Generally green tea is drunk by those wishing to improve or maintain a healthy body.  Green tea has many properties that have natural healing and health preventative affects.

The major health benefits that are considered with drinking green tea are:

• Heart disease – protection from oxidative stress of the heart
• Cancer – clinical reports suggest that green tea helps prevent many types of cancers
• Type 2 diabetes – studies have shown that our bodies make better use of glucose
• Weight loss – boosts the body’s metabolism and helps burn fat

From the University of Maryland Medical Center:

“Green tea is made from unfermented leaves and reportedly contains the highest concentration of powerful antioxidants called polyphenols.  Antioxidants are substances that scavenge free radicals – damaging compounds in the body that alter cells, tamper with DNA (genetic material) and even cause cell death…… Antioxidants such as polyphenols in green tea can neutralize free radicals and may reduce or even help prevent some of the damage they cause.”

Interestingly, it is now possible to get green blended coffee as well and it is advertised that 70% more antioxidants are absorbed with this coffee than when you drink most green teas.   This is quite interesting as there are a lot of coffee drinkers in the world and most know that the number of cups a day should be minimal.  So green coffee I imagine will also become a very popular beverage.

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