Tea Health Benefits – Green Tea

Tea has many health benefits which makes it one of  the most popular drinks in the world. Tea tastes excellent, is a very versatile drink, and as scientists have found, it is also one of the best anti aging foods there is.

For hundreds and thousands of years, starting with the Chinese and Japanese cultures, many nations have understood the health benefits of tea, and how different teas can cure certain ailments. The Europeans started importing teas from the Far East such as China and India a few hundred years back, with the English making ‘drinking tea’, tea parties’ and ‘tea cakes’ a national trademark.

Health conscious Americans are just now beginning to understand tea’s health benefits, and how it can be incorporated into daily life to get the best anti aging and health results.

Green tea is widely known for providing numerous health benefits, including anti aging properties, the elimination of free radicals, stimulating the immune system, helping blood sugar regulation, lowering cholesterol levels, weight loss benefits, delaying the onset of atherosclerosis and many other advantages.

Many of the health benefits of tea come from EGCG, which is an extremely powerful natural antioxidant. Antioxidants work to rid your body of harmful free radicals, which can damage the cells in your body, reducing your lifespan and causing other illnesses like cancer. Free radicals are responsible for many of the effects of aging, and the aging process can therefore be slowed down by EGCG and tea. The EGCG in your tea can also help speed up your metabolism, combat mental fatigue and give you a better sense of well being. It can also aid in easier weight loss and to ensure your body remains healthy over time.

Not sure if you will like green tea? Or want to try an assortment? Try this green tea collection below :

Wissotzky Green Tea Chest, Assorted Tea Collection w/ 80 Assorted Green Teas

Drink green tea without milk for the best results. Avoid drinking too much if you are pregnant, nursing or have irregular heart beat as green tea contains caffeine. (Consult a physician if you are unsure).

Green tea comes from the same plant as other teas, like black and Oolong teas for example. The difference is that green tea does not undergo the fermentation process and therefore still contains the EGCG. For this reason, green tea offers more health benefits that other forms of tea.

All forms of tea offer their own unique set of anti aging health benefits, so drinking any tea will be beneficial to your health in one form or another. Black tea, for example, contributes to reducing bad cholesterol and can lead to good heart health. Oolong, which is only partially fermented, offers a combination of the benefits associated with green tea and those associated with black tea.

We will examine the benefits of these teas in terms of anti aging health in future posts. Feel free to leave any comments below.

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