Can tea be used as a natural remedy?!
Question:
Can tea be used as a natural remedy?
I have been wondering if green tea can be used to treat some common illnesses. I am looking for some practical answer, what you have personally tried. So, please tell me if you noticed some positive effects when drinking green tea!
Answers:
I've been a lifelong tea drinker. And I'm sure there are benefits to it. However, because I've always been a tea drinker, I can't say I know what my life would have been like without it. I've always been very healthy.
From a scientific standpoint, there have been many studies that say green tea provides antioxidant protection beneficial to the functioning of many of the body's systems. However, the jury is still out on just what compounds in tea actually causes the beneficial effects. an article this week from the Associated Press noted that science now believes some of the effects we had attributed to caffeine, such as the clarity of mind, may actually come from other compound within coffee and tea. The confusion stems from the fact the the many compounds have not been isolated in studies thus far.
Lately I've started using supplements of OPC, more powerful antioxidants than those available in green tea. See the site below for more info. Look under "Antioxidants" and click on the blue "i" (for information) whenever you see it displayed next to a product.