Green tea :)

Hey, my next post is about green tea. Some may say that green tea is not tasty and they might be right, but green tea has many health benefits to offer.

Let's start with a study in Japan called the Ohsaki-study. This study focused on adults between the age of 40 and 79, who drink at least five cups of tea during a week for 11 years. The result was that the mortality rate increased for about 12 % for men and 23 % for women. The study also showed that the death rate due to cardiovascular disease slowed down because of green tea.
Another studies showed that drinking green tea regularly can reduce the risk of getting cancer because in other countries, where the people consume a great amount of tea is the chance of getting specific types of cancer or even dying because of them. The secret of green tea lies in the fact that it is rich in cathechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). Neuro-degenerative diseases like Chorea-Hunting, Parkinson and Alzheimer could be prevent with the EGCG. An Egypt scientist named Dr. Mervat Kassern found out that antibiotica have a better effect in combination with green tea. He tested it on 28 causative organisms of contagious diseases and the effect of antibiotica improved in all cases.
Green tea also helps in diets because a combination of coffeine and green tea burn much more fat and calories than only coffeine or placebo. In addition to that green tea could also prevent tooth decay, because it can kill the bacteria that can cause dental plaque.
Two negative things about green tea is that it could lead to insomnia due to the caffeine green tea contains, but still less than coffee has. The second disadvantage is that too much green tea for example more than ten cups of it, could be harmful and damage your kidney and liver due to substances green tea contains.
All in all green tea is really healthy and  recommandable to drink once in a while.