Green tea is a drink for which the leaves of a tea bush (camellia artisanal) are brewed with hot water or milk. Brewed green tea leaves have a beneficial and even healing effect on the human body. The systematic use of a hot or cold drink with milk, lemon, cinnamon, jasmine and lemon balm without sugar helps to remove excess fluid from the body and accelerate fat burning. In other words, green tea, combined with good nutrition and an active lifestyle, can help you lose weight.
To speed up the process of building muscle mass, male athletes are advised to drink the drink half an hour before strength training. After playing sports, Chinese green tea will help you recover faster and give you vigor, since it contains caffeine. Green tea extract is used by women in cosmetology.
Green tea composition and calories
Leafy green tea contains minerals, antioxidants (particularly catechins), vitamins and caffeine. The calorie content of dry tea leaves per 100 g is 140.7 kcal.
Energy value of the finished drink:
- one cup (250 ml) green tea without sugar - 1.6 kcal;
- with added sugar - 32 kcal;
- with honey - 64 kcal;
- with milk - 12 kcal;
- with cream - 32 kcal;
- with jasmine - 2 kcal;
- with ginger - 1.8 kcal;
- with lemon without sugar - 2.2 kcal;
- packaged green tea - 1.2 kcal.
Tea bags are beneficial to the male and female body only if the product is of high quality. But in most cases, “tea waste” is used to make tea bags, to which flavorings and other harmful substances are added to improve the taste. It is better to refrain from purchasing such a drink. An indicator of the quality of such a drink is its price.
Nutritional value of green leafy tea per 100 g:
- fats - 5.1 g;
- proteins - 20 g;
- carbohydrates - 4 g.
The ratio of BJU tea is 1 / 0.3 / 0.2, respectively.
The chemical composition of natural green tea per 100 g in the form of a table:
| Item name | Content in Chinese Green Tea |
| Fluorine, mg | 10 |
| Iron, mg | 82 |
| Potassium, mg | 2480 |
| Sodium, mg | 8,2 |
| Magnesium, mg | 440 |
| Calcium, mg | 495 |
| Phosphorus, mg | 842 |
| Vitamin A, μg | 50 |
| Vitamin C, mg | 10 |
| Vitamin B1, mg | 0,07 |
| Vitamin PP, mg | 11,3 |
| Vitamin B2, mg | 1 |
On average, one cup of brewed tea contains from 80 to 85 mg of caffeine, in tea with jasmine - 69-76 mg. Caffeine is a controversial element for the body. It is a stimulant that has pros and cons. But the psychoactive amino acid theanine, found in green tea leaves, improves the effectiveness of caffeine while reducing or even completely eliminating its side effects. Therefore, green tea, unlike coffee, has almost no contraindications.
The green tea extract contains more tannins, enzymes and essential amino acids, as well as caffeine, theobromine, organic acids and minerals, in particular iron, phosphorus, iodine, sodium, potassium and magnesium, in more than a regular custard drink. In addition, it includes theanine, pantothenic acid, niacin, and vitamins K and C.
Benefits for the body and medicinal properties
Natural green tea made from whole foliage has beneficial and medicinal properties.
Healing drink with regular use:
- Prevents the development of glaucoma.
- Improves brain function. Green tea is an effective preventive measure against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
- Reduces the risk of breast and prostate cancer.
- Improves attentiveness and enhances the ability to remember.
- Speeds up metabolism.
- Reduces the risk of developing heart disease.
- Reduces the level of "bad" cholesterol in the blood.
- Strengthens the immune system and stimulates physical activity.
- Normalizes weight, eliminates puffiness, accelerates the process of fat burning.
- Eliminates digestive disorders such as diarrhea, colitis and dysentery symptoms.
- Accelerates the process of treating diseases such as pharyngitis, rhinitis, stomatitis, conjunctivitis.
- Has a preventive effect against gum disease.
- Supports muscle tone.
- Reduces the risk of contracting HIV and other viruses.
In addition, despite the common misconception that green tea increases blood pressure, the drink has the opposite effect and helps lower blood pressure.
Green tea extract protects the skin from UV radiation and prevents aging. To do this, it is enough to wash with tinctures based on tea extract. The procedure not only protects the skin from external negative factors, but also gives it a fresh look and removes signs of fatigue.
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Tea with cinnamon satisfies hunger, with lemon balm and mint - soothes the nerves, with thyme - improves brain function, with lemon and honey - fights infectious diseases, with jasmine - copes with insomnia, with milk - is used to cleanse the kidneys, with ginger - for weight loss. The milk drink helps to neutralize caffeine, so milk tea can be drunk even by people with heart disease.
Note: Tea bags have a similar beneficial effect if they are of good quality. You can cut one bag for testing. If there are large pieces of leaves and a minimum of garbage, the tea is good, otherwise it is an ordinary drink that does not bring benefits to the body.
Green tea for weight loss
The benefits for weight loss are observed only from the use of natural custard, as well as green tea extract. The systematic use of the drink energizes the body, removes excess fluid from the body, keeps muscles in good shape and improves metabolism. Tea also removes toxins and toxins and speeds up the metabolism, so that the food eaten is not stored in fat, but is quickly processed into energy.
For people suffering from edema, it is recommended to add milk to green tea to improve the diuretic effect, but it is not recommended to drink the drink at night.
Sugar-free green tea helps to lower blood sugar levels, thereby reducing appetite. In the process of following a diet or restricted diet, breakdowns and overeating are prevented.
To lose weight, drink one cup of green tea without sugar or honey three to six times a day. It is recommended to drink the drink chilled, as the body will have to spend additional energy to warm it, as a result of which more calories will be burned.
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Also, to improve the results, you can do a fasting day on green tea with milk once a week. To do this, pour 4 tablespoons of tea with 1.5 liters of hot milk (temperature about 80-90 degrees), brew for 15-20 minutes. Drink during the day. In addition to him, it is allowed to use purified water.
Green tea can be substituted for dinner by drinking a mug of milk and cinnamon in the evening a couple of hours before bed.
Contraindications and harm to health
Health damage can be caused by using low-quality green tea.
Contraindications to drinking the drink are as follows:
- heat;
- stomach ulcer;
- gastritis;
- insomnia due to the presence of caffeine;
- liver disease;
- kidney disease due to diuretic effects;
- hyperactivity;
- gout;
- rheumatoid arthritis;
- gallbladder disease.
Note: green tea should not be brewed with steep boiling water, since the high temperature destroys almost all nutrients.
Drinking alcohol with green tea together can harm the body, namely the kidneys.
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Outcome
Green tea is a healthy drink that has medicinal properties. It promotes weight loss, keeps muscles in good shape, strengthens immunity, cleanses the body of toxins, excess fluid and toxins. In addition, green tea extract is used in cosmetology, providing a rejuvenating effect on the skin of the face. Systematic drinking of the drink normalizes blood sugar levels, lowers cholesterol levels, speeds up metabolism and improves overall well-being.
