What is the history of Green tea?and health benefits

 

What is the history of Green Tea? and health benefits.

Green tea considered as healthiest drink. We all know green tea is good for weight loss. It is good for healthy skin and hair. If you are struggling to wake up in the morning have cup of green tea it will energize you.

Introduction

Green Tea is considered as healthiest drink because of its health benefits. If you are in weight loss journey green tea is the best drink and first to consider as it improves metabolism and acts as a very good antioxidant. If your skin is losing moisture green tea is the best to dehydrate your skin. If you have dark spots and blemishes Green Tea is the best remedy to treat. If you want healthy hair then use green tea. If you want to lose water from your body then drink green tea as it generates urine. As we got to know about benefits of green tea, now lets see the history and know how it is originated.

History of Green Tea

People across the world drink tea, but most of them don't know where tea originated from. The tea we buy from stores is produced from the leaves and leaf buds of a shrub called Camellia sinensis. There are two varieties of this plant (1) Camellia sinensis, which is native to China, and (2) Camellia sinensis assamica, which is grown in Assam, India.

An apocryphal story credits the Chinese Emperor Shennong, or Shen Nung, with discovering tea around 2737 BC. However, it was much later that the benefits of green tea were discovered and people started consuming it as a medicinal or health drink.

Sometime in the eighth century, Japanese Buddhist monks traveling to China brought tea seeds back with them. Thus, tea cultivation began in Japan. It was only in the early 1600s that tea was introduced to Europe by the Dutch and Portuguese traders.

Surprisingly, the history of tea consumption in India is much older than the Japanese or Europeans. Historical records from 750 BC indicate that tea was being grown and consumed by Indians as a vegetable. But, it was the British who began commercial tea cultivation in India and formally introduced Indians to the habit of drinking tea.

Today, tea is grown in 40 countries around the world. However, China, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka contribute the most to the world's tea production.As we got to know the history lets know few more benefits of green tea….

Health Benefits of Green Tea

1.    Promotes the weight loss

2.    Reduces the risk of Cancer

3.    Lowers the cholesterol

4.    Decreases the risk of stroke

5.    Benefits people with diabetes

6.    Reduces the risk of neurodegenerative disease

7.    Fights cold and flu

8.    Decreases the risk of arthritis

9.    Protects from skin diseases

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

So have the habit of having green tea to get the above written benefits whether you are in weight loss journey or not. Have healthy body, Skin and hair. Live energized.