Guest blog by shut_UP_and_KISS_meWe pump our bodies with junk (delicious junk, but junk nonetheless) everyday. I can tell you that in the past 24 hours, I've had: 1 slice of dutch apple pie à la mode, four strips of thick greasy bacon, two eggs, two pieces of wheat toast covered with jam, spaghetti with meat sauce and sicilian meatballs, strawberry Italian cream soda, salad with balsamic vinaigrette, two pieces of sourdough bread lathered in garlic butter, ice cream, and two mixed drinks- Midori Sweet, my drink of choice.
Not all bad, but after all that sugar, oil and alcohol, I end up feeling
clogged. I'm not going to lie, I love food and I love all sorts of food, healthy to unhealthy to definitely unhealthy, but many times I come home feeling like crap.
So I started drinking
green tea after meals once I found out that it aids digestion. However, I've learned that there's more benefits than just that!
- It's better for you than coffee. Less sugar, less cream, less calories.
- It revives skin! Put cold, wet green tea bags on the delicate skin under your eyes- the caffeine in it helps your skin tighten up and brighten up.
- Green tea will keep your breath fresh. Ever wonder why they serve green tea or jasmine tea at Chinese and Japanese restaurants? It cleans out your mouth. And it has fluoride in it, which is great for teeth and gums.
- If you've fried your skin out in the sun trying to get that perfect sun-kissed tan, you can spray some cool green tea on it. Not only is it naturally soothing, it has protective elements against sun damage from UVA & UVB rays.
- Again with the digestion- it improves metabolic rates and fat metabolism.
- It's packed with antioxidants and minerals.
- It gives your body a boost- not just your immune system, but mentally as well.
With all these reasons, it's hard to not love it. It tastes great, it's perfect for this cold weather, and you're doing your body a favor.
Do you drink green tea regularly after meals? If not, how do you cleanse your body of the foods you ate through out the day? If you haven't tried green tea, try it out and let me know what you think!
Comments (48)
I love green tea! I try to remember to drink atleast a cup a day. Oolong tea is good too, for dieting.
I think I'm going to go make a cup right now. ^.^
Working at a tea retailer and now a tea cafe, you can bet that I love tea. If you definitely love green tea, give white tea try. I guarantee that you will be hooked as well. White tea is the super form of green tea:
- 15 times the amount of antioxidants
- Less caffeine than green tea if you don't wanna be kept up
- Tightens skin to reduce fine lines and blemishes
- Is good for multiple infusions!! (can rebrew more than once!)
- Nice crisp taste without overpowering your taste buds
And like Cashew, Oolong is amazing as well. Speeds up your metabolism for sliming results, and is the number one tea drunk in China. Not to mention, oolong tea tastes better after you rebrew it.
I love green tea and all sorts of tea
@laytexduckie@xanga - I'll have to try rebrewing the oolong tea. i never knew that!
i drink black tea with a dip of honey.
Just be sure not to drink more than 6 to 8 glasses of it per day. (I know that sounds like a lot, but some people overdose on it.) It can cause some serious health problems, particularly with the caffeine and fluoride.
I just started drinking it because I had heard of all the great health benefits. When I make a glass I like to pour a little juice into it to give it a little boost.
I'm not personally a big fan of tea at all, but I do recognize it's benefits. My Chinese grandmother used to drink tea with every meal.
I drink tea all the time! It makes me feel less bloated after every meal. It's great.
Green tea is probably my favorite. :]
It's got too much caffeine in it for me. But I do like it.
i heard that drinking five servings of green tea a day causes 1 pound to be lost every 42 days, and 8 pounds over the course of the year.
i'm too lazy to drink it 5 times a day hahaa. i don't drink it at all anymore and i plan on starting again..
I <3 Green Tea! ^______^
@Cashew - Well, it depends on whether or not you have it in loose leaf form or tea bag form. If it is in the tea bags, it won't taste pretty because . . well, tea bags are made up of the broken leafs and dust at the bottom. If you have the loose leaf form, brew away my friend.
I love green tea. It actually makes me feel a lot better after I had a real heavy meal, and I actually enjoy the taste.
I. Love. Tea.
It's the ultimate beverage ^^
I'm trying to get into the habit of drinking green tea :)
I do drink Green Tea, but not after every meal. Just once a day.
Green tea is a common beverage in my house.
I <3 green tea, but I am currently out of it. I have a nice detox tea that works wonders. I LOVE the taste of it and the smell. Thanks for all these green tea facts. I'm going to have to get some tomorrow!
I drink tea everyday, period. I've completely taken out soda & juices (the superbly sugary ones) out of my diet.
I have a huge box of green tea at home right now, so I've been drinking green tea everyday for the past month. :)
I definitely love it. Hehe.
oh yeah!
i drink green tea at least two to three times a day.:DI love green tea. I used to drink it daily, but got lazy. It's a new year, though, so I'm going to break out the tea bags and get brewing.
Great post :)
I love Green Tea, especially Japanese tea. Just don't drink enough of it. I will start a NY's resolution - Drink more Green Tea!
Love your blog, Happy New Year. Love & Light, Mel.
I love green tea too. My favourite is Genmaicha, which is Japanese green tea leaves with roasted rice. Teabags just doesn't cut it, although I do have them when I'm too lazy to wash my teapot/plunger mug. (Although I don't drink them for weight loss purposes, I find that I lose some weight when I go through a phase of heavy green tea drinking.)