green tea

I love green tea. Hot. Cold. It doesn't matter. In between many, many cups of red raspberry leaf tea (VERY beneficial for pregnancy) I drink green tea. My friends Janet (and Jen) turned me on to peach flavored green tea extract (drops). I put it in my distilled water. It tastes good, and it is very good for you.

The latest issue of Vegetarian Times has an article about the many benefits.

Green tea has long been known for its health promoting properties. Its powerful antioxidant, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), has numerous benefits, including: increasing metabolism, managing cholesterol, boosting the immune system, promoting healthy blood flow, maintaining blood sugar, reducing aches and more!

*in a study of 40,000 Japanese adults, those who drank green tea daily were less likely to die of cardiovascular disease. Green tea lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol.

*drinking green tea daily reduces the risk of high blood pressure

*higher intake of green tea is associated with a reduced risk of adult leukemia. A recent report in the journal Cancer Biology & Therapy showed that green tea may halt the spread of malignant breast cancer cells.

*green tea extract may help reduce body fat