Green Tea Health Benefits

I have been reading so much about green tea benefits, would drinking iced green tea have the same benefits, or a green tea supplement? I do not like the taste of hot tea and would like to get the benefits without drinking the hot tea.

many iced teas are flavored, such as lipton, which makes it not nearly as healthy as green tea supplements or hot tea. if you don't like hot tea, try the supplements.

2009-01-18 09:44:25 by centralmaine

In China green tea has been consumed as a medicinal beverage for four or five thousand years. It was used by the Chinese to treat all kinds of ...

what are the health benefits of drinking green tea?
and over what period of time would you have to regularly drink it (say one cup everyday or two) for these benefits to actually effect the body etc?

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Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea? The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from headaches to depression. In her book Green Tea:

2007-08-15 15:46:10 by Bex

Can it help you to lose weight? My mother says it can.
Any advice on green tea and the health benefits would be great!

here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:
-cancer
-rheumatoid arthritis
-high cholesterol levels
-cardiovascular disease
-infection
-impaired immune...

2008-10-01 02:27:15 by He moonwalked on my <3

In other words, will stronger Green tea give more health benefits?

Losing weight can improve your sleep, especially if you begin an exercise program. If you're overweight or obese, then it can help with sleep problems such as sleep apnea

2008-08-20 20:35:45 by Toby

I tried chai tea the other day, and really like the taste (a lot more than green tea). I do usually have 2 to 4 cups of green tea a day.

Is one better than the other, or are they pretty much the same as far as health benefits go?

EGCG is a potent antioxidant

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), an antioxidant found in green tea, is at least 100 more times more effective than vitamin C and 25 times more effective than vitamin E at protecting cells and DNA from...

2006-12-21 08:27:12 by Mutt