Benefits of Green Tea
An open study involving moderately obese patients found that 270 mg of epigallocatechin gallate(EGCG) daily from green tea, over three months, decreased body weight & waist circumference. Green Tea may also;
- relieve inflammation associated with constipation
- prevent some forms of food poisoning
- stimulate production of hydrochloric acid and aiding digestion
- protect membranes of red blood cells
- reduce high blood pressure
- help to prevent damage to the intestinal wall
- enhance the function of the kidneys
- be useful for treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- help to prevent fatty liver & enhance liver function
- prevent gingivitis
- have antioxidant properties twenty times stronger than Vitamin E
Green Tea is an ingredient of many practitioner prescribed supplements at Innate Natural Health Clinic, but is also therapeutic when served as a tea daily.