Green Tea benefits
The Chinese have used green tea as a medicine for nearly four thousand years. Other countries including India, Japan and Thailand use green tea for promoting digestion, to control bleeding, help heal wounds and to regulate blood sugar and body temperature. It is believed that green tea provides health benefits for all five vital organs most of all the heart. The only known con of drinking green tea is the risk of insomnia because of the amount of caffeine found in all green teas. Coffee contains about four times the amount of caffeine found in green teas. With that being said experts believe green tea’s benefits out weighs the side effects.
The caffeine in green teas comes from theophylline and theobromine. Theobromine is a tad bit weaker than caffeine and theophylline is actually stronger than caffeine. There are many unproven benefits associated with drinking green tea including reducing the chance of getting neurodegenerative diseases, preventing cancer and treating multiple sclerosis. It is also believed that drink green tea raises metabolism and helps the body use fat as an energy course. It is also believed that decreasing the effects of bad cholesterol while increasing good cholesterol is often associated with drinking green tea. Many believe it also reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
