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Green Tea Diet
There is no denying that green tea is good for you. Green tea is thought—though
not yet proven—to help prevent:
- Cancer
- Arterial plaque
- Hepatitis
- Arthritis
- Heart disease
- High cholesterol
Interest in green tea was sparked by low rates of cancer, especially lung and
prostate cancer, in Japan and China, where green tea is widely consumed. Japan
has the highest cigarette smoking rate of all developed countries, yet it has
the lowest rate of death by lung cancer. Current research is underway to uncover
the truth behind the possible cancer-fighting benefits of green tea.
Less consensus exists over whether or not green tea is actually a weight loss
agent. Some say yes, and have developed green tea pills, green tea patches and
other green tea products designed to help people worldwide lose weight. Others
say no; the only way to lose weight is to watch what you eat. Weight loss effects
from green tea, they claim, are just coincidental.
The jury’s still out on the weight loss issue; however, everybody knows that
green tea is good for you no matter how you consume it. The bottom line is,
there’s no harm in trying a green tea diet product.
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