Perhaps you've been drinking green tea without sugar in order to lose weight. But a recent study found that drinking green tea also helps us move away from the flu.Recent research by scientists suggests drinking two cups of Japanese green tea every day can avoid the risk of people catching a cold by 70 percent.
Japanese researcher Hiroshi Yamada, MD, Ph.D found two key substances in green tea that is able to keep the body from the flu threat, namely the catechins and teanin, are both antioxidants which are very useful for fighting diseases, such as reported from Menshealth.com.
Researchers asked participants to take a pill containing 378 mg catechins (equivalent to 2 cups of green tea) and 210 mg teanin (equivalent to 4 cups) for 5 months every day. The result is only 4 percent of respondents could avoid the risk of catching a cold.
Different things happen when participants were asked to drink two cups of green tea directly every day. The results of participants can avoid the risk of colds by 70 percent.
"Catechins are capable of binding influenza virus. Teanin While it can increase the immune system," said Dr. Yamada.
To get the benefits of drinking two cups of green tea, there are several things to note:
1. A decoction of tea leaves better than tea in bags
Experts say the tea leaves are boiled in the form of a compound concentration of catechins and teanin higher than that brewed from tea bags.
2. Brewed tea in hot water and long
Brew green tea in a long time in water temperatures over 100 degrees Celsius to increase the concentration of catechins.
3. Do not replace with another green tea
Green tea had higher levels of catechin compounds and teanin the highest compared to other types of tea for flu prevention. But if it had not have green tea in your inventory, white tea and oolong tea could be an alternative successor.
In the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry mentioned green tea contains catechins, antioxidants that are very useful for fighting the disease. Green tea is also rich in vitamins like A, B1, B12, C, E and K. Green tea also has minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc and others. Some of the other ingredients in green tea are gallic acid, essential oils, carotenoids, dietary fiber and small amount of soluble carbohydrates.
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