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The Many Benefits of Green Tea Extract

The Benefits of Green Tea Extract:
Anti-Aging, Anti-Cancer, Weight Control Researchers studied two groups of men
who a pre-cancerous condition of the
prostate. One consumed the equivalent of
One of the great advancements in 12 to 15 cups of green tea a day. One did
nutrition in the twenty-first century is not. One year later, 30% of the men who
the scientific confirmation of the many did not consume green tea supplements
benefits of green tea extract. Here are developed prostate cancer. Only 3% of the
just a few. Green tea: men who took green tea supplements
developed cancer.
Lowers cholesterol
Slows arthritis
Prevents the growth of cancer cells Another of the benefits of green tea
Assists weight loss extract is support for women who have
What accounts for the health benefits of breast cancer. Green tea provides
green tea extract? Over 1,800 scientific chemicals that bind estrogen. This
studies have found that the active hormone is not then free to stimulate
constituents in green tea are powerful breast cancer cells.
antioxidants. These are called
polyphenols (catechins) and flavonols.
Epigallocatechin gallate (you can just Women who consume the greatest amount of
call it EGCG) is the most powerful of green tea before menopause have the least
these antioxidants. severe forms of breast cancer when the
Milligram for milligram, EGCG has 25 to disease occurs. Women who drink green tea
100 times the antioxidant power of are less likely to have recurrences of
vitamins C and E. A cup of green tea has breast cancer after treatment. And most
more antioxidants than a serving of important of all, women who consume green
broccoli, spinach, carrots or tea are 50% less likely to develop breast
strawberries. cancer at all.
These abundant antioxidants power the Another of the benefits of green tea
benefits of green tea extract. They keep extract is protection against lung
DNA intact and they stabilize the cancer.
membranes of cells. These effects of The Japanese have both the highest rate
green tea make it a powerful support in of smoking and the lowest rate of lung
many health conditions. Let's look at the cancer in the developed world. Japanese
benefits of green tea supplements in more smokers who consume a lot of green tea
detail. seem to be protected against lung cancer.
Green tea has been shown to lower "bad" And green tea can even help you lose
LDL cholesterol and serum triglyceride weight. In a clinical trial, men eating a
levels. high-fat diet were given enough green tea
provide the caffeine in a single cup of
coffee. Although this amount of caffeine
Who would have imagined that simple has no effect on weight loss, when the
green tea could be as potent as Lipitor caffeine comes from green tea, it is
or Zocor or Crestin with none of their highly significant.
side effects? Scientific studies show
that middle-aged men and women in Japan
who drink 2 or more cups of green tea a The green tea supplement boosted the
day almost always have normal number of calories burned by 4.5%. While
cholesterol. Scientists have also this is just 135 calories a day, the
recently reported that if you drink green study showed that taking green
tea after you eat a fatty food, less supplements could help the average man on
cholesterol will go into you bloodstream. a high-fat diet lose 18 lbs (8 kg) in a
year's time. It could help the average
woman on a high-fat diet lose 11 pounds
And if you have high cholesterol when (5 kg). This is without eating less or
you begin taking green tea supplements, exercising more.
your body will convert less of it into a
form that clogs your arteries.
How Can I Take Green Tea?
Green tea protects your joints against
osteoarthritis. The benefits of green tea extract are
greatest if you take green tea
supplements rather than drink green tea.
This is one of the least known but most A study in the December 2004 edition of
beneficial effects of green tea extract. the American Journal of Clinical
Green tea prevents inflammation. When Nutrition confirmed that green
there is less inflammation, there is less supplements get more antioxidants into
wear and tear on your joints. your bloodstream that drinking green tea.
Two capsules of green tea extract a day
can provide all the benefits of 20 cups
Green tea prevents the growth of cancer of green tea-all you need to support even
cells. difficult health conditions.
The EGCG in green tea prevents cancer Green tea is safe and effective. Take 1
cells from growing by binding to a to 3 capsules of green extract every day.
specific enzyme. This health benefit of It is better to take green tea
green tea is especially important in supplements in the morning or afternoon
cancers of the prostate, breast, and rather than at night. In the unlikely
lung. event of stomach upset, take with food.




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