25 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD START DRINKING GREEN TEA NOW (PART 1)

Dear readers,

Thanks for stay tuned. I am pleased to share with you the second good reason so as you can reap its benefit:-

2. Green Tea and Heart Disease

Green tea helps prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol.

Even after the heart attack, it prevents cell deaths and speeds up the recovery of heart cells.

The study published in Dec 17, 2009 issue of Circulation Journal shows that green tea consumption was associated with 38 percent reduced risk of coronary atherosclerosis.

This is not the first study on the association between heart diseases and drinking green tea, but not all studies are consistent when it comes to its protective effect against coronary atherosclerosis.

Wang QM and colleagues from First Affiliate Hospital of Nanjiang Medical University examined data from 520 men and women from a Chinese population who underwent coronary artheriography for the first time, but had no prior heart disease.

Of 379 male participants, those who consumed less than 125 grams of dried green tea leaves per month were at 9 percent higher risk of the disease and those using 125 to 249 grams per month or more were at 64 percent reduced risk of the heart disease.

Among 141 female patients, no inverse association was found between green tea consumption and coronary atherosclerosis.

Hope you share the above information with others whom you care, just like I have done.

Thanks for your kind action.

Seeing you again for the remaining reasons.

James Oh

25 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD START DRINKING GREEN TEA NOW (PART 1)

Dear Readers,

This is the first out of 25 REASONS why you should start drinking Green Tea :-

1. Green Tea and Cancer

Green tea helps reduce the risk of cancer. The antioxidant in Green Tea is 100 times more effective than Vitamic C and 25 times better than Vitamin E.

This helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to cancer.

Below please find the confirmation report published at Reuter.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Active compounds in green tea may slow down the progression of prostate cancer, researchers reported on Friday.

Capsules made using green tea extracts called polyphenols lowered levels of proteins that tumors use to grow, the researchers found.

Made by Polyphenon Pharma, the capsules called Polyphenon E contain epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG, a green tea extract that has antioxidant properties.

Jim Cardelli of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport and colleagues tested 26 prostate cancer patients, aged from 41 to 68.

Another benefit of Green Tea will be published in my next article.

Please stay tuned and start counting on it to prevent cancer,

James Oh

25 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD START DRINKING GREEN TEA NOW (PART 1)

Dear readers,

This is a good news to share with you.

Green Tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits.

It is extra ordinaryly amazing what green tea can do for your health.

And if you are not drinking 3 to 4 cups of green tea today, you are definately MOT doing your health a big favour.

The 25 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea will be published after this article. Please stay tuned, I will publish one benefit at a time from my next article onwards.

Bye and seeing you then,

James Oh

JAPANESE GREEN TEA

Dear readers,

Green tea makes life easy. There are Green Tea teabags that comes with powder form, very suitable for the city folks who have hectic daily lifestyle. You may purchase it at any supermarket, Japanese  Tea Shops and virtual tea shops.

For the best brew, Japanese Green Tea should be steep in water that is boiling around 150-180° F for 1-4 minutes depending on the grade of the tea. You just take out one teabag and place it at a transparent glass cup before adding the appropriate boiling water into the cup and steep it for appropriate time frame. Thereafter, you will enjoy best brew quality green tea at your pleasure at your selected place.

For those who love high quality green tea, you may opt for Premium Green Tea teabags which are made of spring-to-early-summer selected young leaves. The use of early spring leaves together with the gentle processing give  rise to an outstanding taste without a trace of bitterness. The young leaves, after its harvest, are then steamed before being dried. This process is said to keep the abundant polyphenols from being destroyed, as opposed to the fermentation process used for black tea.

Generally, the Japanese Green Tea is a light and smooth tea. They are often used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The initial steaming step distinguish Japanese green tea from Chinese tea.

James Oh