Green Tea, China mine healthful properties.
The latest research is confirmed: it protects the heart, reduce water retention, it keeps your teeth healthy and your metabolism helps you get the most from a diet.
Green tea or black tea produced in the same shrub ; to give the first of its therapeutic properties is the method of processing , black tea is made from fermented leaves (ie, undergo a natural process of oxidation) the tea leaves Green however, does not ferment, but they are dried.
So, keep all the valuable substances in the plant is rich, but attention : contains much more protein than black , precise Nicoletta Pellegrini, researcher, then you can drink during meals, but we must avoid taking coffee not take too many stimulants.
Among the major components of green tea are the phenolic compounds, in particular, the group of catechins prevent disease cardivascolari (to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood and at the same time act as an anticoagulant), without count their ability to counteract the process of cell degeneration.
The antioxidant activity is enhanced by the presence of vitamins, minerals and trace elements stand out among them the vitamin C (but is absorbed only if the tea is drunk hot), the B vitamins, the vitamin K, folic acid, beta carotene, zinc, manganese, potassium, magnesium and fluoride.
And it is the high fluorine content, combined with anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory action, which makes green tea an excellent anticaries .
addition, green tea disinfiamma mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine and combat gastric hyperacidity, said Evelina Flack, nutritionist.
Finally, it is of great help in slimming : Gastrointestinal its calming effect helps to control feelings of hunger while the stimulating effect of protein "gives the office" during the first days of diet, diuretic, fights water retention and stimulates thermogenesis, ie, the calorie-burning process.
Article from: Fitness - 2007
