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Medical benefits of green tea extracts

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Green tea extract has always been a useful medicine to people right from the ancient days. The specialty of green tea is that it can reduce body weight with minimal side effects.

Green tea extract contains EGCG, which is found to prevent cancers, heart diseases and skin ailments. Most of the cancers are said to be caused by oxidative damage due to free radicals. Green tea extracts has the ability to act against the growth of cancer cells. It also improves the immune function of cancer patients who are undergoing treatments.

Green tea extracts is effective in improving heart function of heart patients. Green tea is better than black tea as it has a much higher concentration of polyphenol - an anti-oxidant that is known to prevent cancer. Because of these antioxidants, drinking tea may offer protection against heart disease, stroke and most kinds of cancer.

If you are thinking about going for green tea extracts, it would be a better idea to consider green tea capsules as they do not have caffeine. Green tea has higher levels of EGCG, but this doesn’t mean that black tea is completely useless. The truth is that black tea has good effects on health as well. This is because both black and green tea have the same antioxidants.

Drinking tea is a nice way of not only raising the energy levels of your body but also improving the body’s ability to fight against deadly diseases. So, grab a cup now !

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About Lipton Green Tea flavors

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Green tea contains some useful ingredients that can do a big deal in improving your health. Green tea is a not only a refreshing energy drink but also a health tonic in its own terms. The goodness of tea is well known around the world and Lipton Green tea has done its part by coming up with different marketing strategies and and concepts in the area of green tea. Today Lipton is a popular brand in the global green tea market.

The following are some of the flavors and types of Lipton Green Tea:

l Lipton Brisk Fruit Teazer – A tea that is made of sugar, carbohydrates and little bit of sodium.

l Lipton 100% natural Green Tea – A natural green tea with less artificial additives and more of anti oxidants.

l Lipton Iced Green Tea – Contains sweetening agents and flavors.

l Lipton green tees in Honey & Lemon flavors

l Lipton Green Tea With Mandarin Orange Flavor

l Lipton Green Tea with Citrus – This green tea contains Citric acid and ascorbic acid.

l Diet Lipton Green Tea – In this tea the sugar part is substituted by aspartame and acesulfame.

What is evident from all these flavors is that most of them have added additives that actually spoil the goodness of tea. It is better to go for Lipton 100% natural green tea, as it seems to promise more of a natural green tea. If you are looking for a fun kind of cola that comes in tea flavor, you can go for the other ones.