Healthy Drink: Green Tea Health Benefits

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Green Tea Health Benefits - Green tea is now more and more favored by the people. The habit of drinking green tea turned out to have so many benefits for our bodies. 

Not many people know there are some benefits of drinking green tea every day. So far only known that green tea is known as a healthful beverage, protects the heart and as an antioxidant.

Another health benefit of drinking green tea

Preventing cancer

Prevent the risk of cancer. Polyphenols contained in green tea is the most potent antioxidants. Where did he prevent the spread and growth of cancer cells in the blood. Several studies have found that people who drink green tea regularly can reduce the risk of breast cancer, stomach, colon, and prostate cancer.

Skin care

Green tea is a natural antiseptic to cope with the itching and swelling. Put a pinch of green tea on inflamed skin, sunburn, or blackish spots on the eyelids, and feel the coolness.

Protect your skin

Green Tea Health Benefits is also to protect skin from the adverse effects of sunlight that causes skin cancer. That's why you see lots of beauty products such as sunscreen or a moisturizer that is made from green tea.

Stabilizes blood pressure
50 percent of people who consume green tea are rarely exposed to high blood pressure than those who never drank. Apparently polyphenols that contributed once again. They were able to keep the blood vessels so as not to shrink and the increased pressure. Green tea can also lower cholesterol and prevent strokes.

Keeping the Memory
Green tea was able to maintain brain function decline. Those who drank two glasses a day to avoid cognitive problems than those who rarely drank. This tea contains high antioxidants that can fight free radicals that attack the brain, causing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Ageless
The more healthy arteries, the more youthful and healthy you are taking it. At least 10 ounces of green tea consumed daily, can absorb the excess fat from the arteries and cholesterol.

Lose weight
Drinking green tea can help the process of burning calories so that they can lose weight. 

Compounds in tea and its function:

Catechin

• Lower cholesterol
• Lowers blood pressure and blood sugar levels
• Anti-cancer, anti-mutant factor
• Helps prevent the occurrence of kidney stones gall

Polyphenols / tannins

• Streamlining digestion, kills bacteria dysentery
• Has anti-oxidant functions
• Dissolves fat

Caffeine (Theophyiline Theobromine)

• Stimulates the central nervous
• Streamlining the blood circulation, helps kidney function
• Improve concentration

ESSENCE OIL

• Streamlining the digestion and dissolves fat
• Sources of tea aroma

Flavanols
Strengthens blood vessels, has an antioxidant function
 
Fluoride (Menganese, Zinc, Potassium)
Preventing tooth decay
 
VITAMIN C

• Prevent and fight against influenza
• Reduce stress
• Lowers high blood pressure
• Has anti-oxidant functions
• Protect the cornea of ​​the eye and UV light (prevents cataracts)

VITAMIN E

• Prevent premature aging
• Reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke
• Prevent the formation of fat in blood vessels  
• VITAMIN B COMPLEX
• Helps carbohydrate metabolism

MONOCITRATE
Prevent bad breath (breath is not fresh)
 
CHLOROPIL
scent the mouth

How to serve green tea  

Take one tablespoon of green tea (+ 10 g) was put in a quart of boiling water, cover tightly and allow 50-10 minutes to ready to drink. The dose for one drink is a teaspoon (2 grams). 

Make prickly TEA for families: Take it and enter the 4 tablespoons of green tea into the pot, brewed with two liters of water to a boil. Each will serve drinks, the mixture is: ½ cup + ½ cup starter tea hot water.

In order to feel the pleasure of drinking tea, drink while warm. It is advisable to drink green tea every day on a regular basis 3 to 5 according to the measuring cup so that the green tea health benefit was good.