healthy living

by **dovey_force** Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:05 pm

Are you driking yout green tea?

DRINKING green tea is a popular trend toda, a very healthy one. if you did not already catch the green tea fever, i will give U several reason why you should take on this habit. however to reap the many health advantages green tea is famous for, you should drink at lest 2 to 3 cups daily.

* Green tea reduces the risk of several cancers. the antioxidant found in green tea are 100 times more potent than vitamineC, & 25 times more potent than vitamine E. these antioxidants protect your body's cell from the damaging effects of free radicals, before they produce their harmful effects.

*Green tea helps prevent heart disease & stroke by lowering cholesterol, specifically harmful LDL cholesterol. green tea also prevent high blood pressure.

*Green tea slow the degeration of cells meaning it helps fight the effect of aging. driking green tea can help slow the development pf wrinkles & prevent skin cancer.

*Green tea along with regular exercise help burn fat &speed up your metabolism rate. again, to get these benefits you need to drink about 3 cups per day.

*Green tea helps maintain the heakthof carilage , main component of joints , mking i useful in relieving the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

*Due to its flouride content, green tea helps keep your bones strong.

*Green tea improves the metabolism of fat and glucose . Green tea can help control any sharp increase in blood sugar levels.

*some studies suggest that green tea even boosts memory.

*catechins in green tea can kill bacterial infections.

*Polyphenols & flavonoids in green tea help strengthen the immune system.

*Regular driking of green tea can decrease your vulnerability to the common cold & flue.

*Green tea improves dental health & slow the growth of bacteria in the mouth that cause bad breath.

*So next time you are asked what you would like to drink, THINK GREEEN. Very Happy

by **rein_force** Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:19 am

THANK YOU CZ DOVEY FOR SHARING
ACTUALLY I LOVE TO DRINK GREENTEA

Keep on posting cz! healthy living 23_11_60

by **arifdaya** Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:43 am

let me share some reason to drink green tea

Several polyphenols - the potent antioxidants green tea's famous for - seem to help keep cancer cells from gaining a foothold in the body, by discouraging their growth and then squelching the creation of new blood vessels that tumors need to thrive. Study after study has found that people who regularly drink green tea reduce their risk of breast, stomach, esophagus, colon, and/or prostate cancer.

SOOTHE YOUR SKIN

Got a cut, scrape, or bite, and a little leftover green tea? Soak a cotton pad in it. The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes, sunburns, even puffy eyelids. And that's not all. In the lab, green tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or apply it directly to the skin - which is why you're seeing green tea in more and more sunscreens and moisturizers.

STEADY YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
Having healthy blood pressure - meaning below 120/80 - is one thing. Keeping it that way is quite another. But people who sip just half a cup a day are almost 50 percent less likely to wind up with hypertension than non-drinkers. Credit goes to the polyphenols again (especially one known as ECGC). They help keep blood vessels from contracting and raising blood pressure.

PROTECT YOUR MEMORY, OR YOUR MOM'S

Green tea may also keep the brain from turning fuzzy. Getting-up-there adults who drink at least two cups a day are half as likely to develop cognitive problems as those who drink less. Why? It appears that the tea's big dose of antioxidants fights the free-radical damage to brain nerves seen in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

The younger and healthier your arteries are, the younger and healthier you are. So fight plaque build-up in your blood vessels, which ups the risk of heart disease and stroke, adds years to your biological age (or RealAge), and saps your energy too. How much green tea does this vital job take? About 10 ounces a day, which also deters your body from absorbing artery-clogging fat and cholesterol.

Oh yeah, one more thing. Turns out that green tea speeds up your body's calorie-burning process. In the every-little-bit-counts department, this is good news!