The steady stream of good news about green tea is getting so hard to ignore that even java junkies are beginning to sip mugs of the deceptively delicate brew. You'd think the daily dose of disease-fighting, inflammation-squelching antioxidants - long linked with heart protection - would be enough incentive, but wait, there's more! Lots more.
CUT YOUR CANCER RISK. Several polyphenols - the potent antioxidants green tea's famous for - seem to help keep cancer cells from gaining a foothold in the body, by discouraging their growth and then squelching the creation of new blood vessels that tumors need to thrive. Study after study has found that people who regularly drink green tea reduce their risk of breast, stomach, esophagus, colon, and/or prostate cancer.
SOOTHE YOUR SKIN. Got a cut, scrape, or bite, and a little leftover green tea? Soak a cotton pad in it. The tea is a natural antiseptic that relieves itching and swelling. Try it on inflamed breakouts and blemishes, sunburns, even puffy eyelids.
STEADY YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE. Having healthy blood pressure - meaning below 120/80 - is one thing. Keeping it that way is quite another. But people who sip just half a cup a day are almost 50 percent less likely to wind up with hypertension than non-drinkers. Credit goes to the polyphenols again (especially one known as ECGC). They help keep blood vessels from contracting and raising blood pressure.
PROTECT YOUR MEMORY. Green tea may also keep the brain from turning fuzzy. Getting-up-there adults who drink at least two cups a day are half as likely to develop cognitive problems as those who drink less. Why? It appears that the tea's big dose of antioxidants fights the free-radical damage to brain nerves seen in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
STAY YOUNG. The younger and healthier your arteries are, the younger and healthier you are. So fight plaque build-up in your blood vessels, which ups the risk of heart disease and stroke, adds years to your biological age (or RealAge), and saps your energy too. How much green tea does this vital job take? About 10 ounces a day, which also deters your body from absorbing artery-clogging fat and cholesterol.
LOSE WEIGHT. Turns out that green tea speeds up your body's calorie-burning process.
5 comments:
William,
You made me a proud father. I am so excited that you finally had a blog, a place you can put your thoughts, your direction in life, your life experiences and your knowledge to optimum effect, for the benefit of everyone and including yourself.
I love the blog title: Sky is The Limit. I hope and pray to see you reaching that pinnacle of life satisfaction and self-actualization.
I have tremendous faith in you and your ability to succeed where your father had failed.
Go, go and go achieve, where no one had ever got; it's not the sum total, it's the satisfaction and self-actualization.
william,
I'm good friend of your coo-coo father.
I admired people like you and I'm sure you will succeed where your father had failed(what are the things he failed? I wonder.)
No obstacle should be on your path.
Keep your head up, the sky is there for you.
dear william, u got everthing well equipped to succeed in ur mission...go ahead man!!
from Kia,
the Optometrist
LalSeang,
Thank you for visiting here and making a nice comment.
Am I coo-coo?
that's way japanese ppl have long life than ppls. so ,william, drink more green tea so that you can be more healthier.
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