Four Properties in Green Tea
Improve Health for Millions

There are four key properties in Green Tea that have made it a essential beverage for literally thousands of years.

That’s correct, green tea has been consumed in China for medicinal purposes for over four thousand years!

Eight hundred years ago green tea was made popular in Japan by Eisai Myoan – the very same person who started Zen Buddhism. He experienced its health benefits first hand when he studied in China.

He was so impressed he actually wrote a book devoted to the subject: Kissa Yojoki (Drinking Tea for Health), which advocated tea as a general health restorative. The history of tea in Japan owes a lot to this monk.

‘Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.’ (Ancient Chinese Proverb)

So what are the properties of green tea that have made it an essential part of daily life millions of present day devotees?

First and foremost green tea powder is loaded with Catechins Polyphenols (a natural chemical in plants), especially Epigallocatechin 3-gallate, which is usually referred to as EGCG.

EGCG is an extremely powerful anti-oxidant. Far more powerful than the well know anti-oxidants Vitamin C & E. It is also twice as strong as Resveratrol – which is currently receiving such attention by the marketers at diet companies.

Antioxidants play a critical in the health of humans – especially in our current modern environment. The diet and environment found in our country generate high levels of Free Radicals.

Free radicals are the principal cause of damage to our cells and foster disease and premature aging. Numerous forms of cancer are thought to be the result of the reactions between Free Radicals and DNA.

Antioxidants also reduce inflammation (a rarely mentioned epidemic in western society) which has serious effects on practically every part of the body – especially our organs.

Given that fresh green tea has such high levels of anti-oxidants it is seen as a simple and effective way to ‘balance’ the negative impact our western culture puts us in every day.

Another one of the helpful green tea properties is the amino acid L-Theanine, which is a chemical found almost exclusively in green tea. A study suggested that the oral intake of L-Theanine could cause anti-stress effects via the inhibition of cortical neuron excitation.

Vitamin C and B are also found in green tea. Vitamin B is used in Carbohydrate metabolism (the ‘digestion’ of carbs so to speak) and Vitamin C is another antioxidant and helps reduce stress.

Green tea powder also contains carotenoids, tocopherols, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), essential trace elements such as Cr, Mn, Se or Zn, and certain other phytochemical compounds.

So what’s all this mean? The bottom line is these green tea properties can do a lot to help your body remain healthy, and to slow the aging process.

A recent search for the term ‘green tea research’ offered over 3 million web pages which offer information and research studies.

The most popular inquiries naturally revolve around weight loss and the strong impact green tea has on helping people who are on diets to loss even more weight that just dieting alone. There are studies which show it helps with the ‘thermo genesis’ process (fat burning) as well as reducing the fat that is able to accumulate in the first place.

Other very popular inquires have to do with the reduction of some cancers including breast cancer and prostate cancer, the reduction of strokes, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s.

Of lesser interest to most people are the studies which range from showing improved immune systems to reduced gum disease and Halitosis (bad breath).

The many properties in green tea which make it so beneficial to health have been identified recently through science. More importantly; they have been experienced by millions over hundreds and hundreds of years.

Lots of big well known American food manufactures have jumped on the ‘green tea bandwagon’ these last few years. Unfortunately 98% of these products have little or none of the nutritional properties  that made green famous worldwide.

These products were developed to take financial advantage of people’s good intentions towards consuming healthier foods. The truth of the matter is these products produced by large manufactures are designed for shelf life – not human life.

Current day consumers would be well served by taking that small extra step and learning where their food is coming from and just how fresh that food is.

For example; the Haraki-Gordon green tea powder we offer comes from a 600 year old tea farm in the pristine region of Japan near MT. Fuji. It’s organically grown and harvested by hand.

There is a huge difference in quality – and it’s that difference that your body desperately needs to stay healthy and young. The green tea properties you’re looking for simply will not be present in the ‘green tea’ beverages being sold at your local 7-11, or grocery store.

The tea offered at health food stores may be a step up – but can they tell you about what country it grown in, the manner it was grown (pesticides), the quality of the soil, the freshness of the tea? No they can’t , but we can.

We can also provide you with the finest “green tea powder” around!