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Green Tea Health Benefits and Weight Loss Answers April 17, 2009

Peope often ask…

What is Green Tea? What are the Health Benefits of drinking green tea, and Does Green Tea help with weight loss. Below you’ll find some of the answers!

Green Tea

 

 

Green tea is “true” tea that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea got its popularity from China and Japan since the beginning of its history 5,000 years ago, and recently has become more popular in the United States due to the health benefits and factors that have been raised in studies.

Green Tea Field

 

Green Tea Field

Health Benefits

Many studies have investigated a link between the consumption of green tea and a lower incidence of a range of cancers in populations. The wealth of plasma antioxidants that green tea provides contributes to the connection it has as a cancer-fighting product. Beyond the antioxidants that have been revealed, Catechin, the active ingredient in green tea has also been found to outperform Vitamin C and Vitamin E.

Green Tea & Weight Loss

In addition to the health benefits that green tea studies have shown to provide, recent studies also claim that contents in green tea also provides help in weight loss.

While some studies support possible preventative or curative properties of tea, other studies have found none. One should consult a doctor before using high concentrations of tea for disease prevention, as this can cause serious health problems.

Are you looking to take advantage of these health benefits? Click on the images below to learn more about these great tasting teas with all of the added benefits you just read about:

Pick your tea by clicking on the images!

Pick your tea by clicking on the images!

 

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