What is my favourite beverage? It has got to be green tea. Not a day goes by without me drinking my cuppa decaffeinated coffee in the morning and.... green tea of course, after my lunch. After I weaned Sherilyn off breastfeeding, I drank green tea to shed some pounds. It is known to help in curbing appetite.
The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from headaches to depression. Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green tea. For example, in 1994 the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.
To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:
cancer
rheumatoid arthritis
high cholesterol levels
cariovascular disease
infection
impaired immune function
So instead of heading for another cuppa cappuchino or kopi-o, why not try green tea, a much healthier altrnative.
8 comments:
I used to drink Green Tea.. when i eat oily food.. or fried ones.. but these days.. i cooked alot myself.. so the hot green tea.. i rarely drink. The bottled ones.. are way too sweet.. but they are better than Pepsi of course..!
ya...hot green tea is nice. even in starbuck, i go for ice-blended greentea instead of coffee(but fattening one lar..hahaha...
MamaBok - I drink it to detox by body as well as to 'wash away' the oil after my meals. Also helps to alleviate constipation.
Chin Nee - Shd go for ice-blended green tea minus the sugar, that's a lot healthier.
Any type of tea leaf, it contain caffein, and research said, caffein can interrupt our body cell DNA repairing process and if you wanna stay wrinkles free, stay away from caffeinated drinks whereby tea has the highest caffein among all.
just my 2c
Really Jeff? From my own research, I gathered that green tea is really beneficial to the health & is an antioxidant. SOmetimes we just dont know what to believe.
yeah, based on the science of Nutritional Immunology, a good plant is not smthg a scientist/researcher can tell you what are the goodness that can be found in it. Instead a good plant should be smthg we can't find the bad/side-effect of it.
just my 2c
Really? Thats interesting. So r u the jeff from trinity church?
I did register one but nvr get started :) btw, i'm not from trinity church. I got yr blog-link from karenyiau's blog :)
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