Did you know that Matcha Green Tea is the tea that is used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony?

The leaves are normally ground down into a fine powder for the actual tea making, but it is also regularly used in today's food industry as flavoring or coloring.

If you want a top quality Matcha Green Tea look out for a named tea. The best Matcha Green Teas are called by "tea names" or "chamei" as they are called in Japan. A tea can only be named like this if it blended by a master blender of a certain tradition from the tea ceremony lineage. However, these "named" teas are certain to be of high quality and the best flavors!

It's been well documented that green tea is good for you and that is widely accepted now. But, what makes Matcha so different? The answer is that it is now thought to be one of the most powerful anti-oxidants available. Anti-oxidants are vital to your health as they eliminate "free radicals" from your body (and do it very effectively). It is these free radicals (so prevalent due to our polluted environment) that cause premature aging and cellular damage which elads to all sorts of nasty disease.

It has recently been suggested that Matcha is ten times more powerful than it's nearest anti-oxidant competitors. Now that is a powerful boast! But, it does have a scientific base. A method called ORAC was used to measure the effectiveness of anti-oxidants in terms of oxygen absorption. With blueberries scoring 91 and pomegranate 115, it was previously thought the range couldn't go much higher until Matcha was tested and came in at a stunning 1,300! Perhaps now you can begin to see what all the fuss is about!

That is a ringing endorsement of the anti-oxidant power of Matcha Green Tea!

It is also has a high nutritional value as well. So, it is excellent for your health from two major perspectives. But why should you include anti-oxidants in your diet?

For men, it is well known that pomegranates and blueberries promote good sexual health in terms of not only sexual stamina but also semen production.

For women anti-oxidants are known to be critical in maintaining youth and vitality. As well as the anti-oxidant properties Matcha Green Tea leaves are high in chlorophyll (this allows leaves to process light for food and is what gives Matcha it's stunning green color) which is also thought to help cleanse the body of all toxins.

The most potent anti-oxidants are called catechins...and these are only found in green tea! Not all anti-oxidants have the same level of effect on the human body. With catechins being so strong it is generally believed that they have the most potent anti-cancer properties of all anti-oxidants. Of all catechins epicgallocatechin gallate (ECGc) is the most effective, and 60% of all catechins in Matcha Green Tea are ECGcs.

This is why Matcha Green Tea is so vital in your anti-oxidant armory.

It is high in the essential amino acid L-theanine. This is believed to help calm the nerves and tradition has it that Buddist Monks used to drink Green Matcha to help maintain calm during meditation. More recent studies have shown that when mixed with the caffeine in the Matcha a "calm alertness" can be maintained over a lengthy period of time. This amino acid also contributes to the taste and feel of the drink.

Matcha Green Tea is now widely accepted as one of nature's most powerful anti-oxidant gifts. By free radical elimination and general detox it is a health giving detox agent of huge power and effectiveness.

I started drinking Matcha regularly about six months ago and I definitely look and feel better, I'm sure it can do the same for you too. It is an amazing natural gift that can help protect you against a range of ailments and the natural aging process as well. Plus, it tastes so wonderfully good! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Learn more about Matcha Green Tea. Why not drop by Roberta Kerski's site where you can find out all about Matcha Green Tea and what it can do for you.

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For years Green Tea has been the best nutrition tea out of all tea as far as the Chinese are concerned. They have been acknowledging, its amazing powers and capabilities of healing and illness prevention for over 4,000 years now. I will be discussing these powers in great detail in this article...

To start with, Green Tea stands out against other teas in that it is produced differently. The leaves of the plant that green tea is made, Camelia Sinensis, are steamed during production. This steaming prevents the antioxidants in the leaves from being damaged or altered. Teas such as Oolong Tea and White Tea are produced by way of fermentation, which converts the antioxidants into other forms. The chief antioxidant within Green Tea that holds most of the benefits is a catechin polyphenol called Epilgallocatechin Gallate, EGCG in short.

EGCG is primarily a flavanoid, and is similar to however more powerful than its cousin flavanoids that can be found in foods such as grapes, strawberries, red wine, broccoli and green cabbage. EGCG has the ability to attach itself to protein cells that are found in tumor cells and drastically reduce their growth. A receptor that develops on the surface of cancer cells called Laminin, was put with concentrate of EGCG and the results showed huge reductions in further growth of these type of cells. These results were revealed in April's issue of Nature Structural and Molecular Biology magazine. The piece also revealed that the amounts of EGCG that were used to bring these results, is equivalent to the amount you can get yourself daily from drinking just 3 cups of Green Tea.

Another discovery, by Dr. H -H Sherry Chow of University of Arizona, Tucson showed that the body creates a detoxifying enzyme naturally, called Glutathione S- Transverase (GST). These GST enzymes assist the body in defending against cancer causing compounds and other toxic substances. Dr. Chow's study showed that GST enzymes were stimulated by EGCG. With a group of people who showed lowered levels of GST , a concentrate of Green Tea extract was used to test these claims. The group had an average of 80% increase in the production of GST. Accordingly their strength in defending against cancer was heightened spectacularly. The Green Tea extract that was used in these tests was more potent than what you would get on a daily basis from having a few cups of this nutrition tea, however it is clear that by introducing Green Tea into your diet, or by increasing your intake, that you will build up your GST enzyme levels over time and help keep them activated, growing and defending for you.

Another amazing find shows that EGCG has the capability of reacting with Leukaemia cells in that it can stop contact between the cells, which prevents them from growing and multiplying anymore. On this note I would also like to point out that, in spite of of the many Green Tea products that are available to buy for your skin, or extracts you can take as supplements - a freshly poured cup of Green Tea is the best way to avail of these powerful antioxidants it holds. During production, as I stated earlier, the leaves are steamed dry, thus saving all antioxidant concentrates. When the leaves or tea bag are soaked in hot water, this allows the antioxidants to disperse in the water. Therefore this is the freshest way you can take full advantage of the potency straight away, before it is produced once or twice more to make an extract or a cream. Get it in its best state!

Are you interested in learning more about this amazing nutrition tea, its amazing properties and how it can help you with your health? Follow this link and relish in the information offered : http://www.how-to-make-green-tea.com or read more at http://ezinearticles.com/?Green-Tea---Nutrition-Tea-to-the-Highest-Degree!&id=3293680

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If you judge a weight loss supplement by the resources used to make it then you are going to be judging Acai Noni with extremely high marks. Acai Noni supplement used three of the best weight loss ingredients in the world and combines them to make a supplement that delivers results for all who use it.

1 - 100% pure Acai extract - natures #1 super food boosts energy and contains the highest levels of antioxidants found in any fruit around the world. The Acai Berry also contains fatty acids, is high in fiber, contains anti aging properties, reduces free radicals in the body, and also flushes toxins and waste from the body. Look at the picture below provided by O.R.A.C. to see where this little Amazon Berry sits against its competition - so to speak - with the levels of antioxidants found in it.

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3 - The last ingredient used in Acai Noni is green tea extract. Combined with the Acai Berry and the Hawaiian Noni fruit, you are going to get a supplement that passes all others in performance. Green tea alone is used as a powerful weight loss supplement - together with the other two fruits you are going to have one impressive supplement.

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