- Aid the body’s pH balance and overall functioning
- According to Mutsuko Tounage in New Tastes in Green Tea, a healthy body is slightly alkaline, but if one diet is unbalance due to substantial intake of too many empty calories then the body becomes more acidic. Green tea counteracts acidity due to the minerals in tea such as calcium, manganese cooper zinc nickel, and molybdenum, which aid the body to function properly.
- Aids digestion
- According to Mutsuko Tounage Matcha tea stimulates the stomach and increases intestinal activity which promotes proper digestion.
- Prevent illness
- According to Mutsuko Tounage, the abundant concentrations of vitamins in Matcha green tea boost the immune system which strengthens the body’s natural abilities to fend of diseases and combat stress.
- Promotes health skin tone
- The abundant concentrations of vitamin c in Matcha green tea are important for the maintenance of good skin tone, with a youthful elasticity. Green tea is so rich in vitamin c that three cups of green tea give you the same amount of vitamin c as in an apple.
- Aid weight loss
- Regular Matcha Green teas have no calories. When consume after a big meal its tannin content helps the fat degrading enzymes to perform better. A bowl of Matcha green tea can also alleviate hunger and provide the vitamins and minerals that is lacking in many diet drinks
- Provide much needed zinc foe expectant mothers
- Surveys have shown that lack of minerals-especially zinc and copper can lead to low birth weight. Zinc is needed during pregnancy and is present in Matcha green tea.
- Lower cholesterol levels
- Tea catechins reduce bad cholesterol or low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL cholesterol ) in the blood, thereby preventing hardening of the arteries and the formation of blood clots.
- Lower high blood pressure
- Tea catechins inhibits the function of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) THAT produce angiotensin II which is responsible for high blood pressure.
- Prevents diabetes
- Tea catechins lower blood sugar levels by inhibiting the actions od amylase an enzyme that breaks down starches such a carbohydrates and convert them into glucose.
- Slows the aging process
- Tea catechins prevents the oxidation of fat in foods, and are thus natural antioxidants agents. Among them epiggallo catechins gallate (EGCG) has about twenty times the antioxidants of vitamin E.
- Note: Health benefits of green tea was condensed from text in Ocha: Oishii (Green Tea Delicious Medicine) by Oguni and Mutsuko Tokunaga
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