Tea has been cultivated for centuries, beginning in India and China. Today, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world, second only to water. Hundreds of millions of people drink tea, and studies suggest that green tea in particular has many health benefits.
There are 3 main varieties of tea, green, black, and oolong. The difference is in how the teas are processed. Green tea is made from unfermented leaves and reportedly contains the highest concentration of powerful antioxidants called polyphenols. Antioxidants are substances that fight free radicals, damaging compounds in the body that change cells, damage DNA, and even cause cell death. Many scientists believe that green tea is helpful to our human body.
Green tea anti-caries, clear bad breath
Green tea contains fluoride, which catechins can inhibit the cariogenic bacteria to reduce the incidence of dental plaque and periodontitis. Tea contains tannic acid, has a bactericidal effect, can prevent the crumbs of food residue growth of bacteria, it can effectively prevent bad breath.
Anti-Aging Green tea
Green tea contains antioxidants help resist aging. Because the human metabolic process, if peroxide, will produce a large number of free radicals, easy to aging, also cause cell injury. SOD (superoxide dismutase) is a free radical scavenger, can effectively remove excess free radicals, prevent free radical damage to human body. Catechins in green tea can significantly increase SOD activity, scavenging free radicals.
Green tea antibacterial
Studies have shown that green tea catechin on the part caused by human pathogenic bacteria have inhibitory effects, but will not harm the intestinal bacteria multiply, so green tea has stabilize the digestive system function.
Green tea can improve indigestion situations
Recent studies show that green tea can help improve the situation of indigestion, such as the acute diarrhea caused by bacteria, can drink a little green tea reduce the condition.
Green tea whitening and anti-ultraviolet radiation
Experts in animal experiments found that green tea catechins resistant to the UV-B caused by skin cancer.
Green tea hypolipidemic
Scientists do animal experiments indicate that catechins in tea can lower plasma total cholesterol, cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and the amount of free, and can increase...
