4000 Year Old Secrets of Green Tea

Written by Gary Gresham


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It has also been shown that drinking green tea can give your body a greater ability to fight infection and kill bacteria.

Green tea can even help prevent tooth decay. Its bacteria-destroying abilities killrepparttar bacteria that causes dental plaque and aidsrepparttar 125338 immune system with its antifungal properties by improving digestive function.

You may be asking if other Chinese teas offer similar health benefits. Butrepparttar 125339 answer is no. Although green, oolong, and black teas all come fromrepparttar 125340 leaves ofrepparttar 125341 Camellia sinensis plant,repparttar 125342 way green tea is processed is what sets them apart.

Green tea leaves are steamed, and that preventsrepparttar 125343 EGCG compound from being oxidized. Black and oolong tea leaves are made from fermented leaves, which convertsrepparttar 125344 EGCG into other compounds. This process makes oolong and black teas much less effective in preventing and fighting various diseases.

So how much green tea should you drink? There are as many answers to this question as there are researchers investigatingrepparttar 125345 health properties of green tea.

While some companies selling green tea say that ten cups per day are necessary to reaprepparttar 125346 maximum benefits, a University of California study onrepparttar 125347 cancer-preventative qualities of green tea concluded that you could probably attainrepparttar 125348 desired level of polyphenols by drinking two cups a day.

The research of this ancient beverage continues, and it may take decades to unlock all ofrepparttar 125349 secrets it holds. Although green tea should not be considered to be a magic bullet, researchers agreerepparttar 125350 positive health benefits are very promising.

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A Fresh Take on the World's Biggest Lies

Written by Terry Mitchell


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(7) Free of charge. I've found that most things that are supposedly "free" will ultimately cost me more thanrepparttar stuff I have to pay for. That's because many things that are free come with obligations or strings attached. For example, that free book that obligates you to buy three more, that free month of a discount purchasing service that you end up subscribing to for a whole year (although you never use it), or that free car wash that made you feel compelled to make a hefty donation. Even many religious groups will stoop to deceptively usingrepparttar 125337 word "free." As an evangelical Christian, I believe that salvation is a fee gift from God through Jesus Christ, plus nothing, minus nothing. However, many Christian denominations, while asserting that salvation is indeed free, also attach strings like saying one must also change his or her lifestyle. If something comes with obligations or strings attached, whether real or perceived, then it is not really free. (8) You can't miss/lose/go wrong. Trust me - I can! Apparently, a lot of other folks can as well. It's amazing how many times people have missed things that could not have been missed, lost things that could not have been lost, and gone wrong when it was "impossible" to do so. All of this reminds me ofrepparttar 125338 1962 expansion New York Mets. Supposedly, any given Major League baseball team will win 60 (of its 162) games a year no matter what. That year,repparttar 125339 Mets succeeded in losing nearly 20 ofrepparttar 125340 games they were going to win no matter what! (9) It is your decision - I won't try to influence it or stand inrepparttar 125341 way of whatever choice you make. Is it really? Will he or she really stay neutral? How many times has someone said that to you and then still went right ahead and tried to influence your decision-making process in some way? Many will use bad attitudes, whining, pouting, shaming, criticism, or even veiled threats to try to have an impact on your decision. The truth is that very few important decisions are truly yours alone to make. Other people are almost always trying to influence almost all of your important decisions in some form or another. (10) Effortless. This is a favorite word of advertisers, but it's almost never actuallyrepparttar 125342 case. You've seenrepparttar 125343 commercials; lose weight, change your attitude, get rich, find love, shape up; it's ....um,...effortless. Slick pitchmen will claim that you can have all of this stuff and more with little or no effort on your part, as long as you shell outrepparttar 125344 money for their products and/or advice. Obviously, to achieve these or any other worthwhile goals, you'll need to do something and, if you have to do something, it's not effortless!

Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, and trivia buff from Virginia, USA. He operates a website - http://www.commenterry.com - on which he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.




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