The miracle of green tea

The miracle of green tea
Aug 6, 2007 02:24
MONICAMARS Points: Join Date: Jul 3, 2007 Status: offline	Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.” (Ancient Chinese Proverb) 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 headaches to depression. 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. 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 green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol. To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful: • cancer • rheumatoid arthritis • high cholesterol levels • cariovascular disease • infection • impaired immune function

Aug 6, 2007 02:24

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Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.” (Ancient Chinese Proverb)

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 headaches to depression. 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.

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 green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.

To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:

• cancer
• rheumatoid arthritis
• high cholesterol levels
• cariovascular disease
• infection
• impaired immune function

Aug 6, 2007 04:15	#1
EVENING Points: Join Date: Dec 5, 2006 Status: Offline	Green tea is most useful for those who have to face computers every day!

Aug 6, 2007 05:03	#2
YVONNE Points: Join Date: Nov 29, 2004 Status: Offline	Well, maybe I am allergic to green tea. Everytime I drink it, I will get a stomache.

Aug 6, 2007 05:17	#3
WESTNORWOODGAS Points: Join Date: Jun 22, 2007 Status: Offline	My ex-wife found she got heartburn when she drank it which is a pity because she used to drink it when she lived in Hong Kong. I like it very much and I feel better health wise, so I will keep drinking it.

Aug 19, 2007 01:56	#4
ELLEN77 Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	I also have a habit to drink the green tea, thanks for encouraging me to keep it.

Aug 20, 2007 03:42	#5
SLEEPYHAMSTER Points: Join Date: Aug 16, 2007 Status: Offline	I love tea, addicted to all kinds of tea,haha

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