Green tea for our health

It would appear that every week brings more news about how green tea is good for your health. To make life easier, I’ve trawled through the scientific studies and found all 27 of the currently identified benefits of drinking green tea. It is obvious looking at the list that green tea has moved from being just a health food to becoming a beauty food.

These benefits cover a whole spectrum. Translated into beauty terms, a person can experience weight loss, have an improved smile and even clearer skin.

No doubt about it, green tea is definitely “in.” But unlike other health and beauty fads now long forgotten, there’s actually something behind all of the green tea ‘hype’, the millions of seemingly never-ageing Chinese women may just be onto something and here is why.

A round up of the numerous research studies suggest that green tea may:

1 Prevent and lower high blood pressure.

2 Prevent high blood sugar.

3. Lower blood cholesterol.

4 Reduce the risk of heart diseases.

5 Reduce the risk of blood clots and stroke.

6 Help to fight viruses (like influenza).

7 Prevent and treat neurodegenerative conditions.

8 Improve cognitive functions.

9 Help prevent food poisoning.

10 Work against periodontal disease and promote healthy gums.

11 Prevent cavities and bad breath.

12 Reduce stress.

13 Relieve fatigue.

14 Help prevent cancer.

15 Restrain tumours.

16 Help the success of cancer treatments.

17 Help maintain youthfulness.

18 Help with weight loss.

19 Reduce arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

20 Work as an anti-inflammatory.

21 Prevent osteoporosis.

22 Prevent allergies.

23 Protect the liver.

24 Guard against hepatitis.

25 Help block the spread of HIV (the AIDS virus).

26 Help those with diabetes.

27 Reduce the harmful effects of cigarette smoking.

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