Benefits of drinking green tea

What are the benefits of drinking green tea? We must first understand the composition of green tea by modern scientific research confirms that more than 450 kinds of green tea-containing organic compounds, more than 15 kinds of inorganic minerals, these elements have the majority of health care, disease prevention effect.

1, lipid-lowering diet, to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The relationship between tea drinking and weight loss are very close, "Shen Nong's Herbal," a book as early as 2000 years ago referred to the role of tea to lose weight: "Jiufu ease Qi ... ... Qingshenjianfei not old." Modern scientific research and clinical trials confirm that drinking tea can reduce blood levels of lipids and cholesterol, so that the body becomes light and nimble, it is because tea phenol derivatives, aromatic substances, amino acids, substances, vitamins, substances integrated and coordinated results, especially with tea polyphenols and vitamin C, hormone combination, can promote fat oxidation, helping digestion, lipid-lowering diet. In addition, tea polyphenols can dissolve in fat, cholesterol, vitamin C can promote the body. Green tea itself, including Gansu, Ningxia, Gansu, Ningxia tea is to improve the toughness of the blood vessels so that blood vessels is not easy to rupture. The American Heart Association, "cycle" magazine in May 2002 published a study showed that regular tea helps reduce the risk of death due to heart disease. Researchers at Harvard Medical School a total of 1,900 heart attack patients with follow-up survey, these patients are mainly elderly people aged 60 and above, the investigation found that those who drank tea for more than 14 cups per week on average than patients following a heart attack in About three and a half times the risk of death than patients who did not drink tea lower 44%. The study also shows that even though patients are less than 14 cups per week on average cup of tea, but also has the potential to reduce heart disease mortality rate 28%.

2, anti-cancer. Green tea contains polyphenols and caffeine --- components, produced by a combination of both, in addition to play a refreshing, meditatively effect, but also have the capacity and improve the human immune anti-cancer effect. In recent years, the Federation of the American Chemical Society found that tea not only inhibited the effectiveness of the digestive system cancer, but also to the skin and lung, liver cancer, is also inhibited. After research confirmed that the organic tea anti-cancer substances are mainly tea polyphenols, theophylline, vitamin C and vitamin E; tea anti-cancer element of mainly inorganic selenium, molybdenum, manganese, germanium, etc.. China, Japan, scientists believe that the catechin polyphenols in cancer the best results.

3, anti-drug sterilization. The tea as a detox medicine can be traced back to ancient times of Shen Nong (about 2737 BC ago), "Shen Nong tasted a hundred herbs, Japanese case of 72 drugs, get tea, while the solution of the" theory, which in the "Records of the Historian * San Juan this in mind, "" Huainanzi Xiuwu training "," Materia Medica Spreads out Righteousness ", etc. are recorded in the book. Tea sage Lu Yu in his "Tea" This more than 1200 years ago (AD 780) the world's first tea an authoritative book on "the effectiveness of tea," pointed out: "As to the cold tea, the most suitably to drink ... ... if they feel body heat, thirst, condensate nausea, pain in the brain, eyes tired, limb fatigue, joint discomfort, when drink four or five tea on the markedly effective. " Lu Yu of the above listed symptoms typical of pneumonia or suspected cases is very close. Tang Dynasty physician Chen hidden device in the "Herbal Supplements" wrote: "In addition to infected thirst quencher. Your chai tea is also." Well-known eunuch Zhen-liang in the "tea 10 Germany," also put the "Tea In addition to Pandora gas" as a tea, one of Germany. Since the Tang Dynasty, ancient tea treatment of similar studies also have new tea detoxification sterilization narrative, but because science developed, will have a strong contagious and epidemic diseases collectively referred to as the "plague" or "Pandora air", while not point out what kind of bacteria, viruses, but the tea will help anti-drug sterilization thing has been confirmed to. Modern medicine sector health effect of tea continued to deepen, U.S. scientists in 2003 in the "National Academy of Sciences," on the reports: "tea called 'L-theanine' chemicals can make the body the ability to resist infection increased five times," .

4 and longevity. Green tea anti-aging effects on the human body is mainly reflected in a number of effective chemical composition and the coordinating role of a variety of vitamins, especially the tea polyphenols, caffeine, vitamin C, aromatic materials, lipopolysaccharide, etc., can enhance the activities of human cardiac and vascular的弹性，抑制动脉硬化，减少高血压和冠心病的发病率，增强免疫力，从而抗衰老，使人获得长寿。 According to medical studies have shown that tea polyphenols in addition to lower blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, but also to enhance the resilience and flexibility of capillaries, reducing blood lipids, hypertension and cardiovascular prevention and treatment of this and other common diseases is extremely useful for the elderly . Tea contains selenium and organic selenium in selenium than grain and oil were absorbed more easily, the United States to send Richard Xi Wateboshi that: the food by adding selenium and vitamin C, vitamin E into three with the mixture, may be extended one the life of Chiang Kai-shek and the tea is rich in useful life of these strange elements.

Person's birth, old age, sickness and death is an irresistible law of the so-called "longevity" is false, "longevity" is real. Tea longevity, ancient and modern case can not be enumerated. According to Qian Yi Song • "Southern new book," recorded in the Tang Emperor Xuanzong sized three years (AD 849), the east capital (Luoyang, Henan Province today) has a more than 130-year-old monk, the Emperor asked his regimen, he said, " Chen Shao also *, Su-I do not know medicine, nature is good tea, only tea was everywhere seek, or a hundred bowls of tea are also on the event, as usual the next day nor forty to fifty bowl. " Qianlong was the most longevity of China's feudal emperors who reigned 60 years, lived to 89 years old, tea is one of his recipe for health. Shanghai, the oldest of the old god of longevity, late Qing Xian last one scholar Su Bureau adhere to the life of tea is a great habit, he was more than a symbol of "tea" characters to form 108-year-old tea-shou (Note: Chinese characters of "tea" , radicals could be apart of "hua" and "88", combined for 108) live to 110 years old, dying 20 days before the "contemporary poet Yong Cha," wrote the album Wing tea quatrains. In Shanghai in 1994, was "god of longevity couples" crown both have 104-year-old Yuandui Azusa, Hui-Qin Wang wife, his longevity is also a "daily tea", the general daily at 10 am and 3 pm tea. The centenarian was born in 1896 who Gaozhou Zhang, her eating habits are the "four noes": no smoking, no drinking, not overeating, not picky eaters; "Sixi" The Joy of coarse grains, joy sweet potato, joy jealous they like to drink tea. August 20, 1898 was born in Guangdong Fengshun County, suffered a lot and do not change the hardworking Shouxing Po Zhang orchids, she did not smoke, not drink, addicted to tea. Affectionately known as "contemporary sage" Chinese Tea Society, honorary chairman of Professor Wu Juenong celebrating the 90 birthday, he and his wife talked about the mysteries of longevity, when, touched on more than usually drink tea, eat more fruits and answers. (Note: Mr. Wu live to 91 years old, his wife Chen Noriaki live to be 98 years old.) Famous mathematician, Shanghai Tea Institute of consultants, Fudan University Professor Su Buqing, lived to 101 years old, a day after breakfast will be his tea healthy longevity. South Korea Lu Yu Tea Research Association, Mr. Cui Guiyong, daily life, addicted to tea, live to 100 years (April 5, 2002 died). India's northwestern city of Pu'er increases, there is an over bumi, Ya-Ming Jiaoha the elderly, by the local government formally recognized at the age of 125 years, Miya An old speakers spoke of his longevity to his diet, "I never smoke, drink tea is my only addiction thing. " Egypt has a farmer god of longevity, Emperor Ming Jiaozha that Michal, his six or more cups of tea a day, he had the privilege of living to 130 years old! Ups and downs and politicians celebrating his birthday, one of Deng Xiaoping's regimen is also a green tea drinkers. Deng Xiaoping's sister Deng Xianqun had recalled the life of Deng Xiaoping in the Cultural Revolution, said: "I am big brother like tea. He likes to drink, Sichuan, Anhui green tea production, and sometimes the West Lake Longjing tea drinking. Tea is more expensive, and he put the tea cup too many to be the whole bubble open, to account for two-thirds of the cup. I Daisow is a big brother gave me every morning, thick foam cup of tea. After my brother finished, and the remaining root I Daisow went on to drink tea, the afternoon to give him a cup. "ancient people called tea for all diseases, medicine, tea is good health, longevity, but Guizaijianchi a regular basis, will see the effects, there are 100 tea beneficial rather than harmful.

Drinking green tea was good, but unfortunately there are still many cons: 1, green tea easily oxidized and difficult to keep. The polyphenols in green tea are powerful antioxidants, and therefore vulnerable to eutrophication of its own, although not to a conclusion that tea polyphenols can cause human longevity, but was oxidized Chen tea out of tea and coffee red , and there is no tea aroma, its taste will greatly deteriorates. 2, it is generally very light tea, drinking tea is not used, therefore, for health, its tea consumption becomes less. 3 "to prepare for urea tea." What is a "urea tea" mean? A few years ago Qiaoxiao tea, tea in short supply, some local tea farmers have a "technology innovation", taken every morning, finished tea, afternoon tea aboard the spray of urea solution, the following morning tea on the then grown very long, so cycle, tea production increased dramatically. Therefore, the tea should be considered to see the quality of the brand, must not get petty.