Blogs — Green Tea

Green tea is the unprocessed variety of tea and amongst the healthiest beverages on our planet! It is loaded with potent bioactive compounds such as epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) that prevents cellular damage and protects us from various diseases. Green tea is also beneficial to boost brain activity, enhance fat burning, prevent cancers, delay the sign of aging, improve oral health, manage and prevent type 2 diabetes, lowers the risk of cardiovascular diseases, etc. In short, consuming green tea on a daily basis will do us more good than we can imagine!

Green tea has an incredible therapeutic value, and there is no debate about it. The beverage is consumed worldwide, comes in various varieties, and recently, it has been dragged to the spotlight for its health benefits. For the uninitiated, green tea is rich in antioxidant content and known to have curative properties against diabetes, health illnesses, and even cancer. What’s more, drinking green tea can be a perfect friend in your weight loss journey. The antioxidant properties in green tea called catechins, combined with the caffeine content, boost metabolism and amplify fat burning in the body, therefore driving weight loss...

Origin of Green Tea  Green tea comes from the Camellia sinensis plant, and the same plant also used to make Black tea. If you go way back on history, you will see Camellia sinensis originated from China. It was 2737 B.C.; the discovery of this magical tea happened accidentally. One day, while travelling, Emperor Shennong mistakenly drank water, which had a dead boiled leaf in it.  When he was drinking this water, he found it very refreshing and soothing. And after that, he started to drink this tea regularly; thus, a new beverage was introduced to the world. It is...

We have been told over a million times that green tea is healthy. The web, to be specific, has a bible on it. However, green tea, as we believe at Assamicaagro, is far more beneficial than you know, and is arguably the best panacea for all your lifestyle ills. So far, what we have known about green tea is that it’s rich in antioxidants and helps reduce certain cancer risks as well as the chances of experiencing a heart stroke. An ingredient called polyphenol in green tea, which is tested to be 25 to 100 times more potent than Vitamin C and E is effective...