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The Benefits Of Green Tea

Green tea is a wonderful organic alternative to many hot drinks like hot chocolate, coffee, even regular tea! It's a...

G reen tea is a wonderful organic alternative to many hot drinks like hot chocolate, coffee, even regular tea! It's a lot more versatile in terms of flavor and has a wide variety to let you choose from. Moreover, it's a lot more healthy too, and not just for weight loss. Let's talk about some of the benefits of green tea that aren't just weight loss because, frankly speaking, reducing it down to just that is quite a disservice to the drink as a whole. Let's get started! 

Rich In Antioxidants 

Green tea is one drink that is packed with antioxidants. This helps flush out a lot of impurities from your body and leave you feeling a lot more refreshed, relaxed and energetic. It also does tons for your skin and leaves it more glowing and fresh than a caffeine-rich drink ever could! Flushing out all the toxins in your body also makes you feel a lot less bloated and helps particularly with bad thoughts associated with eating more as it makes you feel like you haven't had that much to eat. Regularly drinking green tea will leave you feeling a lot more energetic daily as it eradicates the lethargy often induced by eating tons of carbs and too much sleep or even a lack of sleep. 

Reduces Risk Of Heart Diseases 

Green tea helps lower cholesterol content in the body, significantly reducing the risk of heart issues and helping you feel healthier. This is also one of the reasons it is said to aid in weight loss. With your arteries more open, this enables you to feel a lot more energetic too. It even helps your body prepare for exercise or more strenuous activities as it leaves your body feeling light, refreshed, and ready to take on any challenge. 

Improves Brain Function 

Green tea is linked with improved brain functionality, a better working memory, and even a reduced risk of Alzheimer's. This is because it protects the brain's neurons and reduces the risk of cognitive impairment and neurogenerative diseases. While obviously, no drink is a miracle cure to it, it does decrease chances by quite a bit and helps you start the day with a fresher mind. This also helps with working memory as a cup of green tea in the morning can help you refresh tons and leave your brain prepared and ready to take on the day. 

It Helps You Relax 

Like with most warm drinks, green tea helps you relax and stress to decrease. This is because the brain links this warmth with more positive feelings and a sense of fullness that isn't distracting. Warmth as a sensation helps signal safety to the brain, and green tea is perfect for that since the tons of flavors can help you feel more content, too, which actually helps your brain calm down. Lavender scented green tea has been found quite helpful in this regard specifically. Moreover, the reduced (or sometimes complete lack) of caffeine content in green tea reduces jitters in the body and helps you keep more focused in a much more constructive way that lasts a lot longer than coffee might. It also doesn't come with a caffeine crash and reduced ability to function properly after the effect has worn off. Due to the lack of caffeine, it is also a much less addictive drink that helps you feel sated, relaxed and reduces headaches. 

Reduces Risk of Diabetes and Cancer 

Green tea makes sure your organs are healthy and flushes out all toxins from the body. In the long run, this can help in reducing the risk for quite a lot of cancers, including breast, kidney, pancreatic, and liver cancer. It also reduces insulin sensitivity and helps with blood sugar levels which is mainly responsible for higher risk of diabetes. Due to a lack of sugary add-ons or additional additives in the mixture, it reduces the amount of sugar you may otherwise consume by drinking milk tea, coffee, or hot chocolate. Since it also helps you boost your metabolism and leaves you with more energy for exercise, that further reduces the risk of diabetes or cancer since it allows for healthier blood circulation, body movement, and, if outside, an increased intake of Vitamin D. Pretty much one of the strongest benefits of green tea, wouldn’t you agree? 

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