السبت، 1 يناير 2011

Caffeine in Green Tea

Green originates from Camellia sinensis- plants, this plant has a lot of benefits, however there is a catch it contains caffeine. There are a lot of people who are very susceptible to this substance and have a lot of problems because of the same. Caffeine does not let you sleep, it keeps you awake for a long period of time, because of which it is recommended that you should not have it at least 3 hours before you want to sleep.
Although caffeine is present it is in small quantity as compared to regular tea and coffee. Still if you consume large amount of green tea it might effect you, just like regular tea or coffee. This is the reason doctors suggest that you should have not have more than 3 cups of this green tea in a day to maintain a good health. Even though it has caffeine it is widely accepted because of the various health benefits that it provides. Researches have shown that green tea has the ability to inhibit the effects of different types of cancer.
It is packed with antioxidants, for which a very stringent process has to be followed. So that the oxidants do not escape the leaves, for this all the leaves have to be heated as soon as they are harvested. There have been various studies regarding green tea, in Japan a research that lasted for almost 10 years showed that there have been less premature deaths, because of the consumption of Camellia sinensis leaves.
If you think that by switching over to Green Tea you  will not be consuming caffeine at all, then you are wrong. It does have caffeine, it is just that it is present is less amount as compared to coffee and black tea. By consuming green tea you can be sure of one thing : you have drastically reduced the amount of caffeine consumption. So practically with green tea you have nothing to loose, it has the right amount of Caffeine and it keeps you high  energy all day long.
Green Tea is said to have :32 mg  of Caffeine in comparison to Espresso coffee which has :212 mg of Caffeine.
http://www.articlesbase.com/alternative-medicine-articles/caffeine-in-green-tea-3947082.html

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