One of the most popular trends in staying healthy today is drinking tea. And, with good reason. Research has shown that tea may be highly effective in protecting our health and preventing aging and disease. As research continues, we're learning more and more about the many health benefits of drinking tea.But, what's all the fuss about tea? Well, it's the anti-oxidants that give tea its disease fighting power. Anti-oxidants are critical to our health, and many of us don't get as many as our bodies need. But, it just so happens that tea contains some of the most effective anti-oxidants you'll ever find.Anti-oxidants are important because they fight free radicals in our bodies. Free radicals are created in our bodies as it converts the food we eat into energy. These free radicals are oxygen-containing molecules that, over time, can damage our cells and our DNA. This damage leads to premature
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Green Tea
Black Tea, Heart Disease, Red Wine
You can buy green tea capsules to help with weight loss -- another item to swallow every day as part of your nutrition program. You can skip the capsules, and just drink green tea. Or you can get the benefits of both in a balanced supplement. Here are the facts for making a wise choice.Green tea capsules sold for weight loss almost always have caffeine added. Caffeine raises the heart rate, increases blood pressure, and overall has some effect on raising the body's metabolism. The natural polyphenols and catechins in this kind of tea, especially epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG, for short), appear to add to this effect.If you do buy the capsules, watch out for any extras added to the product because they're supposed to add "punch" to the combination. Some manufacturers have been forced to remove ingredients that caused fairly severe side effects, like heart palpitations.Or you can just skip
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Green Tea
Black Tea, Polyphenols, Tea Or Coffee
There has been a lot of talk about green tea and how it can work for diets. Does this tea work to help you lose weight? Yes. As long as it is home brewed, unsweetened tea. If you think that you can drink gallons of sweetened green tea and lose weight, think again.Green tea has health benefits that are not found in black tea. In general, tea is a drink that is good for you. There are hundreds of different teas and many different flavored green teas, it is sold as either caffeinated or de-caffeinated. This acts as a diuretic and will cleanse out the system. I drink green tea all day long and have managed to maintain my weight after losing the weight I wanted to lose while going back to my regular diet.While water works well as a diuretic, I have found green tea works better when it
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Green Tea
Black Tea, Cold Water, Tea Maker
