Green Tea

Green tea is made from the leaves from Camellia sinensis which originated in China more than 4,000 years ago. Being used as both a beverage and a medicine in most of Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, to help everything from controlling bleeding and helping heal wounds to regulating body temperature, blood sugar and promoting digestion. Green tea has recently become more widespread in the West, where black tea has been the traditionally consumed tea. More than a decade's worth of research about green tea's health benefits -- particularly its potential to fight cancer and heart disease -- has been more than intriguing, as have studies regarding green tea's role in lowering cholesterol, burning fat, preventing diabetes and stroke, and staving off dementia.