Why green tea is good for you?
Not only is green tea helpful if you want to lose some inches, research has proved that having green tea regularly is good for one's health..
- It has antioxidants called poly-phenols and catechins, excellent in battling free radicals, which are toxins known to cause cellular damage, aging and diseases.
- Green tea is good for healthy skin and prevent wrinkles. The same free radicals, which cause cancer also attack skin cells and make you age faster in the form of wrinkles and skin spots.
- Polyphenols found in green tea inhibit the growth of bacteria causing bad breath and help protect teeth and gums. Regular intake avoids tooth decay.
- Other benefits include fighting rheumatoid arthritis, infection, lowering stress and blood pressure, protecting against heart disease, diabetes and brain damage, building bone density, minimising the risk of a heart attack, protect the kidneys and liver.
Green tea may help improve bone health, researchers in Hong Kong have reported.
The boffins found that the tea contains a group of chemicals that can stimulate bone formation and help slow its breakdown. The study has been published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , a bi-weekly publication.
In the study, Ping Chung Leung and colleagues noted that many scientific studies have linked tea to beneficial effects in preventing cancer, heart disease, and other conditions.
To reach the conclusion, scientists exposed a group of cultured bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) to three major green tea components - epigallocatechin (EGC), gallocatechin (GC), and gallocatechin gallate (GCG) - for several days.
They found that one in particular, EGC, boosted the activity of a key enzyme that promotes bone growth by up to 79 percent. EGC also significantly boosted levels of bone mineralization in the cells, which strengthens bones.
The scientists also showed that high concentrations of ECG blocked the activity of a type of cell (osteoclast) that breaks down or weakens bones. The green tea components did not cause any toxic effects to the bone cells, they noted.
To reach the conclusion, researchers from Okayama University tracked the health of more than 12,000 elderly people living in Japan. The men and women were aged between 65 and 84. In the study, the volunteers were asked to fill out questionnaires on lifestyle factors including details of diet, smoking and alcohol intake, reports The Daily Express.
During the following seven years more than 1,200 of the volunteers died. However, when all questionnaires were analysed, scientists found that the more green tea the participants had drunk, the less likely they were to have died. This, especially, was true of cardiovascular disease.
Those drinking between 420ml and 560ml a day were up to 75 per cent less likely to have died of heart or circulatorydisease than those who drank less than one cup each day. The study has been published in the Annals of Epidemiology.
There are many benefits of having green tea like :
Green tea cuts prostrate cancer risk
Green tea may help treat leukemia
Green tea helps keep teeth healthy
Green tea cuts heart disease risk
Green tea reduces lung cancer risk
Green tea helps treat brain disorders
Green tea helps fight oral cancer
I Love tea with Lemon. anykind as long as there wil be lemon and honey on it.
there *may* be something in this, although I can't get past the abstract and see the full study of the bone thickness study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20306019
As usual though the journalist misses out some key points such as the research was done on RATS and has not been repeated on humans. Nor can I find a study that repeats the findings of this study.
It's a far cry from "scientists say green tea is good for you"
Blame poor journalism, not science.
FU, i know her by her PROFILE..Not interacted much with her..And i was well aware to whom u were refering when u said that "Greentea also posts nice thread on QL"..
http://www.qatarliving.com/user/greentea
Source:
- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)
"Resident Attention Seeker"
Source:
- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)
"Resident Attention Seeker"
lol FU..
Source:
- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)
"Resident Attention Seeker"
tanx soniya, i will try your method and i hope it will work for me...............tanx guys for sharing yr experience.
Is it really so effective to have green tea after any meal??? My stomach gets full after any meal..No single space remains to gulp even water..Now don't assume that i eat like a MONSTER..lol..I have a very low/minimal appetite..
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I always drink green tea during my lunch time.
TFS soniya.
"Prevention is better than cure".
Thankx for sharing soniya...i will also try that GREEN TEA ;-)
I like green tea mix with honey. why coffe? go fro green tea Long live!!!
Hey Wisedude I have been drinking Green tea past 12 years and more. I really cant figure out if my virility is due to this. I did not read your link just your post
Well well I did not know about this study. But one has to realize that the effect of any supplement or enchancement element is dependent on the emotional quoteint. When that is in disarray no matter what one consumes there would be no diffence at all
well as far as I know it is loaded with anti oxidants and it generally creates a well being in a person. Therefore every aspect of your lifestyle would improve depending upon your mental and emotional status and outlook
lol Soniya ...
Wisedude, drink doodh (Milk) to have a great Sex LIFE....:)
wisedude, no comments..
I have always enjoyed it in the evenings. It's like a refreshener
hi miss, i can never try it in the morning no matter how much health benefit it contains...lol...
Evn personally the taste of Green tea in the Morn makes me OFF but i prefer it bcos of its medicinal values..
Even i have this habit of having 4glass of lukewarm water in the morning since ages..
FYI painter..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_tea
http://images.google.co.in/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=green+tea&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=LXqcS--3CdG0rAeWw6XJAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQsAQwAw
http://chinesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa011400a.htm
btw what is green tea?
I know only two tea- one, blackish granular tea available in mkt wht we all use, other, herbal tea- tulsi etc..and we use it when in cold cough r so....!
depends on how parents have tought kids, for me, in all strictness, I was told to drink water instead bedtea which i follow still, ..for some it may be a beauty tip!!
eeeihh, even i hate BED TEA, without brushing ur teeth..It really freaks me out...
Ek Kadak Chai ki Pyali ho, Koi use Pilani wali ho.....!!!
(i start the day with a genuine kadak chai, but never a bedtea :)-)
guys, i m fond of only KADAK CHAI (strong tea)and that also only once in a day..lol..
It makes you poop!
"I'd love to change the world, but I can't find a big enough diaper"
Just a small tip. Just add a dash of pure honey to green tea and it will be more acceptable to the taste buds. Honey in hot water with lime too reduces weight. A combination of green tea with honey really shows good results in a couple of weeks
No I am from the south. A hillstation called Ooty. Lots of tea grown there. Organic available too. In fact I brought some to Doha too.
"The more I see of the world the more am I dissatisfied with it." Jane Austen.
mehnis, r u from the eastern side of INDIA?? FYI, even i have stayed in ASSAM for 10 long yrs..
smohamma, i m not into TEAs much..but yes will definitely try GREEN TEA once i feel need of it...I m not that much OBESE person..lolzzz.I m really fit..I wanted to share this thread to those who really wants to loose their weight...
is it a coincidence or what.. tea boy just came with a cup of ''Lipton Taza Chay Kamal ki Tazgi lay - Lipton Green Tea''
Well, Soniya thanks for sharing information... however it can be more effective if we have it after meal instead of cold DRINKS (water, bebsi, coke etc.)
I want to gain weight so no green tea for me :P
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All the information about green tea is just recent. I come from tea country and I personally can vouch for the benefits of consuming green tea. In fact I have been drinking this past 12 years everyday at least a glass full and it certainly works.
Among other things which is very peceptable is the Non-weight gain.
thank u guys...will try ur suggestions edifis..
A worth reading article, I'm thinking about starting green tea seriously.
Drink green= think green & ever green!
Soniya, if you want real flavor and aroma of tea then you shouldn't boil the tea at all.
Get some decent Darjeeling Tea.
Pour boiling hot water on the Leaves.
Cover the pot with a tumbler.
Wait 4 minutes.
Remove tumbler.
Pour into a cup through a strainer.
Add sugar to taste.
Whitner if you wish.
And sip it...slowly.
Thats the way to drink tea.
When you boil tea leaves and add milk before preparing the tea then the milk fat creates a coating around the tea leaves and the aroma doesn't come out. More boiling helps extract the nicotine. So it becomes sort of a mlk shake not chai.
Fager:)
Hi Soniya, it is really a helpful information. May u just provide a resource which u took this information from? Thanks
Fact !!! based on what .. a few journal or medical findings.. Even so there are a lot of medical findings that has been back tracked latter ..espcially on food and diet .. to me its a marketing ploy..why ..most of the people drink coffee than tea and what better way to get them interested other than a weight loss package
lol FS..yah i m somewhat on that mission..i hope others will follow soon..
eby, its really a fact..its not any marketing strategy to sell their item...
Now u have tea that can help u to lose weight!!! another marketing ploy that mislead the consumers
Soniya on a mission to make Qlers healthy.. Mental health or physical? lol
I dont like green tea ..but i do drink it for the health benifits..
Soniya zi, wat happened ?
i m just promoting Green Tea here...did i say something wrong ?
Drinking Green Tea one shall look like Boogieman...:)
aaaiyyaaahh, whats this risk bro??
Green Tea is indeed good for health beacuse its Green in Color. tat means natural color.
you drink lot of green Tea and ur potty color will also be Green...
Green Green everywere, even ur Hair will becom green...:)
Green means Enviornment Friendly !!
I still prefer my bread and my milk white.
thanks sandman, well, im glad one agrees with me.. :P
it represents healthy wealthy life... anything in green is useful... except grasshoper....:D
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Thanks Chocoholic, I'll give it a go :-)
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MJ, I'm with you in that respect, tea should be sweetened lightly and iced heavily. It would be a pleasure to share this treat over dinner some time. Hint Hint.
i never liked any kind of tea at all... well, except for the iced tea they serve in restaurants that is.. :P
Do u know guys, i personally hate GREEN TEA..For me the morning tea shld be with water-milk-sugar and strong tea leaf and shld be boiled properly so that its real aroma can come out..Those who r INDIANS, its for them : i absolutely prefer DESI KADAK CHAI AUR POORA UBLA HUA..
mj and snessy, it's good with sugar and mint :-)
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If it will make you drive better, I'm all for "forced ingestion"!
I can't drink it either, but I did drink it when I was preggers because I was put off regular english tea. Haven't touched the stuff since, though.
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loose some inches eh?
well, i'm on my way to buy a lot of green teas!!!
...listen to the sound of silence....
for me green bottle is good :)
i just can't get myself to drink that stuff... :P