All About Tea

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Not just coffee and chocolate that can be mixed with milk into delicious drinks. Tea can also be mixed with milk, such as Malaysia typical drinks, tea pull. This special tea, milk must be of the type of sweetened condensed milk or condensed. In their home country, how to mix the tea and milk is very unique, is poured back and forth in two containers in a long distance (so impressed withdrawn, that's the origin of this tea its name.) This method produces a foam that is often equated with a cappuccino. You can create your own. Brewed tea until thick (more than usual tea powder), mixed with sweetened condensed milk. Stir until well blended. Can be drunk hot or cold.

Right Time Tea Drinking
Tea should never be taken on an empty stomach. The content of caffeine in tea will create an empty stomach discomfort, especially for people who can not afford to caffeine. However, tea drinking is also not good after eating a main meal because tea inhibits the absorption of iron. Therefore, tea is usually served in the morning or late afternoon snack to accompany. That's when the so-called tea-time.

Matcha Shake
Green tea is increasingly popular in Indonesia, especially types Matcha or green tea powder from Japan. Green tea powder can be purchased at supermarkets or specialty stores tea. In addition served as a warm drink, Matcha green tea can also be made of other beverages such as shakes. How, boil 1 cup water and sugar to taste, let stand until warm and then enter about 3 tablespoons of Matcha tea. If it is cold, mix with milk, vanilla ice cream, and ice cubes to taste, puree with the blender. We recommend that time spent as well as material stored milk could not stand long.

Tea Benefits
Content of substances in tea help to increase the number of white blood cells to fight infections well. Green tea, for example, can prevent the flu. Meanwhile, leaf tea can strengthen teeth, fight bacteria in the mouth, preventing the formation of dental plaque, and prevent osteoporosis.

How brewed tea
How to brew good tea is to seethe water first (not a simmer for a second time or third time) to produce a strong flavor of the tea leaves. And the tea powder or tea bags can not be longer than 5 minutes brewed. After that lift or strain. Because more than it will come out a substance that makes tea tannin was more bitter.

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Green Tea Reduce the Risk of Lung Cancer

Often heard green tea good for health? Did you know that according to Taiwanese scientists, drink a glass of green tea or more a day can resist the ill effects of cigarettes can cause lung cancer, especially in smokers who do not have a built-cancer gene.

I-Hsin Lin, a graduate student at Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan have stated that the antioxidants in green tea can inhibit tumor growth. This research study was presented at the American Association of Cancer Research at the meeting of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Coronado, California, January 2010.

Lin found a protective effect, especially in the group of smokers who have a specific genotype is not associated with cancer risk. Together with his team, he evaluates 170 patients with lung cancer and 340 healthy patients. They were asked to describe their smoking habits, their green tea drinking habits and other lifestyle factors for five years.

These researchers do separation genotyping on the participants to see if any of them who have congenital genotypes associated with cancer risk. This includes the IGF1, IGF2, and IGFBP3.

In general, smokers and non smokers who do not drink green tea have a lung cancer risk five times greater than those drinking at least one drink a day, said Lin.

The green tea drinkers who do not have the inherent risk of cancer genes have a decreased risk of lung cancer as much as 66 percent compared with green tea drinkers who have congenital genes susceptible to cancer.

Lin himself has said, the best way to prevent cancer cells are exposed to stop smoking, while only green tea reduces the risk.

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Do not Throw Your Tea Time!

The average person throw Lunches wrapped tea bags that have been completed Spent enjoyed. Yet another time when you are done brewing tea, make sure you do not throw away the packaging into the trash box, or store the rest in the refrigerator to eliminate odors in the refrigerator.

The make-up artist or a dermatologist usually recommends that the former bag brewed tea is used to compress the eyes so your eyes appear segardi morning. Usefulness not only to reduce the swelling, but also improve the firmness of our skin.

Cammomile scented herbal tea that can reduce inflammation and redness of the skin due to sun exposure. Meanwhile, green tea contains caffeine and a number of substances that can reduce the swelling of blood vessels under the eyelids. Another function is to disguise the dark circles under the eyes.

You do not need a refrigerator to make ice cubes for your eyes. Simply set up two ex-brewed tea bag near your desk. So whenever you feel your eyes sore, you can put directly in your eyes. But make sure the bags are clean.

Another benefit of tea for the eyes, among others, maintain skin elasticity, prevent skin wrinkles, and contains vitamin C than lemons 508-fold greater. Tea also fight acne because they contain vitamins A and B2 (as a natural antibiotic), and to reduce black spot on the face.

So make it a habit to start using ex-brewed tea to wash the face, especially in the morning.

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Green Tea, Strong Anti-Cancer

There are various types of tea that is currently  circulating in the market.  But in  general, based on its processing, there are three types of tea. First, black tea which is made through a fermentation process. Second, green tea is a completely free process of fermentation. Third, oolong tea are made ​​by semi-fermentation process

Based on research results and Kina Tea Research Centre, in every 100 grams of black tea contained 19.4 grams of protein, 10.9 grams of fiber, 2.5 grams of fat, and 32.1 grams of sugar. So without any added sugar, black tea contains enough sugar.

The content of green tea different again. In every 100 grams there are 24 grams of protein, 10.6 grams fiber, 4.6 grams fat, and sugar content of 35.2 grams. Although a higher fat content than black tea, do not be afraid to consume them. You see, there is substance in green tea penetralisirnya namely, vitamin C. For every 100 grams of green tea, contained 250 mg of vitamin C. In fact, at 100 grams of green tea Sencha 700 grams comparable with mandarin oranges.

National Cancer Institute of the United States even concluded, green tea has powerful anti-cancer properties.

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Green tea is healthy right eye

Green tea is now not just a drink, especially after numerous studies  showing  its benefits  for health. The newest is the efficacy of  green  tea to protect eyes from disease glaucoma and other eye disorders.

Based on the analysis made ​​by the researchers note, catechins, the main antioxidant in green tea, is effective to maintain eye health. Catechins contain vitamins C, E, lutein, and zeaxanthin. Tests on mice in the laboratory showed these antioxidants can be absorbed by the lens, retina, and other tissues of the eye.

The ability of catechins in reducing oxidative substances that suppress can last up to 20 hours. "It can be concluded that green tea consumption can help the eye against oxidative substances and free radicals," said Chi Pui Pang, eye experts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Eye Hospital.

The results of this study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Unfortunately, not yet clear exactly how green tea can wander into the lining of the digestive system of the eye.

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One Million Green Tea Health Benefits

green tea is the choice for healthier living. Many healthy benefits that can be gleaned  from a cup of green tea.

Ocha is Japanese for green tea. Everyday people "State Sakura" familiar with green tea and mengasupnya often as we drink black tea. Once inside the philosophy of tea in Japanese culture. In fact, they had a tea ceremony.

Green tea became a worldwide reputation as a lot of research proving the benefits of healthy green tea. Many studies show the incidence of cancer, heart disease, and various diseases caused by modern lifestyle is so low in Japan. The reason of course is the daily tea they drank.

Healthy compounds in green tea are catechins, particularly epigallocatechin gallate named or abbreviated EGCG. Catechin is classified in a group of antioxidants that naturally exist also in vegetables and fruit. Also there is the drink of tea and wine.

"If you drink wine, we can get drunk. Now, instead of drinking wine, of course we choose tea, "said Prof. Dr. Ali Khomsan, professor of food and nutrition from the Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB).

EGCG antioxidant power in this is really awesome, could four to five times higher than vitamin C and E. Not surprisingly, green tea is effective to inhibit cancer cell growth. Antioxidants in tea are able to kill cancer cells without harming surrounding healthy tissue. This is similar to the work of chemotherapy, but without side effects.

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