Green tea is both a stimulant and an antioxidant with diversity of healing applications. The polyphenols in green tea are potent antioxidants. Also, green tea increases energy, which may make it useful as part of a weight-loss program.

Studies show that green tea may benefit the following health conditions:
Asthma, atherosclerosis, cancer, high cholesterol, diabetes, ear infections, eczema, influenza and wrinkles just to name a few.

People that are taking prescribed medication should check with their doctor before consuming green tea on a regular basis or in large amounts.

Check out this web site for more information on green tea…

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Cancer hope for green tea extract
BBC News March 15, 2005
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Polyphenol EGCG taken from green
tea leaves inhibits cancer cell
growth, researchers have found. EGCG
binds to a key enzyme--dihydrofolate
reductase (DHFR)--that stops the
enzyme from triggering the
manufacture of new DNA in tumor
cells. It appears to work in the
same way as the cancer drug
methotrexate, but in practice would
probably have...
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