What Are The Benefits Of Green Tea?
Question: hi
can u tell the benifits of green tea.
Brief Answer:
Benefits are detailed below
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
The benefits of green tea are many. Several studies have proven the same. To let you know about it broadly, green tea contains polyphenols that are potent anti-oxidants. These are called Catechins. Epigallocatechin gallate (also known as EGCG) is the most active catechin.
To come straight to your answer, the benefits are as below:
- Prevents Atherosclerosis
- lowers total cholesterol and raises HDL ("good") cholesterol
- Prevents several cancers such as bladder, breast, ovarian, colo-rectal cancers
- reduces the chances of inflammatory bowel disease
- prevents Diabetes
- Prevents liver disease
- helps in weight loss
Hope this answers your query.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar