Monday, 21 December 2009

Green Tea - anti-aging nutritional supplement


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Green tea is rich in antioxidants, which prevent the cells of our body against damage caused by oxidation. The process is not very different to avoid the car against rust.

Knowledge of citizens about the health benefits of many antioxidants is increasing day by day, because the benefits will be made public. To meet the growing demand for these products, manufacturers of cold drinks for drinks green tea, flavored with fruit juices to go. Apple, lemon, strawberry, peach, andGranada, name them and it is there on the shelf.

Green tea is widely consumed as food supplements. A dietary supplement "means vitamins, minerals, herbs and other substances (for example, said that the loss of extra weight) to improve your diet. Green tea contains epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, the tea is the power with the benefits of antioxidants.

As for the aging is concerned, many studies of free radicals in our debtInstitutions such as those that are responsible. Therefore, the greater the amount of free radicals in the body that age more quickly. Since the main role of antioxidants is to neutralize free radicals, their presence slows down the aging process. With the exception of a small number of common causes for the antioxidant properties of green tea are apricots, broccoli, pumpkin, melon, spinach, sweet potatoes and tomatoes. It makes sense to supplement the diet with these as well.

However, there is aProblem, and that is if you drink tea, 80 percent of its catechins antioxidants are lost during digestion, so that the process is very inefficient. At the same time, a delicious solution ...