Green Tea Health Benefits

If you are a Green Tea lover but you don't know what role it plays for a human body then this is something for you. Also I would request you to spread the word about this, since it is highly beneficial if consumed on an every day basis due to its numerous health benefits.

Before moving to the benefits, lets discuss how to prepare and what is the best time to consume green tea.
1) Boil a cup of water
2) Put a teaspoon of green tea in the boiling water
3) Avoid adding the tea in the water before boiling
4) Keep this for 3 minutes and put the water in the cup without removing green tea
5) Consume water and throw the leaves at the end.

The best time to consume green tea is on an empty stomach in the morning and once in the evening.

Health Benefits:

1) Weight Loss - After reading this benefit, 100 out of 100 women will start from the day itself. Yes this is true. It helps body to burn the fat and bad cholesterol which in turn is good for heart too. Within a week, it improves a metabolic rate significantly which helps in burning bad fat. If you are not an exercise freak, just go to gym and watch others while having Green Tea. Green Tea helps in burning the belly fat and bad cholesterol.

 

2) Heart Problems - Green tea helps in burning bad cholesterol and so prevents harmful cardiovascular problems in the human body. This helps in improving the ratio of good cholesterol vs bad cholesterol. It improves the antioxidant capabilities of the blood which in turn help preventing heart problems.

 

3) Skin : Green Tea contains antioxidants which protects the skin from harmful UV sun rays. It also helps in removing wrinkles from face. Additionally, it has shown good results in removing pimples also. It contains a potent antioxidant that kills free radicals. Because it is a potent antioxidant it can positively impact a lot more than skin cells. Free radicals are increasingly linked to many serious chronic illnesses like arthritis, diabetes, and cancer.

 

4) Diabetes : A must medicine for diabetics. Yes, I am using the word medicine in this section especially because its highly useful in lowering the sugar levels tremendously. Since insulin production lowers in the body, the generated sugar does not gets consumed easily. So, Green Tea helps in lowering the sugar levels which helps the body even though insulin levels gets reduced.

 
                                                    

5) Fights Cancer : Green tea has been shown to activate our internal cancer-fighting enzymes which may hinder tumor growth. Many teas are packed with antioxidants, but the direct mechanism of cancer prevention hasn’t yet been fully established. The good news is there is a relationship between cancer prevention and tea consumption.
Women with breast cancer showed that polyphenols in green tea may slow down proteins that are part of tumor cell growth.

 

6) Type 2 diabetes : Studies show that green tea can improve insulin sensitivity and reduce blood sugar levels. Green tea seems to help keep blood sugar stable in people with diabetes. Its advisable for diabetics to shift the consumption from normal tea to Green tea in order to control the sugar level and keep it stable even after having meals. One must consume green tea 15 minutes before having meals in order to control sugar levels.