Friday, July 22, 2011

Green tea and its health benefits

Green tea - a drink prepared from leaves of Camellia sinensis, and used, including, in the cosmetic industry and medicine. Green tea has many well-studied of useful properties: it promotes rapid weight loss, intestinal disorders, headaches, osteoporosis.

In addition, it is believed that green tea - one of the most efficient assistants in the prevention of various cancers, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer. Finally, it is proven that the healing properties of green tea can help with Parkinson's disease and Crohn's disease of the cardiovascular system, diabetes, low blood pressure, chronic fatigue, kidney disease and even tooth decay.


Green tea is useful not only as a drink: green tea bags applied to the skin, helps heal sunburn faster, reduce swelling of the skin under the eyes.


The effectiveness of green tea


The most useful part of the tea bush - it's their own leaves, stems and leaf buds. Green tea is not fermented: freshly harvested leaves of the bush are processed with steam at high temperature. Due to this processing technology green tea leaves retain their special molecules - called polyphenols, which explains the many beneficial properties of green tea.


Polyphenols have the ability to prevent inflammation and protect cartilage of joints between bones, fight infections and reduce the human papillomavirus, the growth of abnormal cells in the cervix of the uterus (uterine dysplasia). Scientists have not been able to find exactly the mechanism of action of polyphenols.


Green tea contains 2-4% caffeine, affects the thought processes and attention, stimulating the work of think tanks - which is especially important in Parkinson's disease. Caffeine stimulates the nervous system, cardiovascular system and muscles due to accelerated synthesis of specific substances - neytrotransmitterov.


Antioxidants and other chemicals in green tea helps protect the heart and blood vessels.


Green tea is particularly effective for:


*    Treatment of genital warts (warts). Special agents from extracts of green tea used in the U.S. and Europe for the treatment of such entities.


*    Increase mental alertness due to caffeine contained in tea.


*    Prevention of orthostatic hypotension (dizziness) in the elderly.


*    Prevent certain types of cancer - cancer of the bladder, ovary, pancreas, esophagus. Women who regularly drink tea - green or black - the risk of ovarian cancer is much lower than that of women who drink tea often. For example, a study conducted by American scientists showed that women who drink daily two or more cups of green tea and risk of ovarian cancer is 46% less than women who did not use green tea.


*    Reduce the risk or slow the development of Parkinson's disease. 4.1 cups of green tea daily significantly reduces the risk of developing Parkinson's disease.


*    Normalization of blood pressure. Green tea helps older people with low blood pressure.


*    Reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood (hyperlipidaemia).


*    Reduction of abnormal development of cells of the cervix (the so-called uterine dysplasia) caused by human papilloma virus.


In addition, green tea is also useful in the following cases:


*    Lose weight. Receive special supplements with green tea extract helps people suffering from obesity to lose weight faster (though green tea weight control does not work).


*    High blood pressure. Some studies have shown that regular consumption of green tea lowers high blood pressure.


*    Prevention of cardio-vascular system. According to a study conducted in Japan, 3 cups of green tea a day significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, with women more than men.


*    Osteoporosis. Studies show that regular consumption of green tea helps strengthen bones.


*    Type 2 diabetes. Regular consumption of green tea can help prevent diabetes. For example, the results of Japanese study found that adults who drink daily 6 or more cups of green tea and the risk of diabetes by 33% less than people who do not consume green tea.


*    Breast cancer. Some studies have shown that regular consumption of green tea reduces the risk of breast cancer.


*    Gum disease (gingivitis). Green tea extract helps prevent the accumulation of bacteria on the teeth and reduce swelling of gums.


*    Prostate cancer.


*    Diarrhea.

*    Chronic fatigue syndrome.


*    Prevent heart disease.


*    Kidney stones.


*    Lung cancer.


*    Gastric cancer.


*    Cancer of the skin.


*    Cavities.


*    Cancer of the cervix.


*    Leukemia.


Green tea, by and large, is safe for most adults, but in some cases can cause stomach upset and constipation. In addition, in rare cases, green tea extract cause liver problems. However, too much green tea - more than five cups a day - potentially dangerous to the health of the high content of caffeine in the drink. Side effects of the abuse of green tea include headaches, increased nervousness, trouble sleeping, nausea, irritability, heart palpitations and dizziness.

1 comment:

  1. Green tea has such amazing health benefits. Its better to include it in your diet plan. Asia is best source of green tea.

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