5 Science-Based Benefits Of Drinking Green Tea

Green tea is considered to be a very healthy beverage. It is consumed all around the world and now we know of several benefits associated with it. Green tea is full of antioxidants, which is what offers most of the health benefits discussed by nutritionists right now. However, as with most drinks you could buy, not all benefits presented in the media are correct. In order to highlight exactly why green tea is so popular right now, let’s only focus on the health benefits that have scientific backing. This does not mean the benefits presented below are the only ones that should be mentioned. Many others might exist. We just need more studies to prove them. 

The 6 science-based benefits of drinking green tea presented below are:

1. Green Tea helps improving brain function

Green tea will not only keep you alert but also improve your brain function. One of our blends - Ashwagandha Green Tea - is specifically aimed at this only.  It will also boost your brain function due to the caffeine content it has. The great thing about green tea is that it does not include much caffeine but enough to boost brain health. The caffeine content is much less than that of coffee. However, it is more than enough to produce results without those jittery effects people experience when drinking too much coffee. The way in which caffeine affects your brain is through blocking adenosine, which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. This automatically increases neurotransmitter concentration, including norepinephrine and dopamine. (Source: Caffeine and the central nervous system: mechanisms of action, biochemical, metabolic and psychostimulant effects)While caffeine helps improve your reaction times, memory, mood, and brain function, the L-theanine content in green tea will increase GABA neurotransmitter activity leading to anti-anxiety effects. At the same time, dopamine is increased, together with alpha wave production. (Source: L-theanine, a natural constituent in tea, and its effect on mental state) Due to the smaller caffeine dose and the L-theanine present, green tea will offer a milder buzz than what you get from coffee. This is why some people end up being more productive as they consume green tea and not coffee. 

• Product: Teacurry Ashwagandha Green Tea
• Manufacturer : Teacurry
• Starting Price : Rs.239 For 15 Tea Bags (Based on Website price as on 1 January 2023)
• Taste : The tea of Ashwagandha Green Tea has a sweet floral and vegetal flavor of Ashwagandha. Ashwagandha taste comes at the end of every sip and leaves that sweet characteristic aftertaste with a clean finish.
• Ingredients: Teacurry Ashwagandha Green Tea consists of green tea leaves from the Himalayas and dried Ashwagandha from Punjab region.
• Aroma: Ashwagandha Green Tea has a vegetal green aroma with sweet barky notes of Ashwagandha and roasted grains.
• Rating: 5.0/5.0 (based on 40 verified customer reviews as on 1 January 2023)
• 100% Natural : Yes
• Caffeine Free : Yes
• Dietary Plan: No
• Benefits: 
• Ashwagandha Green Tea reduces bad cholesterol in the body.
• Ashwagandha Green Tea helps alleviate stress and anxiety.
• Ashwagandha Green Tea is known to help with digestive health and in boosting immunity in humans.
• Ashwagandha Green Tea improves brain health in term of memory and cognitive thinking.
• Ashwagandha Green Tea helps with regulating sugar levels.
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2.Green Tea  Speeding Up Weight Loss

This is one of the benefits of drinking green tea that is often mentioned and the truth is that it is backed by science. Drinking teas like Hibiscus Green Tea can help you lose weight because it will increase the speed at which your body burns fat and speed up your metabolic rate. And it can also prevent food cravings. (Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Or Green Tea – Which Is The Better Natural Weight Loss Aid?) A study that involved 10 men showed that those taking a green tea extract ended up with increased calories burned by four percent. In another study, fat oxidation was increased by 17 percent. (Source: Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans)  While effects do vary from one person to the next, we can also take a look at the caffeine content we already mentioned. Caffeine is capable of improving your physical performance since it mobilizes fat tissue fatty acids. Basically, the body ends up using more fatty acids as energy so this increases how much fat you burn. 

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• Taste :The liquor of Moringa Green Tea has a pleasantly sweet taste with a strong comparison to green beans, spinach and peas. The light-bodied drink is brisk and smooth with raw green notes. The aftertaste lingers with a raw cucumber note.
• Ingredients: Teacurry Moringa Green Tea consists of premium quality handpicked Moringa leaves in form of Moringa Oleifera sourced from farmlands in Kerala and Green Tea Leaves from Assam region.
• Aroma: The liquor of Moringa Green Tea has a wet vegetal earthy aroma with hints of delicate flowers.
• Rating: 5.0/5.0 (based on 40 verified customer reviews as on 1 January 2023)
• 100% Natural : Yes
• Caffeine Free : Yes
• Dietary Plan: No
• Benefits: 
• Teacurry Moringa Green Tea helps in Cholestrol.
• Teacurry Moringa Green Tea helps in weight loss.
• Teacurry Moringa Green Tea helps in Glowing your skin.
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3. Green Tea  improving  life Span

Green tea includes several compounds that actively fight against heart disease and cancer. This automatically means that it will help you to live longer. A study carried out on over 40,000 Japanese adults covering 11 years showed that those who drank over 4 cups of green tea per die had a lower possibility of dying. (Source: the Ohsaki study) During the study, the effect of green tea and reduced death rates was observed as being the following:

• Deaths from stroke – men: 35% lower / women: 42% lower
• Deaths from heart diseases - men: 22% lower / women: 31% lower
• Deaths from all causes – men: 12% lower / women: 23% lower

We also had another study conducted in Japan that highlighted those who were drinking green tea had a lower possibility of dying by 76% over the duration of a 6 years period (which is how long the study was). So, if you want to live longer, green tea might help you. 

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• Taste : Liquor of Tulsi Green Tea has a distinct taste of holy basils. It can be more of described as a strong flavour with vegetal notes of the green tea.
• Ingredients: Teacurry Tulsi  Green Tea consists of green tea leaves from the Himalayas and dried  Tulsi Leaves.
• Aroma: Tea of Tulsi Green Tea has a woody and spicy aroma of holy basils.
• Rating: 5.0/5.0 (based on 20 verified customer reviews as on 1 January 2023
• 100% Natural : Yes
• Caffeine Free : Yes
• Dietary Plan: No
• Benefits: 
• Teacurry Tulsi Green Tea helps you relax and reduces stress.
• Teacurry Tulsi Green Tea strengthens the immune system because it is packed with antioxidants.
• Teacurry Tulsi Green Tea improves our digestion and metabolism.
• Teacurry Tulsi Green Tea helps fight illness, cough and cold by strengthening our immune system.
• Teacurry Tulsi Green Tea has anti aging properties.
• Teacurry Tulsi Green Tea uplifts your mood as it works as a great energiser.
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4.Green Tea Includes Healthy Bioactive Compounds

What most people say about green tea is it is hydrating. But, this drink is much more than that. There are so many healthy compounds present and many were not even properly researched yet.  For instance, this tea has a high presence of polyphenols. These are natural compounds with several health benefits, like helping the body to fight cancer and reduce inflammation. Another thing you should know is that green tea includes EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate). This is a catechin, which is a type of natural antioxidant. Catechins can help the body to prevent the appearance of cell damage. Such substances will reduce how many free radicals appear inside the body while protecting cells from damage. EGCG is actually one of the most impressive compounds found in green tea that most people know nothing about. It was used to help in the treatment of several diseases and is believed to be the reason why the tea has such strong medicinal properties. (Source: Molecular understanding of Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases)  To make matters even more interesting, green tea also includes several minerals. However, this is only the case when you choose the best brands out there. Lower quality brands simply include too much fluoride and have questionable tea plant sources. Teacurry teas are premium, handmade, and natural. You know what you get with this premium brand recommended by nutritionists from every corner of the world.

• Manufacturer : Teacurry
• Starting Price : Rs.479 For 30 Tea Bags (Based on Website price as on 1 January 2023)
• Taste : Teacurry Detox Green Tea is a 100% Natural tea with a soft sweet refreshing taste and with earthy flavors of green tea. It is delicate on your palate and is available in both forms - tea bags and  loose tea leaf.
• Ingredients: Teacurry Teatox tea consists of a powerful blend of Green tea leaves from Assam, mighty ginger from Orissa, Cassia Cinnamon from Meghalaya, Black Pepper, Cardamom, rose petals, clove and bay leaves.
• Aroma: The tea has a rosy sweet aroma because of rose and green tea leaves. The aroma can be compared to freshly plucked rose petals.
• Rating: 5.0/5.0 (based on 60 verified customer reviews as on 1 January 2023)
• 100% Natural : Yes
• Caffeine Free : Yes
• Dietary Plan: No
• Benefits
• Teacurry detox Green tea helps to get rid of toxins like pollutants, synthetic chemicals, heavy metals, and processed foods — which all negatively affect health.
• Teacurry Teatox Green tea assists to lose excess weight including water weight,
• This tea helps with tummy reduction and liver detoxification.
• Being an all natural plant based tea, Teacurry Detox green tea also helps to boost the immune system
• Teacurry teatox Green tea promotes a feeling of fullness and suppresses appetite while giving your body extreme nutrition with vitamins and antioxidants.
• The Teatox blend is unique to completely clear up free radicals and is the best detox kawa green tea in the market.
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5.Green Tea Might Help Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases

The main cause of death around the world is cardiovascular diseases. This includes strokes and heart diseases. Thankfully, green tea might help prevent them because of improving important risk factors associated with the diseases. When you drink green tea, your blood’s antioxidant capacity increases. This will protect LDL particles and they will not oxidize as much. As a result, heart disease risks are reduced. (Source: Inhibitory effect of Chinese green tea on endothelial cell-induced LDL oxidation)By looking at the cumulative studies conducted on people drinking green tea in relation to heart disease risk factors, it is concluded that drinking the tea leads to a lower risk by 31% of a cardiovascular disease killing you. To keep things simple, green tea has the ability of lowering LDL cholesterol levels inside your body. This is what increases your body’s ability to fight potential cardiovascular diseases. 

• Manufacturer : Teacurry
• Starting Price : Rs.549 For 30 Tea Bags (Based on Website price as on 1 January 2023)
• Taste : Teacurry Heart Tea has a soft sweet tangy taste with a refreshing flavor of holy basil and hibiscus. It is delicate on your palate and is available in both forms - Heart Tea Bags and Heart Loose Tea Leaves.
• Ingredients: Teacurry Pressure Tea or Heart Tea consists of Cassia cinnamon from Meghalaya, Roselle Hibiscus from Mysore, Turmeric Curcumin Longa (premium variety) sourced from farmers in Andhra Pradesh, Krishna Tulsi from Sasangir, Mighty Ginger variety from Orissa, Banarasi Amla from Varanasi, Carom Seeds (Ajwain) from Madhya Pradesh, green cardamom sourced from the Idukki district in Kerala and Thymus serpyllum Linn from Nilgiris.
• Aroma: Teacurry Pressure Tea has an earthy aroma of ginger and cinnamon mixed with floral flavors of Hibiscus and green tea.
• Rating: 5.0/5.0 (based on 70 verified customer reviews as on 1 January 2023)
• 100% Natural : Yes
• Caffeine Free : Yes
• Dietary Plan: No
• Benefits
• Teacurry Heart Tea helps balance blood pressure. 
• Teacurry Pressure tea assists in eliminating hypertension.
• This tea supports in reducing bad cholesterol.
• Teacurry Heart tea improves metabolism and in turn helps with less of gastric issues.
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The 5 science-based benefits of drinking green tea mentioned above are truly impressive and they are a statement as to why so many enjoy it these days. However, several others could be mentioned. Green tea was even shown in studies to help reduce bad breath thanks to the presence of catechins inside it. (Source: Antiviral effect of catechins in green tea on influenza virus) And we have to highlight that green tea can be combined with several other ingredients to offer even more health benefits. For instance, this chamomile and green tea combo will help you to sleep better at night. On the whole, we can say that green tea has many different possible and proven health benefits. And it is available in so many combinations that it is close to impossible not to find one you will enjoy, ranging from simple to green tea with forest fruits. Green tea can help you to lose weight, feel better, will lower chronic disease risks, and more.

References & Sources

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