First of all, green tea is tea made made from camellia sinensis leaves. Now, the main difference between green tea and your average black tea is that the camellia sinensis leaves do not undergo the drying and fermenting process that the normal tea leaves do. Its production started in China but is now produced throughout Asia and is drunk by everyone around the world. That just goes to show how useful it is.
So green tea has a lot of health benefits. It does amazing things in the body and is useful in a wide number of ways.
- GREEN TEA KILLS BACTERIA AND AIDS DENTAL HEALTH: Catechins are a chemical in green tea which kill bacteria and fight viruses like the influenza virus. As a result of this it helps to lower your risk of getting an infection. This alone would be an excellent reason to drink green tea but there's more. Catechins also fight off Streptococcus mutans. Streptococcus mutans is the number one cause of plaque, cavities and tooth decay in the mouth. Many studies even show that green tea helps to reduce and control bad breath.
- GREEN TEA AIDS IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVES BRAIN FUNCTION: Green tea contains caffeine. Not as much as coffee though but enough to give that coffee boost without the coffee jitters.The caffeine helps to increase neural activity and also increase the concentration of neurotransmitters like dopamine. Aside from caffeine, green tea also contains amino acid L-theanine. This is a neurotransmitter inhibitor which helps to reduce anxiety. The effects of green tea stretch through the years and help the brain maintain perfect form and function and thus fend of alzheimer's and parkinson's disease
- GREEN TEA HELPS IN WEIGHT LOSS AND PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE: Green tea is one of the main ingredients in most fat burning supplements. This is because green tea has been found to boost the metabolic rate in the body. It has also been found to improve fat oxidation and thus, lead to increased fat burning in the body. Caffeine in the green tea also helps by taking the fatty acids in the fat and making it available as energy.
- GREEN TEA HELPS TO FIGHT OFF CANCER: Cancer is caused by rapid and uncontrolled growth of cells in the body. It is one of the most effective killing diseases of the modern age. It's so bad that if you don't know anyone that has died from cancer then at least some one you know does. Oxidative damage contributes to the formation of cancer cells in the body. Thus antioxidants have an opposite effect. Green tea is an excellent source of antioxidants. Studies and results are not conclusive but all evidence points towards green tea being able to reduce the risk of the disease. Green tea has been found to help in reducing risk of breast, prostate and colorectal cancer.
Taking all this into consideration, I think we can say green tea is really great. So if you haven't been drinking it, you know what to do