Green Tea Benefits
Green tea originates from China. The benefits of green tea have been found to be very beneficial to a person’s general good health. It is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis. It is consumed worldwide and has been the subject of many scientific studies to determine the health benefits of green tea. For thousands of year’s people in China, Japan, India, and Thailand have used green tea for its medicinal purposes. They use it to treat everything from headaches to regulating blood sugar, temperature, and healing wounds. The benefits of green tea have even been thought to promote digestion.
There is evidence that people who regularly consume green tea have lower chances of heart disease and lower chances of developing certain types of cancer. It has also been proved very effective in weight loss. Green tea has been proven to help with increasing bone density and kidney stones. It is a very powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants are nutrients that come from foods to slow and even prevent damage to our bodies. When your body's cells use oxygen, by-products are formed which cause damage such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. These by-products are actually electrons which are no longer attached to atoms, and they go racing through your body, causing quite a bit of damage along the way. Antioxidants attack these electrons and isolate them so that they cannot harm other body cells. They also aid in building up a person’s immune system which in turn can lower risks of cancer and infection. It is also said to help slow the aging process and prevent age-induced diseases. Benefits of green tea have proven to help not only cancer patients, but those who suffer from stroke and Alzheimer's disease. It has been proven to protect brain cells from dying.
Green tea is high in polyphenols (antioxidants) which perform a multitude of functions. They can inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Some of the various cancers that green tea has been found to improve include bladder cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, and stomach cancer.
Green tea has also been found to prevent the formation of blood clots, thus lowering risks of stroke or aneurisms. Other diseases that are found to be influenced by green tea's benefits are liver disease, diabetes, arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease. The reason that green tea can provide us such benefits is the fact that it is processed differently from other teas. It is also a good source of vitamin c and other essential minerals that a person needs in their daily intake. Instead of being made from fermented leaves, green tea is made by steaming the leaves. This helps to retain the amount of poly phenols that are present in the tea itself. It is standard recommended that to maintain good health a person drinks three cups of green tea per day. You can find it almost anywhere and often with other beneficial ingredients like ginseng.
