Saturday, October 13, 2012

Secrets To Improve Green Tea Benefits

By Roger Flynn


The benefits of green tea will be greatly boosted if lemon is mixed. To be able to understand this principle, we must first look into the negative and positive effects of food combination.

Many diet experts will likely agree that food combination can negatively or positively influence a person's physical condition. An individual in discomfort with heartburn from a buffet style meal may blame the amount of food, yet in many instances poor food mixing is the contributing issue. For example, blending melon with another food is not a good decision.

Fruits generally are digested in the stomach without having difficulty. Melons digest even faster than other fruit, since they are over 90 percent water. If the food digestion is delayed caused by blending with other food, fermentation occurs in the stomach potentially resulting in indigestion, excessive gas, acid reflux and upset stomach. On the flip side, some food combinations improve the health benefits by supporting the absorption process.

Tomatoes and olives are a great food combination. In the nutrient world, tomatoes are identified as a very good source of Lycopene. Heart diseases and cancer prevention are a couple of the well-recognized health benefits of Lycopene. Health benefits are upgraded when tomatoes are ingested together with olives. Absorption process of Lycopene is accelerated by olives. How about green tea with lemon?

Some recognized tea benefits are digestive aid, diabetes prevention, weight loss, cancer prevention and healthy heart. Due to green tea's antioxidant known as catechins the health benefits are achievable. Despite the many benefits of catechins, researches indicate these antioxidants are degraded easily inside the human intestines following digestion allowing no more than 20 percent of them for absorption.

Lemon also offers antioxidant which is vitamin C. It plays a part in some of lemon's positive aspects for example digestive aid, skin care, and fight against throat infections. Even more importantly vitamin C offers ideal environment for catechins to be available longer when mixed together.

Vitamin C provides an acidic condition for catechins inside the human intestines. This process allows catechins to be more available for absorption. In fact it does not have to be lemon. Any citrus juice like orange, lime or grapefruit will boost the absorption process. Yet lemon juice seems to be the most effective of all suggesting that some other elements of lemon are potentially adding to the stabilizing effect.

Since the natural taste of tea is bitter, combining tea and lemon juice can be tastier. For those trying to find an option to green tea, there are many selections of green tea tablets with vitamin C.




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