subject: Healthy Aging And Green Tea [print this page] What if there was a way to get healthy just by drinking a delicious tea. Well - you can. Just drink Green Tea. Green tea is thought to help your heart, your cardio system, bones, teeth and muscles. Green tea is one of those almost perfect all around good for you things. It is almost as good as exercise and for some - more pleasant.
Green tea can benefit your arteries, and contribute to maintaining a healthy blood pressure. Many people wrongly believe that consumption of caffeine can increase blood pressure. However, studies have found that even one cup of tea can actually enhance the ability to maintain a healthy blood pressure. Tea, especially green tea, is great for the heart. It keeps arteries strong, the heart pumping strong and protects cholesterol and lipids from free radical damage. Due to the antioxidant benefits, cardiac protection is increased. Studies have shown that drinking at least one cup of tea on a daily basis can reduce the risk if heart-related events by about 4%. Reports are consistent in showing that that healthy hearts are more common among tea drinkers.
I tend to drink more Green tea in the winter - probably because I prefer it warm. But you can drink it cold. Simply pour cold water over your green tea. Or if you have time, pour hot water over and wait until it gets cold (or add ice). Green Ice tea is delicious and nutritious.
For some reason, tea is particularly good for mouth health - making teeth stronger, helping bad breath. It could be the antioxidants. Or it could be the antibacterial properties of tea and green tea. It could just be the drinking of the liquid. It keeps the mouth clean. Green Tea helps bones so it is natural that it should help teeth.
The kidneys are major organs involved in filtering and eliminating toxins from the body and preserving electrolytes and water. The correct performance of these functions is essential to life and critical to health and wellbeing. Green tea can help support the health of the essential organs. Research has shown that every cup of tea consumed daily progressively enhanced the maintaince of healthy kidney function. This is due to the increased water consumption, as well as the phytonutrients found in tea.
One of the key benefits of green tea is the antioxidants. Antioxidants help the body ward off illness and protect health. According to Wikipedia: "Antioxidants are widely used as ingredients in dietary supplements in the hope of maintaining health and preventing diseases such as cancer and coronary heart disease".
