Health Spotlight: Green Tea
February 24, 2010 by Standing on Truth
Filed under Nutritional Living
Today I’m going to spotlight something that has been getting a lot of attention the past few years for its health benefits.
Green Tea
This warm, relaxing treat has powerful antioxidants that have been shown to fight those dreaded (and deadly) free radicals in our body. For a refresher on what free radicals are, click here. Dr. Mercola has article after article about how green tea is good at protecting against heart disease, skin cancer, oral cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer. Ok, so now you are intrigued.
University of Purdue researchers have found “there is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.”
Look here at how green tea surpasses the antioxidant levels of some of the most nutritious vegetables. This is not to say abandon these vegetables, but is more of a testimony as to the antioxidant rich nature of green tea.
So, today as you wind down from a hard day of work, grab a cup of green tea and know that you are doing your body a favor. But please, choose organic. No sense in wiping out many of those great green tea benefits with all the chemicals used in growing and processing it.
And wouldn’t you know. . .I’m drinking some right now.
Come back for the next 5 days as I feature a new food in the Health Spotlight.
