7. Use it in Foods
If you cook, you know that there have been many discoveries of brilliant dishes and desserts by combining bizarre ingredients and methods to craft something edible and that tastes good. Green tea has been used to make delicious ice cream, nutritious cake, to garnish some seafood like shrimp, and of course to make the healthiest iced tea imaginable (iced green tea is jam packed with antioxidants, either use sugar to enhance flavor, or artificial sweetener for a 0 calorie drink). These foods not only taste great, but they appeal to a wide variety of people.
6. Protect your skin
Who would have thought that applying green tea directly to the skin could assist in blocking skin cancer caused by sunlight? Apparently true, it is a noticeably reoccurring theme with new moisturizers. Including “with green tea” or something along those lines, may be a selling point for most new creams, but this modern revelation can be provided without using a cream, simply soak a green tea bag and dab your skin. You may even be inclined to try using it on sunburns.
It also helps wounds heal. Green tea possesses a natural antiseptic which helps clean and soothe cuts, swelling, and general skin irritations.
5. Prevent memory loss
It seems as though green tea provides some nerve stabilization in the brain, a study done has reported that over the hill adults that drink 2 cups of the tea per day are half as likely to develop Alzheimer’s, even Parkinson’s. If you know someone falling into this age range, you should encourage him or her to have tea with you.
4. Keep your arteries clean
When blood pumps through your veins, they are carrying oxygen through to your brain. Green tea provides more oxygen to be carried, and also clears out the arteries from plaque and junk that is detrimental to your health. Cleaner arteries mean a healthier and younger looking you. When considering the Asian culture, you’ll find that many of them age gracefully. Tea is simply a staple of their culture.
3. Ward off heart disease
Polyphenols play a big part in lowering your blood pressure, and there are plenty of polyphenols in green tea. By drinking half a cup, results show that blood pressure is lowered to 120/80 or below, which is a great blood pressure to be below. Heart disease is running rampant as always, in some cases, green tea is simply an easy method to keep it running strong.
2. Fights Cancer
Antioxidants make up a lot of the reason why green tea is rapidly becoming the tea of choice for many individuals, antioxidants discourage cancer cells and tumors from growing, which is great, but a lot of folks don’t worry about cancer until it happens to them or someone close to them. Green tea is a nice calming drink to enjoy daily, whether drinking to your health or simply enjoying it to stimulate your mind and body.
1. Weight loss
Green tea burns 60 calories per cup. This is a cup without adding sugar or honey, however. It helps when including exercise in your daily routine, because green tea increases your metabolism (or metabolic rate), which can lead to a steady weight loss regimen. Even if you aren’t a person that exercises much, it can still curb your daily calorie intake. Celebrities are all over this green tea thing. Oprah Winfrey has even endorsed green tea and products alike.