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Green tea comes has been consumed in China, Japan, and India for thousands of years. For centuries they've used it for medicinal purposes such as treating headaches, healing wounds, stopping bleeding, helping digestion, and controlling body temperature. It's relatively new to the western culture, where researchers are still discovering the countless health benefits of using green tea. This is likely why it is fast becoming one of the most popular teas, next to black tea, in our society.
Studies have shown that consuming green tea can lower the total cholesterol levels. In addition to lowering the total cholesterol, it also aids in improving the ratio of HDL, which is the good cholesterol to LDL, which is the bad cholesterol. This is significant since most of the cholesterol lowering medications are chemically laden and can have some serious, negative side effects. Choose a plant based cholesterol formula that combines green tea with fenugreek, devil's claw, guggal gum, calamus, apple fiber, cayenne, and yunnan toucha for optimum results.
Another wonderful benefit of green tea that dieters everywhere are glad to hear about is that it has been determined that it can increase the metabolic rate. Eating a well balanced diet, getting regular exercise, and adequate rest are all important for loosing and maintaining weight. Add to that an herbal supplement containing green tea and other natural ingredients such as chickweed, bladderwrack, fennel, and hibiscus for a complete, well- rounded weightloss program.
Green tea has a powerful antioxidant, EGCG, that has proven to help reduce the risk of certain cancers by keeping the cells from growing. It can also has the ability to Kill the cancerous cells and leave the healthy cells intact. Green tea provides relief from rheumatoid arthritis and boosts the immune system. Some studies are indicating a connection between green tea and the prevention of diabetes and controlling blood sugars. For powerful antioxidants, use a botanical formula to help protect your body from free radicals. Green tea combined with white pine bark, grape seed extract, bilberry, milk thistle seed and gingko biloba.
Cardiovascular disease is an area of the medical field that is also benefiting from the consumption of green tea. The antioxidant EGCG that aids in reducing the risk of cancer, also may be instrumental in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Also, the fact that blood clots are one of the leading causes of heart attacks, and they are reduced by the lowering of the cholesterol, heart health is very much effected by consuming green tea. It's now believed there's even more benefit for the heart by consuming green tea than having a glass of red wine.
Suzanne VanDeGrift has developed this article on behalf of Dherbs.com
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