Have Your Green Tea and Like It, Too

We know that drinking Green Tea is good for us.

According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/green-tea-000255.htm

“Green tea has been consumed throughout the ages in India, China, Japan, and Thailand. In traditional Chinese and Indian medicine, practitioners used green tea as a stimulant, diuretic (to promote the excretion of urine), astringent (to control bleeding and help heal wounds), and to improve heart health. Other traditional uses of green tea include treating flatulence (gas), regulating body temperature and blood sugar, promoting digestion, and improving mental processes...

The healthful properties of green tea are largely attributed to polyphenols, chemicals with potent antioxidant properties. In fact, the antioxidant effects of polyphenols appear to be greater than vitamin C. The polyphenols in green tea also give it a somewhat bitter flavor.
Population-based studies indicate that the antioxidant properties of green tea may help prevent atherosclerosis, particularly coronary artery disease. Research shows that green tea lowers total cholesterol and raises HDL ("good") cholesterol in both animals and people…. Several population-based studies have shown that green tea helps protect against cancer. For example, cancer rates tend to be low in countries such as Japan where people regularly consume green tea.”

Green tea has also been shown to help with weight loss.

But what about that “bitter flavor?” To be honest, drinking plain green tea often requires a strong will to finish the beverage as quickly as possible to get it over with. But with an assortment of naturally flavored Green Teas, you can have your Green Tea and like it, too.

Celestial Seasonings, the forty year old purveyor of teas and other natural items based in
offers about a dozen flavored Green Teas, including there newest, Green Tea Tropical Grapefruit and Cranberry Pomegranate. The boxes are all beautifully designed and the tea bags come two by two with no strings attached. The taste is sublimely soothing with just the right fruit essence to make the beverage more palatable. And both new flavors were launched in partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Lipton has Green Tea with Mandarin Orange flavoring, or Mint or Orange Passionfruit and Jasmine as well as quite a few others. These are just more options that will allow you to enjoy the benefits of Green Tea while actually enjoying drinking it.