[Music] this week's video is going to be all about the health benefits of green tea i've seen some overblown claims so we're going to parse through and figure out what's what also stay tuned to the end of the video to get tips on how to make the healthiest cup of tea possible tea is one of those rare beverages that's pretty much universally accepted by science as a healthy one but just remember as with everything in life you can have too much of a good thing so don't overdo it with the green tea the number one
thing that makes green tea so good for you is that it's loaded with healthy nutrients all of these bioactive polyphenols are awesome for your health you may have heard of some of them known as flavonoids or catechins and what those are just antioxidant what antioxidants do is prevent free radical damage to your body and free radical damage to your body over time causes cancer but let me break that down a bit i know all of you have faucets at home whether it's in your bathroom or in your kitchen some of those faucets have rust on
them the rust is a direct result of that free radical damage we always talk about now antioxidants prevent that rust from forming so think of antioxidants as the rust prevention within our own bodies yes that's awesome within media it's been mentioned before that those who drink green tea have lower rates of cancer and it's been theorized that it has something to do with the huge amount of antioxidants found within green tea we have to not get too excited by this fact because this is only a correlation and not a causation yes it's good to drink
green tea but no it's not going to cure and prevent all types of cancer second great point about green tea if you got stinky breath maybe you should try some green tea but that's none of my business the nutrients within green tea that we just mentioned on this last point known as catechins do a great job of inhibiting and killing certain types of bacteria in fact studies were done and proved that bacteria known to cause bad breath within your mouth was killed by drinking green tea also when you have less of that specific bacteria you
have less plaque so green tea also decreases the risk of developing a cavity point tray about green tea it does a great job of giving you stable energy without all the jitters it has about 30 to 50 milligrams of caffeine which is roughly half a cup of coffee you're still focused you're still stimulated but you don't have that jittery feeling that you get with a big cup of coffee another nutrient within green tea that works together with caffeine to boost your brain function is called l-theanine its benefit is that it gives your brain relaxation without
the added sedation or drowsiness that come along with other relaxing agents while we've seen in animal and lab models that it increases your good cholesterol and lowers your bad cholesterol what we found in animal lab and human trials is that green tea lowers your blood pressure and if you've watched my hypertension video you know how important it is to keep your blood pressure under control point number five green tea can help you burn fat well maybe this is more of an individual case-by-case basis thing because not all studies agree on this but there is a
promise of increased metabolism and fat oxidation essentially fat burning some of the lab models have shown a decrease in new blood vessel formation within your fat stores meaning that it literally takes away the vital nutrition for your fat and makes it die kicking that fat spot point number six animal and lab models both show that catechins the nutrient we keep mentioning over and over again decrease the risk of you developing alzheimer's and parkinson's disease science isn't clear on why this occurs but it's theorized that it has something to do with the decrease in the development
of plaque within the brain if that doesn't encourage you to take a sip i don't know what will point seven now this is the game changer this is the one that everyone gets excited about green tea may increase your lifespan there's been a ton of research done on this some studies even have forty thousand participants that show those who drink three to five cups of tea a day have an increased life span have a decreased all-cause mortality that means dying from anything have decreases in heart disease decreases in strokes but before we get too excited
we need to remember correlation versus causation just because those who drink green tea live longer it doesn't mean green tea is the sole thing that's responsible for that effect so yes enjoy your green tea but don't think you're gonna live forever here's how you create the healthiest cup of tea possible don't add green tea directly to boiling water as it destroys those healthy catechins we've been talking about don't go decaf because the decaffeination process hurts more of the nutrients found within green tea add lemon into your tea as it aids in the absorption of some
of these nutrients finally don't cheap out go for the good premium stuff as it contains more of the healthy nutrients we've been talking about all along i need you to know this don't buy into the bs supplements that take green tea extract and claim that it has miracle health benefits they do not the real thing is always healthier than the supplement form as always thanks for watching audio check one two on the mc mic with the emerald green scrubs atticans and what basically which is just an ekg but for the brain do people know what
an ekg is catechins that neutrin we've mentioned many times animal models and lab modeling even t bro can i interest you in a cup of tea from a squirrel cup [Music] what each and every one of the politicians needs is a nice cup of honest tea i got a better one what do you call a dentist who doesn't like tea dennis was that good kids don't try this at home do you get it [Music]
