Green Tea Benefits. What You May Not Know About Green Tea
category: Going Green
Hey ! Its 10.00am ..Green tea time..
Nothing better then a cup of green tea and knowing that you are getting the green tea health benefits to go with it .
But green tea time for me is a time of personal pleasure . I like to sit down in a quiet room relax without any noise and drink my tea and ponder on life .Its tastes better that way.
So why is green tea so good for you ?
Here are some green tea health benefits to ponder over next time you drink this heavenly brew.
Green tea the main antioxient in green tea is Polyphenol EGCG and some scientist believe that this is the most its the most efffient anti cancer compound ever discovered also some research also show that green tea may provide great protection from cancer to your skin ,your stomach and also breast.
Green tea possess many special compounds that may give your body much needed protection against many cancers and also may protect your body from the dreaded heart disease .Another Green tea benefit is that it so good at fighting the nasties of infection and also promotes a longer healthier life.
Gree tea leaves in its raw state contains heavy amounts of vitiam K but when brewed into a cup of tea or as a supplement it have just about none. Now this may not bother you if you are in good health but people that are on medication like heart patients that have to avoid food heavy with vitimain K because it is known to have a influence in blood clotting .They now can enjoy a cup of green tea and get all the benefits knowing there will be no side effects .
You thought you only drink green tea . A popular way to take green tea extract is in forms like capsule ,liquid or powder The green tea caffeine content of these supplements are low as they are decaffeinated. Your aim is to take 240 to 320 mg of polyphenols this can be acheived by drinking several brews a day or if your not keen on the taste of this brew taking a green tea supplement which contains at least 250 mg of polyhenols .
Take the supplements at meal time with a full glass of water and drink your brewed green tea with a meal or on its own 1 teaspoon of green tea with 225 of hot water left to brew for 5 minutes and then strained is a perfect way to take green tea.
Did you know that taking a green tea extract as part of a multi supplement is a real wise thing to do as many of the ingredients in these supplement will work synergistically with each other . When all these ingredients are mixed together the performance levels lift and the benefits of these supplements skyrocket giving you are much better result then if you took these separately.

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