The Health Benefits of Green Tea

Green tea has a lot more to it than just tea.

It comes from the plant called Camellia Sinensis like all other tea but it isn’t bruised and oxidised like black tea so many of the plants compounds make it into the drink. The caffeine level isn’t as high as in coffee but it gives you a milder, different kind of buzz which has a stabilising effect.

Green tea has been shown to improve blood flow and lower cholesterol and it can help block the formation of plaques that are linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Because catechins lower cholesterol and blood pressure, they can help protect against the damage a high-fat diet can cause and green tea seems to help keep blood sugar stable in people with type 2 diabetes.

Green tea can kill bacteria, which improves your dental health and lowers your risk of infection.

Some studies show that the catechins can kill bacteria and inhibit viruses like the influenza virus, potentially lowering your risk of infections, it has also been known to reduce bad breath!

You aren’t going shed vast amounts of weight by drinking green tea but it is a great alternative to drinking high sugar drinks which will then help you lose weight.  A study has shown that it can increase fat burning and boost the metabolic rate but this could be due to the caffeine in the drink.

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Green Tea Health Benefits