Health Medical Resources - http://www.healthmedicalresources.com
Medicinal Value Of Green Tea
http://www.healthmedicalresources.com/articles/471/1/Medicinal-Value-Of-Green-Tea/Page1.html
Leonid Andreyev

 
By Leonid Andreyev
Published on March 7th, 2009
 
Polyphenols found in Camellia sinensis of tea plant has a great medicinal value that is very helpful for human health. This is why, green tea and health go hand in hand! Polyphenols protects our skin from by preventing the growth of melanomas from sunburn.

Polyphenols found in Camellia sinensis of tea plant has a great medicinal value that is very helpful for human health. This is why, green tea and health go hand in hand! Polyphenols protects our skin from by preventing the growth of melanomas from sunburn.

Polypohenols also said to be a good aid for losing weight. Weight can also be gained with particular kind of polyphenol, called epigallocatechin-3-gallate, or EGCG. This polyphenol is found in abundant in green tea, which increases the calorie and fat metabolism of human body. In other words, it helps burn up more calories and fat.

According to recent researches, green tea has the ability to kill off cancer cells and protect human being from developing certain kinds of cancer. Significantly, it offers a 50 percent protection against stomach cancer and 6 percent protection against esophageal cancer.

Now, we know that how well green tea and health go together. However, it does not mean that green tea should be drunk in abundance.

One way you can get your daily quota of the EGCG polyphenol is by taking decaffeinated green tea extract as part of a multi nutritional supplement. It contains more than 70 specialized life giving plant ingredients. Such supplements include resveratrol, which has hundreds of benefits against cancer and heart disease; ginko biloba, which protects the brain and many other organs.