How Green Tea Works for Your Body
Ice cold green tea has definitely become one of the hottest beverages, and there are a number of reasons why it has garnered such popularity in this day and age.
Topping the list is the fct that this centuries-old beverage is now affordable and is conveniently packaged for easier mobility like C2 Cool and Clean Green Tea. Not to mention C2’s variety of yummy flavors that makes tea-drinking even more of a treat. C2 is the only beverage in the country that is naturally brewed from green tea leaves and bottled fresh is convenient PET re-sealable bottles.
And this new green iced tea craze is a refreshing change from the usual drinks because of the extensive health benefits that come with drinking green tea regularly. This beverage is well-known particularly because of its carcinogen-fighting and body-slimming effects.
Studies show that green tea has many possible health benefits. For instance, studies conducted by Dr Ed Okello of Newscastle University’s Medicinal Plant Research Centre suggested that tea could boost the memory of everyday tea-drinkers. Green tea in particular is capable of obstructing the passage of an enzyme, which plays a role in the production of protein deposits in the brain of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
A recent study, researched by Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and led by Neil E. Kay, M.D., found out that a component in green tea helps kill Leukemia cells. After studying leukemia cells taken from 10 patients, they found out that green tea’s component EGCG interrupted survival signals, which caused leukemia cells to die in 8 out of 10 patients.
Another interesting discovery about green tea was stated in the findings presented by study author Dr. Jack E Bukowski or Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Based on his research, green tea can help boost the immune system by helping fight off infections.
In addition to that, green tea is said to be a possible bone strengthener because it contains fluoride and flavonoids which may both enhance bone strength as mentioned in the study made by researchers from the National Cheng Kung University Hospital.
Even more studies try to prove the many health benefits of green tea. Because of a catechin called
epigallocathecin gallate (EGCG), green tea was found to be 100 times as effective at neutralizing free radicals as Vitamin C and 25 times more powerful than Vitamin E.
And because both vitamins are well-known antioxidant, EGCG also beat other antioxidants when it comes to preventing cellular damage brought about by certain diseases particularly cancer.
