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Fighting Cancer with a Cup of Tea

green teaOver the past 5,000 years, people from Asia and India have known that drinking green tea is beneficial to health.  In fact, a Zen priest documented this information in a book called “Book of Tea”, written in the 12th century.  This book provided details as to how green tea can improve function of five vital organs to include the brain and heart.  In addition, the priest showed that green tea helps with specific illnesses such as Beriberi Disease and Urinary Tract infections.  Considered a multipurpose natural treatment, green tea has grown in popularity around the world.

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Chinese Green Tea – Ancient and Contemporary

Chinese Green TeaIf you have ever enjoyed a cup of hot or a glass of cold Chinese green tea, then you know how delicious it is.  In addition to flavor, this type of tea is also known for all the wonderful healing properties.  In addition to tasting great, green tea also helps reduce fever and inflammation, aids with digestion, and offers a long list of health benefits that people enjoy. 

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Reasons Japanese Green Tea is so Beneficial

Green TeaIn the entire world, the number one killer is cancer.  Because of this, scientists, medical doctors, and researchers have spent a tremendous amount of time trying to find ways of preventing this deadly disease.

As research became more intense, experts realized that they should investigate countries with low incidences of cancer to analyze why.  In doing so, both China and Japan were studied since the people there seldom develop this deadly disease.  It was found that in addition to eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are loaded with antioxidants that fight cancer, Asians also drink green tea daily that also contains antioxidants called polyphenols.

Therefore, this new discovery is that drinking two to three cups of green tea a day can help prevent cancer but for people with existing cancer, the antioxidants actually make traditional treatment more effective.

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Learning about Multiple Tea Infusions

Chinese herbal teaPeople in China not only discovered tea but for more than 5,000 years, they have consumed it.  During this time, the Chinese people have studied varieties of loose leaf tea, gaining a tremendous amount of knowledge.

Tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant and the process of making green tea, loose black tea, oolong tea, and has been perfected.  During this process, a variety of tea has been developed, which requires a process of infusion to ensure every cup is delicious, aromatic, and healthy.

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Why do people love green tea so much?

loose green teaThe one beverage consumed most in the world is water but tea is number two.  In the past few years, tea, especially green tea has grown in popularity for a variety of reasons such as flavor, aroma, and healing properties.

Green Tea Varieties

For one thing, Chinese green tea comes in a wide range of varieties.  The different flavors are the result of the oxidization process but with green tea, no oxidization is done, which means enzymes in the loose green tea leaves are never exposed to oxygen.  However, if you were to look at Chinese black tea, the process involves full oxidization whereas oolong tea only goes through a partial process of oxidization.  Therefore, the type of flavor and even medicinal properties are based on how much oxidization the leaves go through.

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