Better Than Green Tea

Green tea is often identified as a beverage can ‘to lose weight’, and in a sense can be helpful in a low calorie diet, but they are many and varied as its properties that to list them all would take … one of our guides ! Discover everything you need to know about green tea, the Prince of Asia, just read on!

Asia and Japan, green tea is by far the most gettonata beverage and in recent years is experiencing widespread in Italy; so one wonders is it really true that green tea has magical properties and will heal us all?

Green tea story

Green tea is derived from the buds and young leaves of the plant known as ” camelia sinensis ” (belonging to the family wing of teacee), a tree native of Burma and cultivated in India , Japan , China , South America and Africa . Its origins are lost in time; it is said that in China in 2700 BC the emperor Shen Nung was the first green tea drinker.

From the second century AD, some medical texts reported the benefits obtained from the consumption of this drink, and Eisai Japanese monaco, in 1211 AD, wrote the book “maintain healthy drinking tea” stating that the tea is a miraculous medicine to keep health with the extraordinary power to prolong life. In the eleventh century, European explorers who tried this brew obtained benefits to combat fever, headache, joint pain and heartburn.

IDENTITY CARD OF GREEN TEA

The leaves of green tea are used by about 4000 years old and has always been known as a health carriers. To be called tea, the product must be made from the leaves of the camelia sinensis , the tea plant an evergreen. It differs from other types of tea not for the leaves, which always originate from the same plant, but from the processing method. In green tea leaves are dried on low heat and do not reach the fermentation as for the other types of tea.

In Japan the most widely used method of production consists in off the oxidase of the leaves, which therefore remain a bright green color. In practice they are treated steam the fresh leaves and dried immediately afterwards. This allows you to not put into action the enzymes oxidants and leaves intact the polyphenols , which are the most active chemicals in green tea that have beneficial powers.

Among the numerous polyphenols prevail catechins , those which help to keep the body young.

The leaves of green tea also contain caffeine (20-30 milligrams per cup), sostanze aromatic , vitamins (C, B, E, K), beta-carotene and minerals ( zinc , manganese , potassium and magnesium ).