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www.ReallySmartGuide.com — The Power of Green Tea

P.S. Orr asked:




The benefits of drinking green tea are becoming more and more apparent as many people have tested its effectiveness in their own health diet regimens as well as studies that have proven the health benefits of drinking this type of tea over other drinks. If you’re interesting in adding an especially healthy drink to your natural foods arsenal, you can’t go wrong by keeping this tea as a staple in your cupboard. Here are several important health benefits of drinking green tea.

1. Cancer Fighter – Studies have shown that if you drink 5 cups a day you may effectively slow down the growth of cancer cells in your body. Green tea leaves have EGCg which can fight the spread of cancer cells. This knowledge may provide researches with more information on developing cancer prevention substances that stem from the use of EGCg.

2. Fights HIV – This same substance may inhibit the spread of the HIV virus in the body that also causes cancer cells. Studies show positive signs that EGCg is a powerful compound that may provide a path to a more effective HIV treatment.

3. Helps Tooth Decay – Did you know that drinking green tea everyday can help prevent your teeth from decaying? The tea can destroy bacteria that causes destructive plaque to build up on teeth and thereby effectively protect your teeth against decay.

4. Burn Some Belly Fat - If you drink about 3 cups a day of green tea, compounds in the drink will help your body burn that annoying belly fat that seems very hard to shed. Studies have shown that the tea is effective in helping people benefit from overall weight loss and it does help in shedding fat that especially deposits in the belly area.

5. Lowers LDL Cholesterol – More studies have shown positive benefits in that it lowers the harmful LDL cholesterol that is a precursor to heart attacks and strokes.

6. Boosts the Immune System – This drink can effectively boost the immune system and is a benefit to those who want to eat more healthy in order to avoid every cold, flu and other illness that can be related to poor immune function.

These are just some of the amazing benefits of drinking this amazing drink. If you want to get all the benefits that you can from this tea, you should drink from 3-5 cups a day of green tea. This amount of the beverage will keep you in the target range for reaping the top health benefits of drinking green tea.

Sandra Hanson asked:




The Green Tea Diet started around 5,000 years ago and the health benefits of drinking this tea have been known for centuries. Drinking green tea is a regular part of everyday life for people in China, Japan, and Hong Kong just to name a few. Green tea has been used by the Chinese to treat everything from headaches to depression as well as a long list of other ailments since ancient times.

Here in North America, Western culture is just beginning to understand the benefits of drinking green tea. Extensive scientific research which has been conducted in both Asia and the west has provided evidence that not only does drinking green tea provide many health benefits, but it also aids in weight loss. The most popular type of Chinese tea is green tea.

Some of the health benefits associated with drinking green tea is the possible prevention of arthritis – green tea contains anti-inflammatory properties that can help with arthritic pain or other types of joint pain. Green tea also helps to alleviate damage from “bad cholesterol” (LDL cholesterol). Bad cholesterol can cause heart disease. This tea also contains powerful antioxidants called polyphenols which help to promote anti-aging as well as help to fight diseases such as cancer.

Green tea also contains high concentrations of catechin polyphenols particularly the said epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). These compounds work with other chemicals in the body to increase the levels of oxidation of fat and it raises one’s metabolic rate. As a result, the body burns fuels as fat and this will help in your weight loss program. Drink just a couple of cups of green tea a day and this will help to boost your immune system. Not only will it give you that energy boost but it will also give you more endurance to work out longer as part of your exercise program.

Green tea has also been used by many people as part of their weight loss efforts to control their blood sugar levels. It has also helped many dieters to control their sugary cravings and as result they have higher energy levels. If you are able to control your sugar intake, in turn you will probably eat healthier foods and this will greatly help in losing weight.

Some other benefits of green tea and weight loss are the fact that green tea is an effective appetite suppressant. Studies that have been done indicated that controlled groups who drank green tea noticed a decrease in their appetites and this in turn helped them to lose weight more quickly. Green tea is also known to be a natural diuretic which will help in shedding water weight.

Per serving, green tea by itself only contains about 4 calories and its caffeine level is low therefore, green tea is a great replacement for coffee drinkers. If you drink between 3 to 5 cups a day you will burn about 70 calories. When you make a cup of green tea, remember to keep the tea bag in the cup for at least 3 minutes to allow infusion of its powerful properties to take place. Keep in mind that green tea is not for everyone as it can be a tea that you have to acquire a taste for. If you don’t like the taste of green tea, then you can always purchase it in tablet form. Green tea or green tea extract is included in many of the more popular weight loss supplements on the market today.

In closing, not only is drinking green tea very beneficial to your health but it can also be used as an aid in your weight loss efforts. Remember that exercise and diet are essential to any weight loss program, but green tea can provide that additional boost to help you in keeping that weight off for good. So sit back, and enjoy a nice cup of green tea today.

Evelyn Melendez asked:




Green tea has been around for many years now, but just until recently has it found it’s mark on the western civilization. The benefits of green tea are amazing. It has anti cancer nutrients and it is better than coca cola, coffee or other black teas. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an antioxidant found in green tea, is at least 100 more times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times more effective than vitamin E at protecting cells and DNA from damage believed to be linked to cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses. This antioxidant has twice the benefits of resveratrol, found in red wine.

Bottled green tea has a lot of sugar so if you make it yourself you have control of how much sugar you put in it. Brewing tea yourself is better than purchasing bottled. The quality and potency is that much more. Decaffeinated brewed green tea contains only 56 milligrams, less than half of the catechins found in an original brew. Flavored brewed green tea has 43 milligrams. Disappointingly, instant green tea has only 12 milligrams.

Here are just a few known health benefits of drinking green tea:

Lowers cholesterol

Aids in weight loss by burning calories

Reduces high blood pressure

Prevents arthritis

Boosts your immune system

Lowers blood sugar

Helps prevent cavities and tooth decay

Slows the aging process

Reduces the risk of heart disease

Reduces the risk of stroke

Lowers the risk of blood clot

You can use either tea bag or dried leaves. It also helps our body to eliminate waste and toxins. This will then promote a prolonged life with less entire body complications.

Have you noticed green tea being an ingredient in ****** products? It’s a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. It’s great for sunburns, rashes and puffy eyes. You find it in sunblock, lotions, ****** cream and the sorts. If you’re not applying it to your skin in cream form you could even try the used teabags. Just like you would a cucumber on your puffy eyes. Make two batches and squeeze out the teabags. Wait for them to cool off and apply them to your eyelids. Oolong tea is good for blood circulation and skin.

Green tea may be fine for preventing aging in skin, but will do nothing to help your acne. It has antioxidants which will slow down collagen breakdown, hence it will help to keep skin young looking and delay the onset of wrinkles. The caffeine in tea perks up your skin and tightens it so it does appear for a few hours that the wrinkles are diminished. Green tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or apply it directly to the skin.

I know we can all agree on the health benefits of green tea. It’s a beverage that could be enjoyed hot or cold and could be ingested all day long if you wanted to. Our neighbors in the east have enjoyed this beverage for centuries and have prospered from its benefits. Small healthy choices are positive steps towards a happy and healthy life.

Bex asked:


what are the health benefits of drinking green tea?
and over what period of time would you have to regularly drink it (say one cup everyday or two) for these benefits to actually effect the body etc?

i just asked this question in diet and fitness before realising it probably belongs here

gracie9510 asked:


If you drink Lipton’s Green Tea will it help you lose weight? In the nutrition facts on the box it says it contains caffine & potassium. Is that good?

Will I lose weight by only drinking green tea each day?

Please answer all of the questions.
Thank you
Please don’t tell me to try the ACAI BERRY DIET, because I won’t I do not think PILLS are safe. My question about this green tea I refer to the GREEN TEA PACKET, NOT PILLS.

Patricia Hammond asked:




You may have heard about the benefits of drinking green tea from multitude of websites and books dedicated to spreading the advantages of drinking green tea drinks, applying green tea lotion, using green tea soaps, and other green tea products. However, not much has been said about green tea extract.

What is a green tea extract? Green tea extract is simply the juice gathered from green tea leaves. Green tea extract contains healing properties from the tea leaves and green tea extraction simply means taking out these juice – as well as its healing properties – and subject these into a chemical form which is used in green tea pills, green tea dietary and health supplements, cosmetic and beauty or skin care products and many others.

Green tea extract is the primary ingredient in a fat burning pill. Green tea extracts helps with the body’s heat generation, or what we call thermogenesis, which is an important factor in the burning of body fats. Green tea extract promotes thermogenesis without affecting the heart rate. Green tea extract in fat burning pills and other weight loss supplements can help a person achieve a more fit physique without side effects such as jitters and LBM.

Another essential content in a green tea extract is bioflavanoids. Bioflavanoids help fight against the free radicals in our body that can cause diseases. Green tea extract also has EGCG which shields that body from any respiratory and digestive infections, and gets rid of carcinogens in the body which causes cancer.

Aside from weight loss benefits that products with green tea extract have, it also lowers hormonal activities which, in turn, decreases the production of acne. Green tea extract lowers cholesterol, helps lower high blood pressure and also stimulates the immune system that can help prevent periodontal diseases.

A recent study and research showed another important benefit of the green tea extract which is its ability to lower the chances of organ rejection in organ transplant patients. In the research rats that were induced to drinking developed damages in their livers. Some of these rats were consequently given green tea extracts for days. Results showed that these rats with green tea extract were able to adapt well to the new transplanted livers in their body.

Whatever your stand on animal testing and its viability on humans is, research and results of studies still give the same result: that green tea extract have promising benefits which could very well be the preventive solution to most of today’s health problems.

Rosy Vohra asked:




The Chinese have availed of the therapeutic benefits of drinking green tea for now over 4000 years to alleviate any thing as minor as aches to as much as depression. Current research on its benefits has pointed towards its retarding effect on the growth of cancer cells. Drinking green tea has reported reduced instances of esophageal cancer amongst the Chinese to as much as sixty percent. The goodness of green tea lies in its enrichment with an effectual antioxidant called the epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), much potent polyphenolic catechins.

The antioxidant effect of EGCG is several times much more powerful that of resveratrol found in red wine. Japanese men of which a major percentage is smokers has been found to show low instances of heart stokes, the studies by the researchers of Kansas University has revealed it is the miraculous effects of EGCG in green tea which they regularly consume. This is complemented with their diet which is rich in soy products and sea food. EGCG is converted in other compounds in case of black tea and oolong tea; it is retained in green tea because of the much reduced fermentation process to which its leaves are subjected during processing. Other advantages of drinking green tea include:

• It lowers the level of cholesterol in the blood stream and simultaneously maintains the correct ratio of good (HLP) as well as the bad cholesterol (LPL).

• By inhabiting the oxidation of the mischievous LDL into forming plaques inside the walls of the arterial system, it prevents the instance of strokes and other cardiovascular disorders. By the same reason instances of formation of blood clots are also reduced.

• Combination of caffeine and green tea help shed weight for those wanting to reduce the stubborn flab.

• Drinking green tea prevents food poisoning and formation of dental plaque by killing plaque forming bacteria.

• The isoflavones in green tea slow down the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) the culprit in causing balding of the scalp in men and in this way serves to check balding.

• Green tea is a successful anti-aging beverage and contains antioxidants much potent than vitamin C and E in checking DNA damage.

• It is known to boost immunity, delays the onset of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.

• Drinking green tea is of much help to young girls having pain during menstruation and helps in lowering other manifestations associated with PMS.

• Cool down green tea, store it in the bottle and place in the refrigerator. You can soak cotton pads in this decoction and spread over tired eyes for a few minutes. This practice not only sooth the tired eyes but also keeps dark circles at bay.

For best benefits make green tea as follows:

• Bring Water to boil.

• Add green leaves in the cup and pour boiling water over it.

• Add sugar to taste.

• Garnish it with a few drops of lemon/milk.