Green Tea with Milk, Sugar and Honey?

Green tea is pure or with additions of equally healthy? Milk, sugar, sweeteners and honey inhibit the major polyphenols / catechins in green tea, vitamin C may even improve the bioavailability.

Drink pure green tea

In the 7th Century AD writes the "father of green tea" Lu Yu in the first book about the history of the Cha Ching green tea that green tea without additions (honey, flavors, etc.) should always be drunk pure. This had not only aesthetic or taste reasons, but was the health effect due. And so it is mostly held today in China and Japan.

It is questionable why a green tea should be at all, mixed with ingredients such as lemon, sugar, honey or milk. If the goal is to be the flavor improvement, then the connoisseurs of high-quality green tea, theproperly prepared and was pulled with the right water, its little excited. Such tea tastes neither too bitter nor too "thin" to him and also has no fishy taste to some rumored. On the contrary, he has a variety of extremely fine and rich flavors, so that he would lose with every ingredient to its high quality and depth. That being said, it is important to understand the interactions of possible additions to the active ingredients of green tea, and to understand that he only unfolds its full effect on health in pure form. 

Milk in green tea

By the addition of milk in green tea is clearly inadvisable. The same goes for drinking milk or eating dairy products in the near time interval to the green tea. Caseins in milk decrease the concentration of catechins as major (EC, EGC, ECG, EGCG) in the prepared tea water. This was also supported by a study by cardiologists of the Berlin Charité (Prof. Verena Stangl) in 2006 found that was published in the European Heart Journal (2007, 28, pp. 219-223): "In the present study, we found a Particular, selective decrease in the Concentrations of a number of catechins after Centrifugation of freshly brewed tea with milk Compared with tea without milk, Which Suggests complex formation between catechins and milk proteins ".

It is therefore in my view recommended milk at least 10-20 minutes before and after omitting the enjoyment of tea.

Sugar, honey and sweet substances in green tea

On the harmful effects of sugar, but also of sweeteners in the diet has been reported much in the literature (metabolism, intestinal mucosa, immune system, tooth decay). For this reason alone, the addition of sweet substances in green tea is not recommended. But more importantly, there is the problem that, according to my kinesiology testing, sugar and sweeteners, including honey, the effect of polyphenols in green tea significantly reduced and in some cases even completely cancels. Green tea should therefore always be drunk without such additions.

More about the benefits of herbal tea

In black currants contain citric acid, succinic acid, vitamin C, iron and other essential minerals. This berry helps with tonsillitis, gastritis and improve vision. And the berries are not only useful, but also shoots and young leaves.

Tea from the leaves of currants and mint regulates metabolism, improves liver and kidney. For colds in this tea is good to add four or five sprigs of raspberries.

To prepare for the winter currant juice and keep its healing properties, it is necessary to miss berries through a meat grinder, to shift into an enamel pan (per kilogram of berries to add two-thirds cup of water). Then put on the fire, heat well, but do not boil. In this state, hold for 15-20 minutes. Then need to press the berries, juice, which remained, bring to a boil and immediately pour into sterilized jars. After a closed jar lids, flip them.

Green tea extract is a healthy and youthful

According to statistical surveys of the population, now green tea is one of the most favorite beverage of many people. Undoubtedly, the main role in this propaganda plays taste preferences of the tea beverage is most beneficial to health. Today is widely used green tea extract. Favorable reviews of people who use the extract in all sorts of industries, including medicine and cosmetology, fully justify its high cost.

This green tea extract obtained by means of special presses used to squeeze the juice from the leaf tea. From the resulting natural juice very carefully evaporated available there natural moisture. It is natural that the technology of preparation of green tea extract is considered to be quite expensive and very costly. It turns out that hundredweight of tea leaves can get about half a kilogram of dry extract useful drink. In most cases, the extract is discharged into a water soluble powder or tablets dietary supplements. This technology is sometimes defined simply exorbitant cost of some dietary supplements offered by numerous distributors.

Despite the high cost of the extract produced from green tea, it is surprisingly rich in mineral composition of ingredients. It contains antioxidants, of which there is vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E, which is considered the fountain of youth and beauty, it is extremely valuable B vitamins , vitamin K, P, PP. This wonderful extract contains phenolic acids, alkaloids, caffeine, tannin complex, the most valuable essential oil.

With such a rich part of the considered green tea extract, it is widely used in the media, designed to increase the stability of the blood vessels. It is certainly part of the funds that can help reduce tiredness. This extract is added to cosmetic products, prevents skin aging. In this case, to help achieve the desired result tannins are present in the extract of green tea, which most effectively act on the walls of blood capillaries.

It should be noted that the extract prepared on the basis of green tea have long been used in the health and beauty industry. Amazing properties of this natural product is primarily aimed at preserving and maintaining youthful skin. Its unique antioxidant, stabilizing, deodorizing properties have always attracted developers cosmetics. Thanks to its excellent properties cosmetic products developed on the basis of an extract of green tea, has gained such widespread popularity, regardless of the price range.

Also of considerable importance is the impact of the extract, designed to correct the parameters of the figure. Its unusual properties make great reduce appetite, effectively inhibit the activity of substances involved in the preservation and accumulation of fat in the body. As a result, from the use of this tool is the ability to burn fat, normalize and natural way to improve an existing metabolism . In addition to the normalization of weight, the same favorable result of the use of this precious natural product is to improve the skin, slowing down the overall aging of the human body.

One of the important qualities of the use of green tea extract is a high concentration of caffeine, a polyphenol, the main of which is epigallocatechin-3-gallate - a real natural destructive free radicals.Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, together with those present in trace elements, iron is involved in metabolic processes, inhibits undesirable oxidation processes, stimulates the formation of blood. Vitamin K prevents the formation of blood clots, provides normal blood viscosity. Vitamin P normalizes capillary permeability, increases the strength of the vascular wall. Catechins stand up for human cells, reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

Thus, on the basis of the foregoing question the beneficial properties of this remarkable product of plant origin is not necessary. To maintain the health of the extract prepared on the basis of green tea - an effective health aide man!