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7 Reasons to drink green tea

Posted: Feb 29th 2008 6:00PM by Adams Briscoe
Filed under: General Health, Healthy Habits, Healthy Products and Reviews

If you've ever needed an excuse to jump on the green tea bandwagon, look no further. Here's a list that compiles seven reasons to take up the habit. It sums up all the really popular benefits you can get from regularly consuming this cultural brew.

Lowering your risk for cancer seems like a pretty solid reason. An abundance of antioxidants has been shown to lend a hand against fighting cancer of the breast, stomach, esophagus, colon, and prostate. The same polyphenols you can credit for this benefit also help keep blood pressure in check.

One statistic suggests that less than a cup per day helps people reduce the risk of hypertension by half! Not that an entire diet can be created around green tea, but a strong cuppa has also been shown to help speed up metabolic processes. That means subtle improvements for calorie-burning gained just from tea. If you haven't heard enough, head on over to the full list and read more.


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