Health benefit of green Tea

1. Health Benefits Of Green Tea
• Green tea is considered as healthy beverage loaded with antioxidants, such
as, flavonoids, catechins, Epigallocatechin Gallate ( EGCG) and nutrients that
have beneficial effects in health.

2. •Benefits of Green
Tea

3. Cancer Prevention
• Green tea helps to reduce
risk of cancer as it is
excellent source of
antioxidants.

4. Cont....
• Research shows that consumption of green tea may lower the risk of
colorectal and pancreatic cancer.
• Studies suggest that the greater the intake of green tea, the lower the
risk of lung cancer.

5. Cancer Treatment Adjunct
• Green tea may increase the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents.
• It may improve quality of life of cancer patients.
• Increased consumption is closely associated with decreased number
of axillary lymph node metastasis among premenopausal women
with stage I and II breast cancer.

6. Stroke Prevention
• The comsumption of green tea
equivalent to 9 cups or more
daily may offer protection
against cerebro vascular
accident ( stroke).

7. Anti Bacterial Activity
• Green tea extracts inhibits the in
vitro growth of bacteria with
infectious diarrhoea.

8. Cardiac Disease Prevention
• Epidemiological studies have
shown that green tea catechin
intake is associated with lower
risk of cardiovascular diseases.
• A study reported in the
European Journal of Preventive
Cardiology suggests green tea
may be good for blood vessels.

9. Weight Loss
• Studies suggest varieties of
green tea may be effective for
the treatment of obesity and
fatty liver caused by high fat
diet.

10. • Green tea is particularly effective
at reducing the dangerous
abdominal fat.
• According to a recent study
published in American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, whole green tea
complex can increase
thermogenesis, thus stimulating
weight loss.

11. Blood Sugar Homeostasis
• Green tea may play role in
controlling dietary glucose
uptake and thereby contribute
to blood glucose homeostasis.

12. Skin Health
• Green tea has well known anti
inflammatory and anti oxidant
properties.
• One of the most beneficial
catechins ( EGCG) in green tea
decreases direct effects of
sunburn.

13. Cont..
• Furthermore, it also lessens the metabolic changes in skin that lead to
skin cancer and aging.
• Green tea when applied to skin and ingested can reduce the wrinkles
formation.

14. Brain Trust
• According to research from the
University of Michigan, EGCG
seems to prevent the build up of
plagues which cause brain
damage in people with
dementia.
• Moreover, it helps to boost
cognitive activity.

15. Dental Health
• The catechins in green tea may
help stop bacterial growth
associated with gum diseases
and tooth decay.
• It also reduces bad breath.