My parents started drinking lots of tea lately and made me curious about it. I'm not much of a tea drinker and am in fact a true blue believer of the caffeine in coffee. I remembered that I had green tea powder which my aunt bought for me in Japan and wondered if I should start drinking it. Got on to google and typed in the benefits of green tea and this is what I found!
According to the article that I read, it inhibits the growth of cancer cells and is a powerful antioxidant. But the thing that got me all excited was this: "It(Green Tea) has also been effective in lowering LDL cholesterol levels, and inhibiting the abnormal formation of blood clots." Wow. Can you believe it? I was in total amazement when I realized that I didn't mean to find that out and was absolutely by God's grace that I found out about it.
Disheartened, I may have been, but I'm pretty sure He's there egging me on. And He's sending little reminders that He's still around. You wouldn't blame me for grinning sheepishly now. :D
Anyway, I drank 2 cups of green tea in the morning before school (No, it's not overkill. I just put too much powder for my first cup and was way too bitter that I split it and diluted it to make 2 cups.) The other amazing thing I found was that it has some caffeine in it as well and despite having gone to the gym in the morning, the caffeine in the green tea kept me awake throughout lectures the whole day. I wasn't one bit tired other than my aching back, but that's because of the monthly girl thing. Hate it by the way. I mean, what more benefits can you ask for?
I was in such a good mood this morning that I decided to make my bed. Hahaha. If you know me, I've never believed in making my bed because I've always thought that it's a waste of effort considering you would mess it up again soon. See! I've proof! I took this at 8am this morning.
Forget Nutrisoy. Drink Green Tea instead! Not the sweetened ones of course.
Read the full article here.