Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Secrets To Improve Green Tea Benefits

By Roger Flynn


The benefits of green tea can be drastically increased if lemon is added. To be able to understand this principle, one must first look into the importance of combining food.

A number of dietitians will certainly agree that combining food can positively or negatively impact a person's physical condition. Someone who is in discomfort with heartburn after a buffet may blame the large amount of food, however in some cases poor food mixing is the contributing factor. For example, mixing melon with any other food is not a smart combination.

Fruits generally are digested in the stomach without having difficulty. Melons digest even faster than other fruit, since they are over 90 percent water. If the food digestion is delayed caused by blending with other food, fermentation occurs in the stomach potentially resulting in indigestion, excessive gas, acid reflux and upset stomach. On the flip side, some food combinations improve the health benefits by supporting the absorption process.

Tomatoes and olives are a great food combination. In the nutrient world, tomatoes are identified as a very good source of Lycopene. Heart diseases and cancer prevention are a couple of the well-recognized health benefits of Lycopene. Health benefits are upgraded when tomatoes are ingested together with olives. Absorption process of Lycopene is accelerated by olives. How about green tea with lemon?

Some recognized tea benefits are digestive aid, diabetes prevention, weight loss, cancer prevention and healthy heart. Due to green tea's antioxidant known as catechins the health benefits are achievable. Despite the many benefits of catechins, researches indicate these antioxidants are degraded easily inside the human intestines following digestion allowing no more than 20 percent of them for absorption.

Lemon also offers antioxidant which is vitamin C. It plays a part in some of lemon's positive aspects for example digestive aid, skin care, and fight against throat infections. Even more importantly vitamin C offers ideal environment for catechins to be available longer when mixed together.

By adding Vitamin C, human intestine becomes an acidic environment for catechins. This makes catechins to be more available for absorption. After all it does not need to be lemon. Any citrus fruit juice like grapefruit, orange or lime will increase the absorption function. Even so lemon seems to be the most effective of all indicating that other components of lemon are possibly adding to the stabilizing effect.

Since the natural taste of tea is bitter, combining tea and lemon juice can be tastier. For those trying to find an option to green tea, there are many selections of green tea tablets with vitamin C.




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