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The Benefits of Green Tea as a Dietary Supplement
Speaking of tea, it is a usual name for a plant relative of most flowering
shrub. The groups of plants that can be produced as tea have about 600
species existing for 28 generations. It is also raised in steamy and
tropical climate. Bust most of the species of tea grows naturally in all
parts of Asia and in some parts of Middle America.
The tea shrub is a native plants that grows naturally in the Southeast Asia
are being used as a brewed from dried out leaves. It is also being drunk in
some parts of Asia especially people in China. According to history, people
started using tea as a beverage ever since the start of 28th century BC and
the middle part of 10th century BC. There are Chinese historians with
remarkable records that declare that the tea powder was being kept to
survive a good many years.
After bringing it to some parts of Europe, England became the capital of tea
drinking country. Dutch are the one responsible of bringing the tea in their
continent. The British Company who keeps on trading with them also
introduced it to America. The British then monopolized the worldwide tea
production and they put a heavy tax on the said product.
In the end tea become one of the most in demand beverages, some of the
European country conducted a party for tea drinkers relatively than coffee
drinkers. Tea is the staple drink of three fourths of the population
worldwide.
Countries with many tea drinkers are Asia, Europe and North America. The
main producers of tea are Asian countries like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan,
Malaysia, Taiwan and some other primary manufacturer.
One of the most popular kinds of tea is green tea. Green tea came from leaf
buds and young leaves. In some country like China, they add some aroma to
make the tea smells and taste better.
Since then tea became a scented drink for tea drinkers. Tea has also
caffeine but lower in content compared to coffee. The absorption of caffeine
content is only 4.5 percent.
Now the question is what are the health benefits that we can get from green
tea?
The press and advertising claim that green tea is a very effective
antioxidant and a very strong and useful anticancer agent. Base also on the
study that drinking green tea regularly can be able to lessen the heartbeat
failures and it helps in regulating blood pressure.
Green tea is also useful for the dietary allowance because of the fact that
it helps the stomach to digest well and be able to have a pleasant digestive
cycle.
There are researches and studies that are wanting of the concise conclusion
about the benefits of green tea. However, there are proofs from the
laboratories declare that green tea has no harmful substances to give a
negative effect in our body.
It does not contain any chemicals that can trigger up the chemical reactions
to promote cancer cells. Aside from this green tea can be able to assist how
to stop the growth of carcinogenic substances in our body. Carcinogenic
substances are the primary cause of cancer and tumor cells.
Another thing is that a chemical originate from green tea called
"polyphonics" have revealed that it is a good antioxidant potential that both
in the laboratory and in the body of humans.
Presently, research shows that drinking green tea regularly and having it as
part of our diet can lessen the cholesterol content inside our body. We are
all well aware that too much cholesterol intake in our body can cause heart
failures and clogged arteries.
Green tea can also diminish the effect of LDL "low-density lipoprotein" and
the HDL "high-density lipoprotein". Researches explain that LDL and HDL are
responsible for causing heart diseases that may lead to death. In also
supplies unnecessary substances that assembled up inside the arteries and
after sometimes the arteries clogs.
Another thing is that study shows that green tea can be able to take out the
bacteria and viruses that reside in the human body that prop up illnesses
like colds, diarrhea, influenza and kidney troubles.
So why not try green tea as an alternative drink, after all it is a healthy
thing to do.