Many people have no idea just how good green tea is for our health, your articles sums it up perfectly.. if you think about it most natural foods are good for us.

Green tea is no exception.

Lorraine Bevere

I drink black tea with brown sugar once a day. This followed by at least two cups of loose leaf green tea with lime juice before 7:30pm. The lime juice which should be natural is excellent. The juice helps retain the power of the tea. I feel excellent after drinking it. I used to drink my teas with milk and cream. Folks do your research of teas at your local library. As we all age we need to eat foods that are not destructive to our bodies. The lime juice is recommended for both black and green tea. Please AVOID tea bags as they are bleached etc. The good teas are available in most ethnic Oriental stores only! Good luck everyone and enjoy some tea.

Just wondering if the flavoured green tea has the same health benefits as regular green tea, and does it matter what brand?

Be Careful not to drink green tea after 7pm,especially if you are sensitive to caffeine.Whilst,it is low compared to coffee,it can disrupt your sleep.It made me have nightmares on occasions and once i attacked my partner in my sleep!!!! I have experienced this disrupted sleep several times.Good to drink first thing in the morning,picks you up through the day,good before a workout and after eating fatty foods to break them down.Also,very recommended with meats,helps break down nitrates in preserved meats.I always drink after a steak.
If you want the ultimate healthy,take 3 or 4 leaves of your lemon tree and chuck in your pot with your green tea.Enjoy.

Like others above I would like to see the answers to the questions posted. Thanks

Like others above I would like to see the answers to the questions posted. Thanks

a highly qualified herbal and complementary medicine specialist explained that the benefits of green tea's antioxidants are highest right after brewing (hot). About 24 hourse after brewing, the benefits ae lost - so bottled teas are likely worthless

Just watch out though if you are prone to Urinary Cystitis - it can exacerbate the problem to a serious extent

I have found an easy way of making my green tea, I use a coffee maker, use 10 cups of destilled, vitalized water and 6 heaping tablespoons of green tea in the filter cup and that way I have two cups of hot tea and 8 cups of iced tea with lemon the rest of the day.

WHERE ARE THE ANSWERS TO ALL THIS Q.

I'll also vouch for the quality at specialteas.com. I started buying rooibos there several years ago, and branched out from there. They are increasing the number of organic teas they carry, too. Once I discovered using a stainless steel mesh strainer in the cup, I switched from bagged tea to loose, and have never looked back. There's a huge difference in quality and taste!

A friend gave me a wonderful Japanese Green Tea from Japan-brand is Kirkland- (found at Cosco) It is bright green when brewed and has more flavor than most green teas- looks full of everything good green tea is supposed to have. It is fantastic!

what about Starbucks Green tea latte?

Is the regular Lipton green tea with citrus good for you as well as the green hot tea?

I have been studying Green Teas for 22 years after breaking the coffee addiction. THere is too much empahsis on this string about the caffeine in Green Tea. It is NOT the same as in coffe and black teas!!!
Most Greens do NOT have any significant amounts of caffeine, that gives you a problem with sleep. Additionaly, a better quality tea is NOT found in tea bags at a reasonable price. Learn as you go about the different teas.
If you want ZERO caffeine switch to ROOIBOS or red teas. You have a choice of many flavored red teas with different NATURAL spices, herbs or fruits. Any of these would be recommended along with the Green Teas or without. ALso, you should try different teas until you find your favorites and rotate them from day to day to keep it interesting.
Skip anything in a bottle at rediculous prices. Tea bags should be saved for use at restaurants or traveling. Tea bags can not be compared to loose leaf tea.
For fresh quality, CLEAN, tasty tea leaves, check out www.specialteas.com in Conn. They have a wonderful catalog, and you will find many different teas to order. At 10 cents or so for a teaspoon of leaves and 3-5 reinfusions with water throughout the day, you can't beat the cost for one of the HEALTHIEST drinks available to man.
Besides the Green teas, Rooibos red teas, I drink Oolong tea, which is slightly roasted green tea. Especially nice with meals.
You don't have to spend a fortune to get all the HEALTH and LIFE saving benefits.
I 3-5 mug fulls a day at the computer.
I am sorry that there are so many questions going unanswered on this topic, and hope this helps. It realy is one of the simpliest drinks you can add to your diet. Honey, etc is not recommended, since it is so SWEET. A good tea does not have to have it.
Too many people think Lipton's is the standard for tea in the U.S., but you will not find it in an Oriental restaurant. it is not worth the paper bag it comes in! Ug!

HOpe this helps!

it is a fabulous but u didn't mention the times we should drink green tea

I have a Taiwanese friend who drinks powdered green tea, leaves and all! She said it's not a pleasant experience, but it's good for you. Any thoughts on this?

The Best Antioxidants:

Moroccan Mint Green Tea
Organic Green Tea with Mint

A tightly rolled organic green tea from China blended with generous amounts of organic peppermint and organic spearmint leaves. Brewed in purified water with a touch of organic white clover honey and citric acid. Honest Tea green teas have 90-110 mg of the antioxidant EGCG per bottle.

Could I get the answers to all these questions? Or is there an area on the website that answers them? Thank you.

Green tea and black tea are both good for you in different ways.Black tea is the same thing,just more processed.
Organically grown chinese tea is the way to go.Buy the leaves,i have never bought the bagged ones.They are quite often in tiny balls and open up when hot water is poured on top.Cover the cup and when you come back the leaves should be on the bottom of the cup.If they arent,the water wasnt hot enough.The top up water doesnt have to be boiling,but near to it.
Good to drink before excercise too.cheers

The chinese have been drinking green tea for centuries.My partner is chinese and i am from the uk.I drink green tea everyday.I will give you what i know.If you go to china,like i have.You will find loads of different types of green tea.Some green flower tea also.There is a bad pollution problem there.So,i will tell you what they do.They usually have a tall mug and put a teaspoon of green tea in it.They pour just finished boiling water on it and leave covered.They pour the fluid away!This washes the pollution off!! they believe the second,third,fourth or fifth are the best.They drink half the cup,not down to the bottom and top up,all through the day as many times as you want.They Do NOT CHANGE THE LEAVES.The next day they start with fresh leaves.The caffeine is low 30mg a cup compared to 80mg for coffee.Drink through the day but not after 6pm or it will effect your sleep.You can pay up to 500 dollars a pack in china,all depends on the quality.Its good to drink if you have had a a fatty meal,prevents the fat settling on your arteries.Never have a cold drink after a fatty meal!
You can use a pot,same theory.Wash the leaves first in hot water,pour away.Then top up and drink when you want.I leave it for hours.It tastes strong but so what!!
Helps you burn visceral fat around your organs.The fat you cant see.
You can drink warm or cold.If you put some lemon leaves in the pot with the green tea,it makes it even more healthy.They work together.
Try to buy best quality and store in an airtight container.Enjoy

I too wonder about the benefits of green tea--which is the best way to brew it-bag or loose leaf-reg. or decaf? Does cooling it in fridge kill any of its benefits? What is the best kind of green tea? What about oolong tea? I love it and hear it is good for weight loss. Is it a green tea? Is loose leaf better than tea bags? How long should you steep tea and how soon should you drink after brewing? Can it sit or be drunk cold?

I just read the article about green tea and all the questions submitted by other readers. I would also like the answers to several of these questions. How do I and all the others wantion answers go about getting them.

http://nutrition.about.com/od/askyournutritionist/f/decafgreen.htm

here's another article about decaf green tea....this one says decaf does affect it...darn

http://www.diagnose-me.com/treat/T173244.html

this is an article about decaf green tea

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=544002

This is about decaff green tea....i did just read somewhere in a health magazine...that the decaf green is just as beneficial as reg green tea. i hope it's true .

In his first book, Dr. Roizen wrote that imported green tea is freeze dried ad that destroys the polyphenols. Would you elaborate on that and tell whether there are any exceptions to this?

Is there anyway that I can realage reply to all questions about green tea listed above? Some of those questions are my questions too. If any questions are not mine , I still want to know the answers because that how I learn more about health food. thank you very much.

The best way to brew green tea? Buy a very inexpensive Chinese glass teapot that has a little metal basket hanging down in the middle. Put your three spoons of green tea in the basket and fill up the teapot with boiling water. When you've finished drinking your tea just empty your little metal basket into your trash, green bin or whatever. Great tea and really easy and simple disposal of the leaves. No fuss, no muss !

I switched from black tea that I had drunk all my life, for breakfast and afternoon tea, to green tea...... several years ago. I find the best place to buy it is in a Chinese Supermarket. Try Lung Ching, as recommended to me by a well informed Chinese friend of mine or Temple of Heaven China Green Tea SPECIAL GUNPOWDER. These two teas are less expensive and don't have aspartame or any other additives of that nature found in our "western" tea variations.

Do answer these questions please

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Dear sirs
Could you please inform me the best way to prepare green tea for keeping all the good in it ?
Thank you in advance for your kind reply

I read recently that green tea loses its benefits rather quickly after it is brewed. It needs to be consumed right after brewing. I also drink mine cold...the article cited that it loses its benefits quicker when it is cold and to drink immediately after icing it.

One of the best sources for "real" Green Tea (not black tea with a little green tea thrown in there) is a company in Glendale Arizona called "Health Slim Green Tea", Imported directy from Japan it is the purest form of Green Tea I have been able to find as of yet. The weight loss is out of this world! Not to mention all of the wonderfull health benifits your body receives from drinking green tea. I would swear by this product. (HealthSlimGreenTea.com) make sure you capitalize the first letter in each word when you log on. You will not be dissapointed, I wasn't!!!

Laura Sparling
Phoenix, AZ

Does green tea need to be brewed to activate the flavonoids?
I place 10 medium size green tea bags in a one gallon container, fill with tap water, then refridgerate for 8 hours.

I too drink alot of green tea. Where are the answers to the questions? Is there a pill form? How do you get the tea stains off of the teeth?

Hot water for tea, use a coffee maker and just run water thru it. I do this and always have hot water when I want a cup of green tea. I drink mine hot and have been doing for so long now that I very seldom drink coffee. I prefer tea over coffee with 4-5 cups per day.

Can you take a green tea vitamin & it have the same effect as driking the green tea ?

I have been drinking green tea, Lipton's brand, however it contains aspartame in the diet bottle and the government is being urged to investigate this artificial sweetner as a cause of Alzheimers.The last tests done on this subject did not expose millions to a lengthy use of aspartame. So why does Lipton continue to use it?

LIPTON Diet Green Tea with Citrus

Great tasting and good for you!

LIPTON blends smooth, delicious, green tea with the tang of citrus to give you a great tasting green tea that’s free of calories. Plus, LIPTON Iced Tea provides a healthy dose of protective flavonoid antioxidants.

Available in:
20 oz single serving, 16.9 oz 12 pack, 16.9 oz 6 pack, 2 liter, 1.5 liter

Ingredients:
WATER, CITRIC ACID, GREEN TEA, NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), ASCORBIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), ASPARTAME, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), CARAMEL COLOR, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1.

Nutrition Facts:
72 MG FLAVONOID ANTIOXIDANTS PER 8 FL OZ SERVING
108 MG FLAVONOID ANTIOXIDANTS PER 12 FL OZ SERVING

Serving Size: 8 oz.

Amount Per Serving
Calories 0 % Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 60mg 2%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g

I drink my green tea cold. I brew it the night before and then turn it into a jug and keep it in the fridge and drink it the next day. Delicious with a squeeze of fresh lemon, which also increases the goodies in the green tea. I am fighting cancer and have found that there has been no progression of my disease in the last 12 months, in fact one small spot on my spine was not able to be picked up on this yrs scans. I find that drinking it cold makes it easier to have larger quantities.

I love green tea,but drink the decaffeinated type.....is this still beneficial ....what about the pill form? I stay away from the caffeine because i don't want any side effects.Thank you.

Powdered green teas do not provide the same benefit as fresh green tea much in the same way grape flavored Popsicles do not provide the same benefits as pure grape juice. The caffeine in green tea is not what causes you to lose weight it is a flavonoid called ECGC. It does so in a number of ways but most noticeably by increasing your metabolism. Decaffeinated tea can be made simply by reusing a tea bag as each use cut's the already diminutive amount of caffeine (about 50mg) roughly in half, it should be noted that even "decaf" tea has about 5-10mg of caffeine. However "store bought" "decaf" green tea is decaffeinated in different ways. If the company uses a non-acetate method for removing the caffeine then about 90-95% of the beneficial components are left in the tea (a good thing). Salada brand is the brand I drink (should I not have fresh tea at hand) they use a non-acetate method for decaffeinating. The only palatable brand of bottled green tea tea I will drink is Snapples Green Tea. I strongly urge anyone who enjoys green tea (or tea in general) to find a source of fresh tea as store bought tea in those little awful baggies have nothing on the pleasing, heavenly taste of fresh tea. Enjoy and drink to your health! :)

Go to Green Tea Myths (google)to get info on Decaf Tea. It says if you are going to drink decaf, choose organic and not chemical.

Go to Green Tea Myths to get info on Decaf Tea. It says if you are going to drink decaf, choose organic and not chemical.

When fixing green tea, boil the water but do not pour it right away. After boiling the water, pour it into another vessel and then pour it into your teapot. Never pour boiling water on to your tea leaves. I only use loose leaf and if it comes in a bag, I open it. Green Tea, after it is fixed, does not keep well. Even refrigerated. If you try, you will notice that it will turn color. I wouldn't drink it, but is it still viable? I don't know.
For cold iced tea, I use the powdered kind. Not the expensive stuff because you will never get the lumps out. I find that the most common mistake in making green tea is making too strong. It should not be bitter or dark green. Just a vary pale green.
I don't know any thing about the decaf stuff, but if it has been manipulated like that, I would wonder if it destroys the natural properties. I never get the caffeine jitters or anything like it drinking green tea.
Hope that helps a little bit. I read some of the questions and I think you have to e-mail to get a response to your specific questions.

What´s the best way to prepare green tea for keeping all the good in it ?... I mean ,hot water or boiling water?... Plus , keeping it in the fridge? and , does it keep the same qualities if we drink it hot , warm or cold?

Has anyone found any answers to the questions listed yet???

I am also waiting for the answers to decaf green tea

my green tea contains mint----as good, better, worse?

I too would like to know if decafinated green tea is as effective as cafinated; I noticed that several had the same question but I could not find the answer. Thank you in advance for your anticipated response.

There are quite a few questions in the "Comments" under the article, "7 Reasons to Drink Green Tea." Do you ever read and answer them?

My main question: Is decaf green tea as effective as regular? Or is it partly the caffeine that enhances memory and burns more calories?

Thank you for your helpful newsletter and web site.

Were are the answers to the question

Where are the answers found to the questions above- I also would like to know if the decaf versions of green tea have the same affect since I am sensitive to caffeine?

I am on coumadin & have to be careful what I eat & drink. I am also on digoxin which keeps me away from caffein. Does the caffein-free green tea interfere with these meds?

Wd like to see the answers for the above questions. I have the same concerns.

I take a blood pressure medication daily. Since green tea is considered to be an herb, could it have a negative interaction with my blood pressure medication

I take a blood pressure medication daily. Since green tea is considered to be an herb, could it have a negative interaction with my blood pressure medication

I just got one question about about Green Tea. I can't have anything with caffeine in it and that includes chocolate. I was wondering if there are Green Teas you can get with absolutely no caffeine in it? I would like to drink it with all the health benefits it has was wondering if there was someother herbal tea with the same health benefits I can get? Thanks You

I can recommend green tea for puffy eyes and sunburn, living in Australia right now the UV Rays are incredibly strong, and I havegotten burned a fair bit of late. I applied green tea and within a couple of days all the pain and discoloration had gone and I reckon it stopped me peeling.

I can recommend green tea for puffy eyes and sunburn, living in Australia right now the UV Rays are incredibly strong, and I havegotten burned a fair bit of late. I applied green tea and within a couple of days all the pain and discoloration had gone and I reckon it stopped me peeling.

Where can I find answers to the questions posted above? Thank you for your attention.

do these questions not get answered? I'd really love to know if drinking green tea stains the teeth

Do you get the same benefits from "decaf" green tea? What about green tea in pill form?

Thankyou:)

I also drink the Arizona green tea w/ginseng and honey. If anything is added to the green tea eg;ginseng,honey,lemon,do you still get the benefits from the green tea?

Question-- How about Green Tea to go.
I drink Lipton green Tea to go --mandarin Mango
which contains 10 packets made by lipton. Is this as healthy?,

where are the answers to these comments about green tea? I wanted to know about decaf vs caffeinated green tea and if the benefits are the same. I have looked around on the sight and can't find the answer. Thanks very much, LorettaJ

I drink green tea all day. (30-40oz) However, it is the store bought diet Arizona green tea. Do I get the same benefits as brewed green tea?

Do you get the same benefits from "decaf " green tea? What about green tea in pill form? Thanks.

Just wondering if the decaffeinated version green tea has the same health benefits (cutting cancer risks, soothing skin, steading blood pressure, protecting memory, fighting plaque build up in blood vessels, and losing weight) as caffeinated / regular green tea?