High quality Fresh Green tea

Have you ever thought about breaking from your everyday black tea routine, and trying some green tea?

Perhaps you thought it was too exotic, or were unsure how it would taste. It's time to get out of your tea rut, and brew up a cup of green tea. It tastes great, is easy to make and is packed with loads of healthy stuff.

What does it taste like?

           Don't expect green tea to taste like your regular tea. The flavor of green tea can be best described as: fresh, light, green, or grassy. Green tea is not usually served with milk or sugar, but you can add a pinch of lemon for a better taste.

Two things to watch out for: don't use fully boiling water and dont add green tea leaves when the water is on the boil.

Green tea is more delicate than black, so you want to keep the water a little cooler. Brewing when your water is just about to hit the boiling temperature is good.

Teas contain antioxidants, the most powerful of which is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) which is found only in green tea.EGCG is responsible for all the medicinal properties found in green tea. Read on to know more!!

There is strong evidence that green tea has fat-burning properties and promotes weight loss, especially when combined with increased physical activity and a healthy diet.

Green tea polyphenols are known to promote weight loss by increasing the metabolism of fat by the liver (thermogenic effect), inhibiting lipase (fat absorption enzyme) in the digestive tract, and

providing a feeling of satiety and fullness. Recent studies demonstrate that green tea can reduce body weight by increasing energy expenditure and fat oxidation.

Green tea has been traditionally used to control blood sugar. People who are

frequent drinkers of green tea are less likely to develop diabetes than those who dont.

Recent evidence also suggests green tea may help regulate the blood sugar and reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes. Green teas anti diabetic effect may be partly explained by its caffeine content.

Green tea lowers total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels and improves the ratio of HDL cholesterol to LDL cholesterol. Studies have shown that people who drink green tea as a daily part of their diet have lower cholesterol levels than those who dont.

Researchers believe that one of the underlying mechanisms by which green tea lowers blood cholesterol levels is by reducing

Iipids absorption in the digestive tract and promoting their excretion from the body.

According to a creditable study regular green tea drinking may protect smokers from oxidative damages and reduce cancer risk or other diseases caused by free

radicals associated with smoking. Green tea consumption may be effective to prevent cardiovascular disorders in chronic smokers.

Researchers say green tea might explain the "Asian paradox" - when people living in Asian countries smoke cigarettes heavily, but have relatively low incidence of heart disease.

Green tea lowers blood pressure and helps prevent hypertension. It increases the

body's production of nitric oxide, which dilates arteries and thereby reduces blood pressure.

A study published in one issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine found that among persons consuming green tea regularly for at least one year, the risk of developing high blood pressure was *3% lower among those who drank 1/2 cup to 2 cups per day.

One of the important health benefits of regular green tea drinking is improved memory and learning ability. Population-based studies reveal that green tea

drinking maintains cognitive function. The main components of green tea that are thought to work on improving brain function are polyphenols, epigalochatechin**-gallate (EGCG), a very strong antioxidant.

EGCG can penetrate the brain's blood barrier and is able to enact its antioxidative affects on the free radicals that cause damage to the brain.

Green tea polyphenols protect the skin against the adverse effects of ultraviolet radiation such as UV-induced sunburn and photo aging of the skin.

 They exert their photoprotective effects by various cellular, molecular and biochemical mechanisms. Also, green tea polyphenols protect the skin by improving the elastic tissues.