Green Tea

Green tea has been used in alternative medicine for over 1000 years.

Green Tea has been gaining a new boost on its medicinal qualities since a 2006 study published in the September 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association that shows that adults who consumed three or more cups of green tea per day had a lower risk of death due to cardiovascular disease.

Also, a 2006 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 83, pp 355-361) showed that elderly people who drank more than 2 cups of green tea a day had a 50 percent lower chance of having cognitive impairment than those who drank less or who consumed other tested beverages.

One of the reasons for these positive, anti aging effects of green tea are thought to be because of the high amount of catechins (antioxidant flavonoids) found in green tea.

More closely, green tea is loaded with the compound epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), a powerful anti-oxidant.

In addition to the overall life extension qualities suggested by the research, a study in which people who took green tea extract three times a day saw their metabolic rate increase by about 4 percent, leading to faster potential weight loss.

The study was published in the December 1999 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Green Tea - Studies

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