As I’ve mentioned before I need to have my cholesterol checked next month. I’m a bit worried about it, especially since my husband keeps buying pork when we go grocery shopping. He loves to barbeque, especially pork. When I complained he said I needed to start drinking green tea again.
I usually drink green tea when the whether starts to get chilly again. I love jasmine green tea. The real stuff that comes from China rolled up in little green and light green striped balls. I drink it because it warms me up when I’m cold. I don’t have to worry about added calories because I love the taste without adding anything.
I drink one cup of coffee a day. I justify my coffee intake by pointing to all the wonderful heart and health benefits related to drinking one cup a day. The realty about my coffee intake is that I’m not very good in the morning. I’m slow to wake up and sipping that coffee (with a little vanilla soy milk) gives me a chance to relax and slowly wake up. Coffee has a little more “meat” to it than tea. It makes me feel like I’m getting more in my cup.
So, the weather is changing and my hands are freezing. I’m starting to drink my green tea at lunchtime. Since my husband mentioned that green tea does something to help metabolize fats and lower the bad cholesterol and maybe even increase the good stuff, I decided to do a search.
About.com always has an article or two about these things.
http://chinesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa011400a.htm
They say it helps reduce cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular disease, infection and impaired immune function.
I usually drink green tea when the whether starts to get chilly again. I love jasmine green tea. The real stuff that comes from China rolled up in little green and light green striped balls. I drink it because it warms me up when I’m cold. I don’t have to worry about added calories because I love the taste without adding anything.
I drink one cup of coffee a day. I justify my coffee intake by pointing to all the wonderful heart and health benefits related to drinking one cup a day. The realty about my coffee intake is that I’m not very good in the morning. I’m slow to wake up and sipping that coffee (with a little vanilla soy milk) gives me a chance to relax and slowly wake up. Coffee has a little more “meat” to it than tea. It makes me feel like I’m getting more in my cup.
So, the weather is changing and my hands are freezing. I’m starting to drink my green tea at lunchtime. Since my husband mentioned that green tea does something to help metabolize fats and lower the bad cholesterol and maybe even increase the good stuff, I decided to do a search.
About.com always has an article or two about these things.
http://chinesefood.about.com/library/weekly/aa011400a.htm
They say it helps reduce cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular disease, infection and impaired immune function.
They sited the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, http://www.ajcn.org/, so I did a search on that site. It seems a lot of sources on the web quote them, including my favorite, Science News. You can do a search for articles on green tea on that site.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/83/2/355
The article above claims green tea lowers cognitive impairment, which I assume means Alzheimer’s and related conditions. I think it's easier to read the articles that site the AJCN studies.
If you want a good article about getting rid of the fat with green tea, try Science News. They’re articles are much easier to read.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050212/food.asp
Ah Hah! Here’s some articles about Green Tea and it’s benefits including Lower bad Cholesterol and raising the good stuff.
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/green-tea-000255.htm
http://www.ynhh.org/online/nutrition/advisor/tea_time.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/green-tea/NS_patient-green_tea
OK, I can’t argue with any of that. Dust off that box of green tea. Brew yourself a mug. Cheers!
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