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Green Tea For Your Health Benefits, Recipe, Side Effects, Tea Bag Use

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Green tea is one of the most discussed potential superfood, when it comes to good health and healing. It is an ancient beverage, which is also popularly used in Chinese Medicine to treat variety of ailments. While there are host of health benefits, it is gaining more recognition owing to its antioxidant properties, which can possibly help to fight cancer. It is also widely used as a refreshing beverage supporting weight loss; so that can you shed those extra kilos.

Green tea is prepared from a plant called Camelia sinensis and it can be used as a health beverage or as an extract to prepare medicines. Green tea is obtained by steaming fresh leaves of the plant; the other variants like black tea and oolong tea are also prepared from the same plant, but by using different techniques like fermentation and they have other medicinal benefits.

Green Tea Benefits

Green tea is commonly known as a superfood or a magical herb that can help you restore your health, regain vitality and refresh your day for a touch of healthy living. It can also boost your immune system, prevent infections and help you remain healthy and active.

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Green tea is rich in antioxidants and offers a great deal of health benefits that include

  • Green Tea For Weight Loss: Increased fat burning power and improved metabolism of the body; helpful for your weight loss program.
  • Green Tea For Heart Health: Regular consumption of green tea may be helpful in lowering blood cholesterol, blood pressure, may help in reducing the risk of clogged arteries and in easing the blood flow, thus reducing the risk of heart disorders and stroke. 
  • Green Tea For Memory and Concentration: Due to its caffeine content, it is also helpful in maintaining alertness and can be useful to improve memory and concentration. 
  • A commercial ointment is prepared from green tea as a treatment for genital warts. 
  • Green tea may be helpful in preventing cervical dysplasia and many types of cancers. 
  • Long term use of green tea can help in increasing bone mineral density, especially important in post-menopausal women.

Some researchers suggest that there are healing effects of green tea in preventing diabetes, relieving stress, protecting from harmful ultraviolet rays, in fertility and many other conditions. Green tea health benefits also spread their wings to having antioxidant and anti-aging properties and can possibly help to prevent degenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders related to the aging process.

Green Tea Bags And Its Uses

Green Tea bags can also be useful on the skin:

  • Green Tea bags helps obtain relief from headaches, eyestrain and reduce puffiness under eyes.
  • To alleviate sunburn and prevent skin cancer from sun exposure.
  • To prevent gum bleeding after tooth extraction.

Some people use green tea bags for acne, cold sores, stye, hemorrhoids, etc and it is also a component in face mask, toner and other similar products.

Green Tea – Recipe

A lot is discussed about green tea and its benefits, but the secret green tea recipe that can actually make wonders is equally important. If you are wondering about how to make green tea or ways of green tea preparation for weight loss and other benefits, here’s what you can do.

Preparation method – If you are using loose green tea, heat water to first boil (water just begins to boil). Use one teaspoon of green tea leaves, add heated water and allow brewing for 2-3 minutes. If you are using green tea bags, heat your water to first boil and pour into your cup. Place a green tea bag in it for few minutes and your cup of refreshing green tea is ready. If you wish, you can add a teaspoon of honey and squeeze some lemon too.

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Green Tea - Side Effects

Green Tea – Side Effects

While green tea is good for your health, there are some areas that you need to be careful about. Ideally, consuming more than three to five cups of green tea can contribute to undesirable effects. Here are some side effects or negative side of green tea that you may not be aware of.

  • Green tea does contain caffeine; consuming large quantities can be harmful. Some people can have headache, dizziness, stomach upset, diarrhea, insomnia, restlessness and frequent urination. Higher doses of green tea extracts can cause organ toxicity.
  • Green tea can affect iron absorption and those suffering from anemia need to be more careful. Higher doses of caffeine can contribute to washing away of essential minerals like calcium and increase the risk of osteoporosis and other disorders. 
  • While green tea is good for weight loss, beware of the green tea diet plan that advice consumption of more cups per day; it can have side-effects. 
  • For pregnant and lactating women, green tea may not be a very good choice, for the caffeine content, as it can increase the risk of miscarriage and complicated pregnancies. 
  • Green tea interacts with certain medications; hence it is advisable to seek medical opinion. 

The bottom line is that you can enjoy holistic healing and vitality with green tea by consuming it in the right quantities and in the right way.

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Written, Edited or Reviewed By: Team PainAssist, Pain Assist Inc. This article does not provide medical advice. See disclaimer
Last Modified On:January 10, 2019

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