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Green tea is a highly recommended addition to the human diet, and deserves its own section in the Learning Center.

The tea plant is technically known as Camellia Sinensis. All tea varieties come from this species (green tea, black tea, oolong tea, and white tea). The differences are in the processing methods. Other “teas” from flowers such as peppermint, camomile, etc. are not “technically” teas. 

Every kind of tea contains some polyphenols, but the minimal processing that Green tea undergoes produces the highest content of polyphenols available in teas. Due to these polyphenols, Green tea is very high inantioxidants which are, like Resveratrol and red wine extracts, known to have a great many health benefits.

In particular, Green tea is very high in Flavonoid antioxidant polyphenols, which are again linked to red wine and the French Paradox. The most powerful flavonoids present in both red wine and green teas are catechin, epicatechin and gallic acid. Resveratrol, is NOT contained in green tea.

The best kind of Green teas are those which are minimally processed, whole leaf teas, versus the “chopped up” variety found in most commercially available teas, although these kinds still are worth drinking.

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