The steady stream of good news about green tea is getting so hard to ignore that even java junkies are beginning to sip mugs of the deceptively delicate brew. You'd think the daily dose of disease-fighting, inflammation-squelching antioxidants - long linked with heart protection - would be enough incentive, but wait, there's more! Lots more.
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CUT YOUR CANCER RISK
Several polyphenols - the potent antioxidants green tea's famous
for - seem to help keep cancer cells from gaining a foothold in the
body, by discouraging their growth and then squelching the creation
of new blood vessels that tumors need to thrive. Study after study
has found that people who regularly drink green tea reduce their
risk of breast, stomach, esophagus, colon, and/or prostate cancer.*
SOOTHE YOUR SKIN
Got a cut, scrape, or bite, and a little leftover green tea? Soak a
cotton pad in it. The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves
itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes,
sunburns, even puffy eyelids. And that's not all. In the lab, green
tea helps block sun-triggered skin cancer, whether you drink it or
apply it directly to the skin - which is why you're seeing green
tea in more and more sunscreens and moisturizers.*
STEADY YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
Having healthy blood pressure - meaning below 120/80 - is one
thing. Keeping it that way is quite another. But people who sip
just half a cup a day are almost 50 percent less likely to wind up
with hypertension than non-drinkers. Credit goes to the polyphenols
again (especially one known as ECGC). They help keep blood vessels
from contracting and raising blood pressure.*
PROTECT YOUR MEMORY, OR YOUR MOM'S
Green tea may also keep the brain from turning fuzzy.
Getting-up-there adults who drink at least two cups a day are half
as likely to develop cognitive problems as those who drink less.
Why? It appears that the tea's big dose of antioxidants fights the
free-radical damage to brain nerves seen in Alzheimer's and
Parkinson's.*
STAY YOUNG
The younger and healthier your arteries are, the younger and
healthier you are. So fight plaque build-up in your blood vessels,
which ups the risk of heart disease and stroke, adds years to your
biological age (or RealAge), and saps your energy too.*
LOSE WEIGHT
Oh yeah, one more thing. Turns out that green tea speeds up your
body's calorie-burning process. In the every-little-bit-counts
department, this is good news!*
ECGC
Possible Health Benefits*
21 Green Tea "Miracles" *
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Without any Caffeine!
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