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The Benefits of Green Tea

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If your looking for a way to boost your metabolism naturally to burn some of that extra weight around the belly... Opt for green tea... It's not only good for you, studies have shown that it is beyond a super food. Green tea has shown to improve blood flow, lowers cholesterol and it has helped to prevent high blood pressure to congestive heart failure. Green tea has also been shown to help block the formation of plaques that are linked to Alzheimer's disease. It also helps to keep blood sugar levels stable in people with diabetes. Green tea is also known to aid healthy cells in all stages of cancer growth. There were also indications that it may help destroy cancer cells within the body, but these studies have been mixed.

What I love about green tea the most is that sipping on it at night or anytime of the day because it helps you to relax. An amino acid called L- Theanine that is found in the green tea provides a calming effect. I drink a cup of green tea with lemon every night before bedtime, to help me to relax and it actually helps me to sleep better when I do... So for whatever reason you are wanting to drink green tea never add it to boiling water because it will kill the helpful catechins, which are the antioxidants that helps to fight and prevent cell damage. Green tea contains less caffeine than coffee, but enough to produce the effect, so if you want to feel better, lose weight and lower your risks of chronic diseases, then I would suggest that you make green tea a regular part of your daily life. So now go get you some green tea, aim for at least 4 cups a day, two with caffeine and two without caffeine.
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My favorite green teas are made by Tazo,  Harney & Sons Fine Tea, ( which you can find at almost any local store) and Teavana, which is weighed and can only be found in the Teavana stores or online @ www.teavana.com.



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