Green Tea and Diabetes

The following article by Paul Rodgers reveals some of the fascinating powers of green tea and its extracts! (To read it from its sources <<click here>>)

Green Tea Extracts Help Prevent Type-2 Diabetes

By Paul Rodgers

"Drinking tea each day will starve the doctor"

Green tea extracts are among the most widely used ancient medicinal agents, while androgens are probably the oldest drugs used in a purified form in traditional Chinese medicine. The extracts are being used by thousands of people for a wide range of health conditions, and it is even an added ingredient in some beverages and snack foods.

In theory, scientists believe that the weight loss benefits of green tea extracts are due to their caffeine content but the results of the study show otherwise as they discovered that green tea extracts have weight loss benefits beyond that of caffeine. Supplements containing green tea extracts are a completely natural way of reducing weight with very little risk of any side effects.

An old Chinese proverbs tells us "Drinking tea each day will starve the doctor", proving that even the ancient oriental civilization knew and acknowledged the benefits of this herb. Today, various health benefits of green tea are constantly being reported and many scientists are now focusing their attention on the simple, yet elegantly profound beverage that is green tea. One of these green tea diet benefits is preventing cancer. Green tea is known to have a number of health benefits, including weight loss and even prevention of skin cancer.

Healthy lifestyle choices can help prevent type 2 diabetes in children. Green tea consumption at moderate doses may be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy individuals by controlling postprandial hyperglycemia. The exact cause of type 2 diabetes is not known, but it is known that the risk of developing it may be reduced by staying active and, achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight.

The main application sectors for green tea are those of beverages, functional foods, cosmetics and supplements. The herbal supplements have always been known to do something that the allopathic are unable to do. With the ability of Chinese green tea diet supplements to suppress insulin, fats are readily made available, converting them into pure energy for the muscles. A number of beneficial health effects are attributed to regular consumption of green tea and dried, powdered extracts of green tea are available as dietary supplements. It is found that you can get more powerful antioxidants by taking supplements rather than green tea itself.

Green tea extracts are also used to treat poor digestion and constipation and also helps to fight against the free radicals in the body, the negative by-products created by normal bodily processes. Green tea extracts are best chosen as they have the special qualities of improving health and skin glowing with soothing soft effects.

The key to good health may be found in a cup of tea! A study conducted at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and the University of Connecticut's nutritional science department shows that tea has potent antioxidants; more potent than the antioxidants found in over 20 vegetables they studied including broccoli, cauliflower, garlic and spinach. While tea shouldn't replace vegetables in your diet, drinking black, oblong and green tea ,or supplementing with Green Tea Extract may boost your antioxidant intake.

Source: www.articles3000.com

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