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Green Tea - Curing Some Illnesses and Ailments and Why?
- By Chris Jensen
- Published 11/15/2008
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Japan and China have been using green teas as a natural healing plant as a way to keep their bodies and minds in an optimum state of health.
Green teas surface in popularity in America, and then disappear in use only to re-surface again due to new scientific studies that continue to report that green tea has a powerful healing remedy. As I mentioned above, the peoples of the Pacific Rim nations have used green tea for thousands of years without the use of scientific studies. Their experience with the healing properties of tea grows in popularity the world over. Here are a just a few of the more common sicknesses and illnesses that are studied and reported:
The ability to reduce the risk of certain forms of cancer
The ability to reduce tumors
Strengthens the heart's resistance to cardiovascular diseases
Detoxifies your body
Boosts your immune system
Increases longevity
Prevents cavities
How Does Green Tea Heal and Why?
Tea leaves contain an enzyme that causes the leaves to oxidize after picking. By steaming and heating the tea leaves this process of oxidation is stopped. (When left to the oxidation process and other man made processes, compounds called polyphenols, which are present in the freshly picked leaves are reduced and/or destroyed all together). Polyphenols are a group of natural phytochemicals or plant chemicals. These phytochemicals are potent antioxidants and antioxidants are the substances that protect the body from free radicals. Free radicals are the reactive molecules that damage the body at the cellular level which can cause cancer, heart disease and many other diseases.
These compounds are the healing secret contained in the green tea leaves. If it is processed as little as possible, green tea will retain all of its polyphenols, and will contain the highest levels.
There are primarily four types of antioxidants, plus many other healing nutrients that are found in green tea. Vitamin C, which containing 10 times more than black teas, vitamin B2, vitamin D, vitamin K, carotenoids and beta-carotine.
Why does green tea have all these healing properties and black tea does not?
Black tea comes from the same plant but it is the processing that sets the two apart. Basically, black tea is allowed to oxidize and is submitted to even more possessing steps which, in turn, causes the polyphenols compounds,(present in the freshly picked leaves) to be reduced or destroyed all together. Hence the name black tea as this process turns the tea black, dark brown and sometimes even reddish in color.
Many people already drinking green tea realize they are drinking an all natural healing remedy that has been used for more than 4,000 years for. And many others drinking green teas may not realize the reason they are feel so good. Give diligent attention to this marvelous plant and you will discover the healing properties that have prevented sicknesses diseases by drinking green tea.
For thousands of years green tea has been used without any adverse reaction or downside. Misconceptions concerning drinking tea that it might interfere with the body's ability to absorb iron which is needed to fight such conditions as anemia is refuted by research that has proven drinking green tea does not increase a risk of a deficiency of iron as well as the levels of mineral aluminum found naturally in teas are not harmful in any way to your body.
Green teas surface in popularity in America, and then disappear in use only to re-surface again due to new scientific studies that continue to report that green tea has a powerful healing remedy. As I mentioned above, the peoples of the Pacific Rim nations have used green tea for thousands of years without the use of scientific studies. Their experience with the healing properties of tea grows in popularity the world over. Here are a just a few of the more common sicknesses and illnesses that are studied and reported:
The ability to reduce the risk of certain forms of cancer
The ability to reduce tumors
Strengthens the heart's resistance to cardiovascular diseases
Detoxifies your body
Boosts your immune system
Increases longevity
Prevents cavities
How Does Green Tea Heal and Why?
Tea leaves contain an enzyme that causes the leaves to oxidize after picking. By steaming and heating the tea leaves this process of oxidation is stopped. (When left to the oxidation process and other man made processes, compounds called polyphenols, which are present in the freshly picked leaves are reduced and/or destroyed all together). Polyphenols are a group of natural phytochemicals or plant chemicals. These phytochemicals are potent antioxidants and antioxidants are the substances that protect the body from free radicals. Free radicals are the reactive molecules that damage the body at the cellular level which can cause cancer, heart disease and many other diseases.
There are primarily four types of antioxidants, plus many other healing nutrients that are found in green tea. Vitamin C, which containing 10 times more than black teas, vitamin B2, vitamin D, vitamin K, carotenoids and beta-carotine.
Why does green tea have all these healing properties and black tea does not?
Black tea comes from the same plant but it is the processing that sets the two apart. Basically, black tea is allowed to oxidize and is submitted to even more possessing steps which, in turn, causes the polyphenols compounds,(present in the freshly picked leaves) to be reduced or destroyed all together. Hence the name black tea as this process turns the tea black, dark brown and sometimes even reddish in color.
Many people already drinking green tea realize they are drinking an all natural healing remedy that has been used for more than 4,000 years for. And many others drinking green teas may not realize the reason they are feel so good. Give diligent attention to this marvelous plant and you will discover the healing properties that have prevented sicknesses diseases by drinking green tea.
For thousands of years green tea has been used without any adverse reaction or downside. Misconceptions concerning drinking tea that it might interfere with the body's ability to absorb iron which is needed to fight such conditions as anemia is refuted by research that has proven drinking green tea does not increase a risk of a deficiency of iron as well as the levels of mineral aluminum found naturally in teas are not harmful in any way to your body.