Scientists agree that green tea promotes and protects health in many ways. Whether you drink green tea every day, take a high-quality green tea extract as a nutritional supplement, or combine both for the best possible results, green tea is fantastic for your health.
The health benefits of green tea cover a very wide spectrum: from protecting the cells of your body, your heart and circulatory system, your brain, to building up your immune system to increasing your metabolism and burning off fat.
It has been established that green tea supports good health and can be a significant aide to staying young, vital, and fit.
- its antioxidant power protects body cells from degenerating
- promotes a healthy cholesterol level
- helps prevent heart disease
- reduces blood clotting
- strengthens the immune system
- promotes joint health
- increases burning of fat
- reduces cavities and strengthens the gums
- slows the effects of aging on memory
- blocks allergic reactions in your body
- helps to fight infections
- reduces and prevents acne
Green tea contains health-enhancing plant ingredients called polyphenols, including EGCG (Epigallochatechin-3 gallate), an antioxidant whose benefits have comprehensively researched.
The antioxidant activity of EGCG is between 25-100 times higher than that of vitamins C and E. Just a single cup of green tea has more antioxidants than a serving of broccoli, spinach, carrots, or strawberries.
Many doctors are now prescribing high-dosage green tea extract as a complementary therapy for many complaints because the unique polyphenols naturally contained in green tea have an incredible potential of activating the body's power to heal itself.
A long-term study in Japan followed more than 40,000 people between ages 40 and 79 for eleven years. The research showed conclusively that one or two cups of green tea a day were already enough to have a preventive impact.
But it gets better: the more green tea participants drank, the longer they lived. Mortality declined by 16 percent in those who enjoyed five cups of green tea a day. The risk of fatal heart disease an amazing 26 percent.
Persons with health problems should consult the doctor before taking the product. Don’t consume more than 800mg of EGCG per day. Don’t take this product on an empty stomach. Not recommended if other products containing green tea are consumed.
Green tea has been consumed for thousands of years. There have been plenty of studies that show that daily consumption of green tea or green tea extracts has health-promoting and preventive effects.
Typically, green tea contains theine, a caffeine-like substance. Therefore, if you're sensitive to caffeine or want to take green tea during an illness, you should make sure that the green tea beverage or capsules have been decaffeinated.
This avoids the side effects associated with caffeine such as an elevated blood pressure, faster heart rate, anxiety, or a worsening of ulcer symptoms. To avoid these side effects, Green Tea Vital contains a decaffeinated green tea extract.