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    Green tea has been used as a medicine for thousands of years, originating in China but widely used throughout Asia this beverage has a multitude of uses from lowering blood pressure to preventing cancer. The reason that green tea has more health benefits attached to it than black tea is (apparently) due to the processing. Black tea is processed in a way that allows for fermentation whereas green tea’s processing avoids the fermentation process. As a result, green tea retains maximum amount of antioxidants and poly-phenols the substances that give green tea its many benefits.

    Natural Health News — Add yet another benefit to the growing list associated with green tea.

    In the past the main ingredients of green tea have been thoroughly studied in cancer research. Now scientists are beginning to see positive impact on the human brain function as well.

    Swiss researchers from the University of Basel are reporting first evidence that green tea extract enhances the cognitive functions, in particular the working memory.

    Better memory

    For the study healthy male volunteers received a soft drink containing several grams of green tea extract before they solved working memory tasks.

    The scientists then analysed how this affected the brain activity using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The MRI showed increased connectivity between the parietal and the frontal cortex of the brain. These neuronal findings correlated positively with improvement in task performance of the participants.

    Writing in the journal Psychopharmacology the researchers say their results show that green tea extract increases …

    These are some of the many benefits but the reality is one cup of tea a day will not give you all the abundant gains. The jury is out on how many cups are necessary; some say as little as two cups a day while others five cups — and more still say you can drink up to ten cups a day. If you are thinking of going down this route, you may want to consider taking a green tea supplement instead (it would keep you out of the bathroom).

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