Green tea has been used for thousands of years in Asia and other parts of the world. It’s known for its healing EGCGs (epigallocatechin gallate), antioxidants, antibiotic properties, and healthful minerals. Plus, it’s hydrating, has less caffeine than coffee, and it tastes good too.
* Have it at Breakfast – Start your day right with green tea instead of blended coffee drinks that are full of sugar and artificial ingredients and so high in caffeine that you’ll experience an afternoon crash. Plus you’ll save money as even in coffee shops green tea is less expensive than other choices.
* Add Fruit – Just like fruit infused water is good for you, so is fruit infused green tea. Try adding lemon, orange, and even mint to your green tea and you’ll get a flavor explosion that makes you look even more forward to having your tea.
* Rehydrate with Green Tea – Get a personal fruit infuser dispenser to keep cold green tea with fruit in it so that you can enjoy green tea after your work out or while you’re on a long walk.
* Put Green Tea in Your Smoothies – You can brew some strong green tea to add to smoothies or you can use green tea powder like Kenko Matcha Green Tea Powder. You can add this to smoothies easily and boost the goodness of your smoothies as it has over 100 times more EGCG in it.
* Use Green Tea in Recipes – Did you know that you can brew green tea and use it in place of other liquids in recipes. For example you can use the liquid to make dressings, add to soup, use as liquid to rice, quinoa, oatmeal and more.
* Brew it Yourself – To get the most flavor and nutrition out of green tea it’s important to learn how to brew your own. There are also many different types of loose green teas that you can buy. They have also shown in studies that prepackaged green teas have more lead in them than loose tea varieties.
* Protect Yourself – Drink green tea before you go out to a party. Green tea has been shown to help improve liver function so you can feel better about enjoying that extra glass of spiked punch at the party.
* Drink it Cold – Studies have shown that drinking green tea cold actually increases the good effects of green tea from the EGCG and the other vitamins and minerals in the green tea.
* Drink Green Tea to Prevent a Cold – Green tea, due to the antioxidants and the EGCG antibacterial effects can help you get over a cold faster and even prevent a cold.
* Drink Before Bed – If you want to get extra benefits of green tea, drink some about an hour before bed. On a side note, green tea’s antibacterial properties have been shown to prevent cavities so drink it without sugar or fruit at night for added benefits.
Drinking green tea every day, even several times a day can be good for you and help you get more hydrated, and get the benefits that green tea has to offer you. Even if you just do one of these a day, you’ll reap all the benefits.
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