Green tea contains EGCG and polyphenols that lower high blood pressure risk by 46% to 65% when you drink half to 2.5 cups daily. Add lemon juice and you absorb five times more catechins, keeping 80% usable.
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There's a tea out there that is typically known as more powerful than the others. Probably not the one you're thinking of, but choosing the right tea is tricky given all of what's out there. Sometimes we just need to go back to basics, and green tea is among the least processed kinds of tea. It contains a wealth of beneficial polyphenols like EGCG that help in the prevention of arteriosclerosis, heart attack, and stroke. Green tea is also packed with vitamin A, D, E, C, B5, K, lots of nutrients, manganese, other beneficial nutrients like zinc, chromium, selenium. There's studies that even show that drinking half to 2.5 cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure by 46%, while those that consume more, 65%. Here's a tip: to boost the benefits of green tea, add a squirt of lemon juice to your cup. This increases the available catechin levels by more than 5 times, causing 80% of the tea's catechins to remain bioavailable. Comment the word tea below, and I'll send you a list of the teas that I consume regularly for maximum health benefits.
