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Green Tea: Anti-Aging Benefits & weight Loss

Green tea has been a prized staple of Chinese and other Asian diets for thousands of years.  It is considered an antigen (immune system enhancer) and adaptogen, which means it can adapt itself in many different ways to whatever your body needs, providing balance and overall good health.

Of all the supplements that have been scientifically studied, green tea has proven to be one of the most potent antioxidants ever discovered. This is surely one of the greatest anti-aging supplements. As such, it will help fight and prevent many diseases.

For example, green tea has been shown to fight cancer and heart disease, lower cholesterol, burn fat, and help prevent stroke and dementia.

Green Tea Antioxidants

The antioxidants in green tea are called catechins and polyphenols, which scavenge free radicals (slowing the aging and disease process) and help protect our DNA (the building blocks or “code” within each cell of our body), and are known to help prevent and treat not just cancer, but blood clots and atherosclerosis, or hardening and blockage of the arteries due to the buildup of harmful plaque. Cardiovascular disease is one of the major causes of death.

Green tea is more potent than black tea [...]

Mitrochondrial Theories of Aging and Disease

Theories of Aging: Mitochondrial

Denham Harman introduced the mitochondrial theory of aging (MTA) in 1972. He is also considered the the “father” of the “free radical” theory of aging (FRTA), perhaps the best known theory of modern times. The MTA is a further refinement of the FRTA, which adds additional elements of aging processes such as cell genetics, the chemistry of cell membranes and energy production in the cell’s mitochondria.

MITOCHONDRIA

Without getting too technical, mitochondria are small “organs” that exist in almost every cells of your body, with the exception of red blood cells. The mitochondria are the “energy factories” of the cells, producing roughly 90% of your body’s ATP energy in the body. Each cell may have 20 or as many as 2500 mitochondria depending upon cell type.

Without these energy producing organs in your cells you could not live. They power your heart, muscles, brain, and allow you to breathe and function. They are energy producing machines, but they can cause problems if they don’t function optimally. Each mitochondria contains its own DNA, so it can divide like a normal cell to further energy production. This has a good [...]

Green Tea: Natural Food for Anti-Aging

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Anti-Aging

Scientific studies, some conducted at Yale University,  have shown that green tea can significantly reduce the risk of many cancers and even reduce the size of tumors. It has been used for thousands of years in China, India, Thailand, Japan and other Eastern countries as a general health tonic, much like ginseng, without significant negative side-effects. And like ginseng, science is only beginning to discover its incredible anti aging health benefits.

Here’s a nice little ditty about the Japanese spiritual relationship to tea ceremonies, a very special part of their culture. ” In japan, the traditional japanese tea ceremony is a chance for friends to gather in a harmonious environment and reflect upon the simple joys of friendship and the beauty of nature.”

Beyond cancer additional research has shown that green tea increases the heart’s resistance to vascular diseases, increases life span, cleanses the body of toxins and strengthens your immune system. Green tea can even fight gingivitis (gum disease) and prevent your teeth from getting cavities.

Even better for most people, green tea delays and reduces the onset of wrinkles as we age. This keeps us looking younger and healthier, which helps [...]