Kenn and I are addicted to green tea. Hot and Cold. I'm still drinking about a liter of cold bottled green tea a day. They're unsweetened bottles like this (this is a small one):
We've also been drinking hot green tea. We switched from tea bags to infusing. I felt like for awhile if I didn't drink it, I would start to get headaches but I don't think there's that much caffeine, not as much as coffee (there are approximately thirty to sixty mg. of caffeine in six - eight ounces of tea, compared to over one-hundred mg. in eight ounces of coffee ). But I guess if you drink as many cups as we do, it adds up.
I'm sure most have heard the research by now, green tea is supposed to be good for you:
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Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green tea. For example, in 1994 the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. 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. To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:
cancer
rheumatoid arthritis
high cholesterol levels
cariovascular disease
infection
impaired immune function
cancer
rheumatoid arthritis
high cholesterol levels
cariovascular disease
infection
impaired immune function
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Uh huh, gonna keep drinking it....
3 comments:
The caffeine content in green tea varies depending on the type of tea and how it's brewed. Certain types of green tea contains more caffeine than coffee. The length of infusion is directly proportional to the amount of caffeine released into the water. Connoisseurs say that bottled green tea loses their positive health effects.
now tea sounds really good. i have still yet to try the green tea enviga. just had the berry. but stuff like that makes me loopy. :)
can't wait to hear about cancun. thought of you during the super bowl - there was a green tea snapple commercial. :)
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