While green tea has been studied for its numerous health benefits, there's at least one area of interest that needs more attention.Can drinking tea really enhance fertility?Now that's the one-hundred-thousand dollar question! There's a lot of conflicting opinions and research results pertaining to that subject. We'll try to be fair and present both sides of the issue.Any tea made from the Camellia sinensis bush contains caffeine. On the bright side of the teapot, green tea has only one-sixth to one-tenth of the amount of caffeine that a similar amount of regular coffee contains.For those of us who are trying to watch our caffeine intake, that's a good deal. If you need a caffeine fix though, green tea isn't going to give you what you're looking for. Better start looking for the nearest Starbucks.How can drinking green healthy tea increase fertility?A study done by the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in
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Catechins, Decrease Fertility, Present Both Sides
The ancient Chinese "Green Tea" has become the latest craze in America and for a good reason. Dating back nearly 5000 years before the Ming Dynasty the people of China were ordered to go and search out herbs that would keep the emperor alive. During that search they discovered what they called Calli tea.This Calli tea was used by the monks who would prepare the tea before engaging in meditation and before performing martial arts. It was believed that the tea would act as a cleansing agent for both the body and mind thereby flushing out toxins allowing the user to have a clear and clean body.However, in recent studies it has been discovered that Calli is more than just a green tea because it contains catechins which are naturally-occurring polyphenol chemicals found in Camellia sinensis, the primary ingredient in Calli. These antioxidants have been shown to be effective in
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Catechins, Peppermint, University Of Connecticut
