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Benefits of Matcha tea on Your Health

Matcha tea can boost your energy. It is used in the prevention and treatment of diabetes type 2, cancer, viral, fungal and bacterial infections. It can help you to relax your mind and body. It can make your immune system stronger. Also it will improve your mental clarity and alertness. It is a very good tea if you want to detoxify your body. Matcha tea is also known as maccha tea. This is natural tea which has been used in Japan many years ago (more than 900 years).

This kind of tea was used in China many years ago for curing different types of diseases but they have stopped using it. Then, the Zen Buddhist monks from Japan started to use this tea and nowadays this is very popular natural remedy in Japan. It has high amounts of Vitamin B – complex, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and minerals. In some cases the matcha tea leads to allergic reactions such as irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea and cardiac arrhythmia which is result from the caffeine in matcha tea. Also if you use some drugs and you drink matcha tea, then this can make you side effects. Talk with your doctor before you start using matcha tea for the first time.

Here are some benefits for health of matcha tea:

Protection from infections: 

It has EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) which can help you in the fight against the fungal, virus and bacterial infections. There are many studies in which is shown that when this component is consumed in our body, then it binds to the lipid membrane. Also this element is having inhibitory action the growth process of many important human pathogens such as herpes virus, influenza A virus, Candida albicans yeast, adenovirus Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus.

Protection against HIV: 

Also the previous mentioned element is very helpful in the protection against the HIV. Also people who suffer from HIV should use matcha tea because it will protect their brain.

Cancer prevention: 

EGCG has chemopreventive properties which mean that you should drink it if you want to prevent your body from cancer. It can reduce the risk of some types of cancer such as colorectal and bladder cancer. It can promote the induction of apoptosis and also it prevents the proliferation of malignant cancerous cells. Also this element can help you in the prevention against the prostate and human breast tumors.

Gastrointestinal health: 

If you have gastrointestinal disorder, then this is one of the best types of tea which you can use it as your natural remedy. When you drink matcha tea, then you are riding off the toxins and harmful chemicals from your body and also the fecal excretion is stimulated.

Detoxification: 

Matcha tea has high amounts of chlorophyll which can help you to clean your body. It can clean your blood which means that it detoxifies your body. Also when you drink matcha tea, then you have normal alkaline levels of your blood and tissues. Also this element can help you to rid of the harmful toxins in your colon walls and it flushes them out of your body.

Energy enhancer: 

Matcha tea has healthy caffeine which is not the same caffeine that we get through the coffee. This form of caffeine is known as theophylline. It can help you to boost your energy and it will not cause you any side effect in your body. You will have optimum hormonal levels because the function of the adrenal glands will not be interrupted.

Cardiovascular health: 

EGCG can help you to have normal cardiovascular health. Also when you drink matcha tea, then you are keeping your cholesterol levels low. This element can reduce the accumulation of lipids in your body.

Type – 2 diabetes: 

People who suffer from diabetes should drink matcha tea because it can help them to have normal metabolism. This tea has high amounts of antioxidants which can help you to reduce the hepatic glucose content in your body. Also it can help you to reduce the total cholesterol levels and the levels of triglycerides.

Stronger immune system: 

It has many antioxidant components, EGCG, polyphenols and L–theanine which can help you to boost your immune system. Also matcha tea can protect your body from the negative effects of the free radicals.

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