Green tea, being a dominant ingredient of Tea 4Life, has a host of beneficial health properties. As the ancient therapy in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine, practitioners have been using green tea as a stimulant, diuretic, astringent, flatulence, body temperature and blood sugar regulator, enhancing digestion and in the improvement of heart health as well as mental processes.
Apart from its great taste, the asking for green tea is due to its host of polyphenol content which are chemicals with potent antioxidant properties. Polyphenol antioxidant properties effects surpasses that of Vitamin C in neutralizing free radicals responsible for the many health challenges of today.
Tea based polyphenols are classified as catechins and there are six categories of catechin compounds. Apigallocatechin gallate (known as ECGG) is the most active polyphenols in green tea. Alkaloids such as caffeine, theobromine and theophylline are other ingredients of green tea that provide it stimulant effects, L-theanine (an amino acid compound) in calming the nervous system.
However, most researches had produced evidence on the effects of green tea; amongst which are:-
- High Cholesterol
Lowers total cholesterol and raises the good high-density lipoprotein
- Cancer
Polyphenol researches have revealed it helps to kill cancerous cells and stop their progression.
- Diabetes
Traditionally, used in the control of blood sugar apart from lowering the haemoglobin A1C level in individuals having borderline diabetes.
- Liver Diseases
Those who drink more than 10 cups of green tea per day are less likely to develop liver disorders arising from alcohol consumption. May also help in viral hepatitis.
- Weight Loss
It helps to boost metabolism rate and burns fats.
- Dental Health
- Anti Arthritis Inflammation
- Prevention of Common Cold & Influenza Symptoms
Well, beware of drinking it hot as the effects of drinking hot green tea cancels off its benefits to a certain extent.
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Behold. There must be, in any other case of consumption of anything, some form of risk in the ingestion of external substances into our body. Many may be good, most are bad for our health but some may need some form of control its intake.
Just as in the case of tea drinking. Irrespective of the type of tea, be it green tea and other forms of teas and their benefits, researches in Iran have found that drinking hot tea beyond 70 degrees Celcius or 158 degrees Fahrenheit is detrimental to our oesophagus.
It was suggested that in the event you wish to drink it hot, let the tea cool off before drinking it. Of course, drinking cooled tea do not have the …….ummmmph. Well, do you want to risk your health. What is good for the mouth or the tongue may not be good for your body. Health shall prevail over any form of likings.
Drinking tea at 65 degrees and below can double your oesophagal cancer risk whereas drinking it at 70 degrees and above give rise to a eight fold increase of that cancer. In addition to this, avoid drinking hot tea immediately upon its making as you are risking yourself to a five fold increase to the deadly disease if you drink it within 4 minutes. These findings are consistent with thermal injury which may cause epithelial cancers although the underlying mechanism is not clear and should be studied further. You should not be alarmed over these findings and your enthusiasm for drinking tea is not curtailed or diminished. You should just let food and drinks cool from “scalding” to “tolerable” before swallowing them.
Like I believe, anything in excess, being a deviant form the normal in whatever you do or consume, shall pose great challenges to you. I had never allowed my children to consume anything that is hot from the wok or oven, apart from eating healthy foods and they are living testimonies to healthy living. None of my three kids, aged 18, 16 and 13 do maintain great health and do not seek out medical treatments for the last 10 years or so.
I had often advocated that you should eat healthy foods, drink sufficient clear water and avoid consuming in excess of anything to maintain healthy living. So, what are you waiting for? Wouldn’t you want to know more about this? Visit my other blog to know more on how you could achieve better health and live healthily
