{"id":32109,"date":"2025-09-25T14:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=32109"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:14:55","slug":"the-miracle-of-green-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/the-miracle-of-green-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miracle of Green Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from\u00a0headaches<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0depression<\/a>. In her book Green Tea: The Natural Secret for a Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor states that green tea has been used as a medicine in China for at least 4,000 years.<\/p>\n

Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green tea. For example, in 1994 the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking\u00a0green tea<\/a>\u00a0reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in\u00a0green tea<\/a>\u00a0inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total\u00a0cholesterol levels<\/a>, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL<\/a>) cholesterol to bad (LDL<\/a>) cholesterol.<\/p>\n

To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:<\/p>\n

* cancer
\n*\u00a0rheumatoid<\/a>\u00a0arthritis<\/a>
\n*\u00a0high cholesterol<\/a>\u00a0levels
\n* cariovascular disease
\n*\u00a0infection<\/a>
\n* impaired immune function<\/p>\n

What makes\u00a0green tea<\/a>\u00a0so special?<\/p>\n

The secret of\u00a0green tea<\/a>\u00a0lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. It has also been effective in lowering\u00a0LDL<\/a>\u00a0cholesterol levels<\/a>, and inhibiting the abnormal formation of\u00a0blood clots<\/a>. The latter takes on added importance when you consider that\u00a0thrombosis<\/a>\u00a0(the formation of abnormal\u00a0blood clots<\/a>) is the leading cause of heart attacks and\u00a0stroke<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Links are being made between the effects of drinking green tea and the \u201cFrench Paradox.\u201d For years, researchers were puzzled by the fact that, despite consuming a diet rich in fat, the French have a lower incidence of\u00a0heart disease<\/a>\u00a0than Americans. The answer was found to lie in red wine, which contains resveratrol, a polyphenol that limits the negative effects of smoking and a fatty diet. In a 1997 study, researchers from the University of Kansas determined that EGCG is twice as powerful as resveratrol, which may explain why the rate of\u00a0heart disease<\/a>\u00a0among Japanese men is quite low, even though approximately seventy-five percent are smokers.<\/p>\n

Why don\u2019t other Chinese teas have similar health-giving properties? Green, oolong, and black teas all come from the leaves of the\u00a0Camellia<\/a>\u00a0sinensis plant. What sets green tea apart is the way it is processed. Green tea leaves are steamed, which prevents the EGCG compound from being oxidized. By contrast, black and oolong tea leaves are made from fermented leaves, which results in the EGCG being converted into other compounds that are not nearly as effective in preventing and fighting various diseases.<\/p>\n

Other Benefits<\/p>\n

New evidence is emerging that green tea can even help dieters. In November, 1999, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the results of a study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Researchers found that men who were given a combination of caffeine and\u00a0green tea<\/a>\u00a0extract burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo.<\/p>\n

Green tea can even help prevent\u00a0tooth decay<\/a>! Just as its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria that causes\u00a0dental plaque<\/a>. Meanwhile, skin preparations containing green tea \u2013 from deodorants to creams \u2013 are starting to appear on the market.<\/p>\n

Harmful Effects?<\/p>\n

To date, the only negative side effect reported from drinking green tea is\u00a0insomnia<\/a>\u00a0due to the fact that it contains caffeine. However, green tea contains less caffeine than coffee: there are approximately thirty to sixty mg. of caffeine in six \u2013 eight ounces of tea, compared to over one-hundred mg. in eight ounces of coffee.<\/p>\n

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