Monday, October 13, 2008

GREEN MEDICINE


The solution for various kinds of ailments and disorders have been found to exist in green tea. The benefits of green tea have been known in China for several thousands of years. Green tea has now been proved to have medical benefits and has been established to have special benefits in preventing cancer and tooth decay.Green tea is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). Nowadays, after 40 years people suffers due to pain in joints and finds it difficult to walk even small distance.The michigan reserch institute have found that the EGCG content of green tea will be a better solution to avoid the above mentioned problem and also increases the immune strength of the human body.It as been adviced to take this drink atleast four times a day to have proper amount of egcg content in the blood.Various other medical conditions in which drinking green tea has proven to be helpful: cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular disease, infections, impaired immune function.
The leaves of the green tea are steamed which preserves the good chemicalsbut on the other hand the black tea leaves are fermented which transforms the good chemical compounds and reduces their effectiveness,hence green tea is preffered than black tea.

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