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Green tea is made from un-oxidized leaves and is one of the less processed types of tea (with white tea the least) and therefore contains one of the mostbeneficial polyphenols.

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It is native to China and India, and has been consumed and hailed for its health benefits for centuries globally.

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Green tea is the best food source of a group called catechins.

Catechins are more powerful than vitamins C and E in halting oxidative damage to cells and appear to have other disease-fighting properties.

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Anti-Cancer Benefits

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The study of green tea and cancer prevention is

still in early stages, but the results are promising.

Researchers suspect that polyphenols in green

tea help kill cancer cells and stop their

progression, an important role to prevent various

cancers.

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Anti-Cancer Benefits

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Lowers Cholesterol Levels

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A population-based clinical study found that men

who drink green tea are more likely to have lower

total cholesterol than those who do not drink

green tea.

In another small study of male smokers,

researchers found that green tea significantly

reduced blood levels of harmful LDL cholesterol.

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Lowers Cholesterol Levels

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Benefits on Diabetes

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Green tea has been used traditionally to control

blood sugar levels.

Animal studies suggest that green tea may help

prevent the development of type 1 diabetes and

slow the progression once it has developed.

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Benefits on Diabetes

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Protects Liver

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Population-based clinical studies have shown that

men who drink more than 10 cups of green tea

per day are less likely to develop liver problems.

Green tea also seems to protect the liver from the

damaging effects of toxic substances such as alcohol.

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Protects Liver

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Soothes Arthritis

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According to the Iowa Women’s Health Study,

women who drank more than three cups of tea a

day were 60 percent less likely to develop

rheumatoid arthritis than non tea drinkers.

Other research has found that tea’s

polyphenols—antioxidant properties—are also

anti-inflammatory and improve arthritis-related

immune responses.

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Soothes Arthritis

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Boosts Brain Function

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Researchers from the Netherlands confirmed in a

recent study that two green tea compounds, L-

theanine and caffeine, can significantly boost

levels of attention and alertness.

Green tea is less likely to make you jittery and

anxious than other energy-boosting drinks,

because it contains lower levels of caffeine than

other teas or coffee.

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Boosts Brain Function

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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A 2010 laboratory study using animal cells found

that a green tea preparation rich in antioxidants

protected against the nerve cell death associated

with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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Skin Benefits

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A study found that even a mild dose of green

tea’s antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds

erased almost two-thirds of pimples from people

with mild to moderate acne when used twice daily

for six weeks.

To benefit, make a cup of green tea, let cool, and

use as a face wash, or lay the tea bag directly on your skin for particularly bad pimples.

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Skin Benefits

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Urinary Tract Infections

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Green tea contains antioxidants that one study

found can reduce bladder inflammation.

Other studies have shown that green tea drinkers

have a 40 percent lower incidence of UTIs than

those who did not drink green tea.

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Urinary Tract Infections

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Relieves Allergies

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Green tea is rich in flavonoids, plant chemicals

that protect against inflammation.

For struggles with allergies, try drinking a few

cups of tea a day and see if the sinus

inflammation goes down.

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Relieves Allergies

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Reduces Puffy Eyes

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Some herbalists claim that tea bag compresses

speed the healing of a black eye.

In order to calm puffy tissues, take two wet green

tea bags, place them on tired or swollen eyes,

and lie down for 15-20 minutes as the tea

soothes and refreshes.

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Reduces Puffy Eyes

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Reduces Asthma Symptoms

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The antioxidant quercetin, found in green tea, has

been shown to inhibit the release of inflammatory

substances from mast cells, which are involved in

allergic responses. (This is how some asthma

drugs work)

Try drinking two cups of green tea day to keep

asthma symptoms at bay.

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Reduces Asthma Symptoms

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Anti-Stress Benefits

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Animal studies suggest that one compound,

EGCC, had both sedative and hypnotic effects

that tamp down the body’s production of stress

chemicals.

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Anti-Stress Benefits

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Bone Health Benefits

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Routine green tea consumption, especially for

more than 10 years, has been associated with

decreasing the risk of osteoporotic fractures.

It’s thought that green tea helps diminish bone

loss through antioxidant and anti-inflammatory

activity.

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Bone Health Benefits

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Guards against Hepatitis

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Viral hepatitis is often triggered by high levels of

iron in the liver.

Green tea lowers iron levels throughout the body,

so may have a direct anti-viral effect against

certain strains of hepatitis.

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Guards against Hepatitis

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