Health Care Tip: Drinking Green Tea

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Taking care of yourself includes incorporating habits that will improve the state of your health and bring you benefits, immediately and in the long-run, as well.  Today, we’re expanding on one of those pieces of advice as it’s a very beneficial one: drinking green tea daily. In another post, we shared some Essential Health Tips for Women, based on a list made by Dr. Oz.

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Health Benefits of Drinking Green Tea

Green Tea Helps Prevent Cancer

Green Tea is loaded with polyphenols like flavonoids and catechins, which act as powerful antioxidants. Antioxidants are paramount to fight and reduce free radicals and protect cells and molecules from damage. Harvard Women’s Health Watch magazine recognizes drinking Green Tea reduces the risk of several cancers, including skin, breast, lung, colon, esophageal and bladder.

Green Tea Lowers Cholesterol

The same Harvard Medical publication stated that green tea can block the oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol and instead increase HDL (good) cholesterol which improves artery function. Green tea improves blood flow giving you healthy blood vessels.

Green Tea Helps Fight Diseases

Those same catechins are strong antibacterial and antiviral agents which are very effective in treating diseases from influenza and including cancer. Studies have shown it has inhibited the spread of many diseases.

Green Tea Helps Prevent and Control Diabetes

Green tea seems to regulate glucose levels slowing the rise of blood sugar after eating. This helps prevent high insulin spikes that cause fat storage, as well.

Green Tea Helps Protect Your Brain

Having healthier blood vessels help bring blood to all your body, and the brain is no exception. Research has shown greater activity in the working memory area of their brains. It helps to block the formation of plaques that are linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Green  Tea Increases Fat Burning

Green tea is known to increase metabolism. The polyphenol found in it intensifies the level of fat oxidation. Studies have also shown the results of women who had significant decreases in body fat percentage, body weight, waist circumference, and abdominal fat.

Green Tea Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

The fact it reduces levels of bad cholesterol in our blood, improves blood circulation, helps control sugar blood levels and its powerful antioxidants help protect good cholesterol particles it’s just the perfect combo to help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Start drinking Green Tea today if you haven’t included it on your daily habits yet. The above are just some of the many advantages it provides drinking Green tea. Read about certain foods that can help reduce the appearance of dark spots and other health care tips.

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Are There Any Side Effects?

Apart from its antioxidant content and benefits, green tea is also high in caffeine. Those with very high blood pressure need to take precautions and have 1-2 cups a day at max. Also, we don’t recommend drinking green tea in the evening hours unless you want to stay awake late at night.

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