Turbo charge your anti aging diet

Not only is green tea an amazing superfood for anti aging health – it’s also a natural active ingredient in anti aging skin care.

Some of the anti aging health benefits of drinking green tea include: protection from cancer, heart disease and dementia, increased weight loss and greater physical stamina.

And it isn’t just myth – these findings are backed up by recent clinical research.

So – if you don’t already you need to start making green tea your anti aging drink of choice.

Green tea is the least processed and most nutrient rich tea there is. In fact – as far as overall health and anti aging properties go – it’s right up there.

Lack of processing allows green tea to retain its amazing antioxidant power. The antioxidant benefit comes from something called ‘catechins’ which are more potent free radical scavengers than either vitamin E or vitamin C.

That means if you care about looking younger and a healthy anti aging lifestyle – you need to be drinking green tea every single day.

The most important of the catechins in green tea is EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) and it is this that experts believe is responsible for most of the anti aging health benefits.

Green tea has been the basis of many studies in recent years as scientists have come to understand its power as an antioxidant. Recent studies have shown that green tea:

• Lowers blood pressure – 2 cups a day gives a 64% reduction in risk
• Prevents the spread of prostate cancer
• Protects against all forms of cancer including lung cancer
• Enhances protection from sun damage
• Increases survival rates for ovarian cancer

The health benefits of green tea are so obvious and so wide ranging that it’s surprising it isn’t compulsory.

Not only will it do wonders for your health – green tea will also help you look better too by helping you shed belly fat.

Our bodies store fat through the action of enzymes. Studies suggest that the compounds in green tea promote fat loss by stopping these enzymes working and making sure the fat is burned off as energy.

A human study in Japan in January 2005 confirmed that green tea reduces not only body fat but also brings down levels of bad cholesterol at the same time.

So – how much green tea do you need to drink? The benefits of drinking green tea kick in from the first cup and you can’t drink too much. Obviously the more you drink the better and experts recommend from 3-10 cups a day. Somewhere around 3-4 cups of green tea per day should give you the anti aging, health and weight loss benefits.

Many people find that they have to get used to the taste of green tea – it isn’t something they like right off. The best way to start drinking it is to try a blend – something like green tea and mint is refreshing. Make sure you brew the tea for only a short while – no longer than a minute and a half or two minutes maximum or you’ll get a bitter tea. And leave the water off the boil for a couple of minutes – boiling water scalds green tea and makes it bitter.

Of course you can add sugar – or honey – if you prefer but try to keep it to a little only.

If you really don’t like the taste then go for a high quality green tea extract. The most important word there is “quality” – there is a huge range of green tea extracts on the market and many of them won’t offer you the anti aging and weight loss benefits you want. There is no official recommendation but a standard dosage of green tea extract would give you around 100 to 150 mg a day.

What matters is that you check the small print on the bottle. Your green tea extract has to contain 80% total polyphenols and 50% epigallocatechin gallate – these are the things that deliver all the anti aging benefits. If you can’t find this on the bottle don’t buy it – you are probably wasting your money.

So choose your green tea or green tea extract carefully from a good supplier. That way you can be confident you’ve chosen one of the best natural superfoods there is for anti aging health and beauty.

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