.
8. Green Tea and Cholesterol Green tea can help lower
cholesterol level. It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol
to bad cholesterol, by reducing bad cholesterol level.
9. Green Tea and Obesity Green tea prevents obesity by stopping
the movement of glucose in fat cells. If you are on a healthy diet,
exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be
obese.
10. Green Tea and Diabetes Green tea improves lipid and glucose
metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and
balances your metabolism rate.
11. Green Tea and Alzheimer's Green tea helps boost your memory.
And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's, it helps slow the
process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to
Alzheimer's.
12. Green Tea and Parkinson's Antioxidants in green tea helps
prevent against cell damage in the brain, which could cause
Parkinson's. People drinking green tea also are less likely to
progress with Parkinson's.
13. Green Tea and Liver Disease Green tea helps prevent
transplant failure in people with liver failure. Researches showed
that green tea destroys harmful free radicals in fatty livers.
14. Green Tea and High Blood Pressure Green tea helps prevent
high blood pressure. Drinking green tea helps keep your blood
pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood
pressure.
15. Green Tea and Food Poisoning Catechin found in green tea can
kill bacteria which causes food poisoning and kills the toxins
produced by those bacteria.
16. Green Tea and Blood Sugar Blood sugar tends to increase with
age, but polyphenols and polysaccharides in green tea help lower
your blood sugar level.
17. Green Tea and Immunity Polyphenols and flavenoids found in
green tea help boost your immune system, making your health
stronger in fighting against infections.
18. Green Tea and Cold and Flu Green tea prevents you from
getting a cold or flu. Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the
flu and the common cold.
19. Green Tea and Asthma Theophylline in green tea relaxes the
muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of
asthma.
20. Green Tea and Ear Infection Green tea helps with ear
infection problem. For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in
green tea and clean the infected ear.
21. Green Tea and Herpes Green tea increases the effectiveness
of topical interferon treatment of herpes. First green tea compress
is applied, and then let the skin dry before the interferon
treatment.
22. Green Tea and Tooth Decay Green tea destroys bacteria and
viruses that cause many dental diseases.It also slows the growth of
bacteria which leads to bad breath.
23. Green Tea and Stress L-theanine, which is a kind of amino
acids in green tea, can help relieve stress and anxiety.
24. Green Tea and Allergies EGCG found in green tea relieves
allergies. So, if you have allergies, you should really consider
drinking green tea.
25. Green Tea and HIV Scientists in Japan have found that EGCG
(Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea can stop HIV from binding
to healthy immune cells. What this means is that green tea can help
stop the HIV virus from spreading.
by Jimmy Smith, CSCS,: is a fitness coach who trains athletes
and injured individuals as well as fitness competitors and
enthusiasts in Stamford, Connecticut
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