Green Tea
Wednesday November 04, 2009
Green Tea is healthy.
Green Tea has been used as a medicinal beverage to promote health of mind and body since ancient times and was even recorded as a medicinal aid in China as early as 2737 B.C. Green, Oolong and Black teas are derived from the same plant; they are simply processed differently. Green Tea has been cultivated in Burma, India, Japan, Turkey, Malawi, Argentina, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Africa and China, where it has been consumed as a beverage and medicinal tonic for five thousand years. Green Tea is high in polyphenols that are said to possess potent antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic properties. The catechin in the polyphenols called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is said to be over two- hundred-times more powerful than the known antioxidant, vitamin E, in neutralizing free radicals.

