Sunday, September 14, 2008

About Green Tea

Green tea is a type of tea beside black tea. Grean tea is preferably because this tea contain high epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.

Green tea is indeed the most widely consumed drink in the world after water. Green tea is very popular in China and there are many varieties of green teas available today. The green teas are favored in these regions because of their fresh and subtle taste.

The green tea has been grown in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces for centuries now and the best of the Japanese green tea is grown from the Uji region of Kyoto. Apart from these two countries green teas are also grown in Vietnam and Sri Lanka in a big way.

Green Tea has been in use throughout China and Japan for centuries and it has been a must for the population there. Many studies have shown that drinking green tea daily reduced the risk of different types of cancers among the older generation.

Various studies on Green Tea at various times have shown that Green tea to reverse the process of stomach cancer and a whopping 50 percent reduction in risk for stomach cancer.

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