Don’t Drink Your Green Tea, EAT IT!

Drinking freshly brewed tea can be both healthy and enjoyable. However, the vast majority of nutritional components found in green tea leaves are never transferred over to the brewed tea. When you throw away tea leaves, you are throwing away a cornucopia of nutrients. Many tea experts recommend triple brewing good quality tea leaves. While this will continue to provide great tasting tea, you will still not be receiving the vast majority of the nutrients that are available in the green tea leaves.Green tea is loaded with flavonoids, a potent variety of antioxidants. A great deal of research has been done (much of it referenced on this web site) which demonstrates that the antioxidants found in green tea are extremely beneficial to our health in many ways. Most of the research around green tea has focused on catechins (a specific type of flavonoid) which make up the largest percentage of what is found in green tea leaves. It is believed the catechins are the real powerhouse of the green tea plant.  For the most part, there is an 8,000 to 10,000% increase in antioxidants found in whole green tea leaves compared to brewed green tea. The evidence is very convincing. The best way to get the most nutritional benefit from green tea is to eat the whole leaf.

• Anti Bacterial

A recent USDA study states that green tea may have extensive antibacterial properties. The study was compiled by USDA experts from several prior studies on the individual interactions between compounds in green tea and several disease-causing bacteria.

• Bone Density

We all know that drinking green tea can be good for our health, but few of us understand just how beneficial it can be and the ailments we could consider using it for.

• Green Tea and Cholesterol

Green Tea May Help You Balance Your Cholesterol. For over twenty years, scientists have known that green tea has cholesterol reducing effects.

Unfortunately, just choosing an organic green tea is not enough. Many green tea plantations are still exposed to industrial pollution because of their geographic location. Polluted rain water, toxic runoff in the soil, and noxious gasses from nearby plants are just a few of the ways that an organic tea farm could still be exposed to unsafe levels of toxins. The only way to ensure that you’re getting the safest green tea available is to choose a vendor who has lab-tested their green tea leaves. EatGreenTea.com tested tea samples from several organic farms to ensure that we’re bringing you the purest green tea leaves available.