Green Tea Benefits: From Weight Loss to Cancer Prevention, 6 Healthy Reasons to Switch to Green Tea
Curling up with a warm beverage can indeed be relaxing. But drinking too much caffeine can lead to anxiety and stress so why not replace it with green tea and reap all its wonderful benefits?
Green tea has some great benefits that could help you shake up your morning routine. All but one of the teas listed are naturally caffeine-free, so you don't have to worry about replacing a coffee habit with more caffeine. And if that is not enough to convince you to switch to green tea, the weight loss benefits surely will. Green tea is truly a beverage with benefits, we listed some of them for you.
1. Weight-loss Wonder
Drinking green tea regularly not only revs up your metabolism but also suppresses your appetite (due to its high concentration of catechin) both of which can help you burn or save calories and keep that weight off.
2. Immune Boosting
Give your immune system a boost with green tea. The same catechin in green tea also bolsters your immunity and prevents you from catching flu. Brew your tea in just-below-boiling water to minimise the bitterness and maximise its benefits. Know the health benefits of tea and its variants.
3. Stress Relief
Not only does green tea contain half the amount of caffeine but also helps you calm down and relax. So when you are not feeling too well after a long day, resort to green to revive and unwind.
4. Disease-Fighting Properties
Green tea also works like an all-natural antiviral and antibiotic, killing pathogenic bacteria without harming our friendly flora. Green tea's secret to fighting disease is its high content of epigallocatechin-3-gallate, or EGCG, an ingredient with 100x more antioxidant power than vitamin C, and 25x more than vitamin E. Here are some caffeine-free tea alternatives to cool your body down.
5. Diabetes Control
Drinking green tea will help regulate blood sugar as it contains polyphenols and polysaccharides which are effective in lowering these levels. According to researchers, a polyphenol called epigallocatechin gallete (EGCG) inhibits the production of glucose in the liver, in turn, lowering the blood sugar levels.
6. Cancer-Fighting Properties
Green tea is loaded with antioxidants and potential cancer-fighting compounds known as polyphenols. Antioxidants avert the damage caused by free radicals (molecules produced when the body breaks down food or due to smoking, drinking, etc) by attacking them before they can damage healthy cells.
Green tea is not just a health fad. It's been a part of the Japanese diet for centuries. And it's one of the reasons why the Japanese are the healthiest people in the world today. Topical application of green tea is also said to have a lot of beauty and health benefits. So ditch your sugary cup of coffee or tea and make a healthy switch to green tea today!
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 05, 2019 08:33 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).