Green Tea benefits driven mainly by ‘Polyphenols’

Green Tea deep dive

Green tea Side effects

Green tea has lot of health benefits, however it's side effects should also be considered, if we think about every human health. Before discussing benefits of green tea, let us consider the side effect part.

Green tea may slow down the effectiveness of some medication due to potential interaction with caffeine content. This may introduce inadvertent delay in patient’s recuperation from disease related to heart, kidney, liver, stomach ulcers, anxiety, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder, depression, anemia, osteoporosis, and glaucoma.

During some medications, green tea may increase effectiveness of medicines (for e.g. antibiotics) and introduce the risk of side effects when taken along with prescribed medicines. In such situations, green tea may cause unknown adverse effects (like mania, increase in blood pressure, internal bleeding, agitation, insomnia, stomach pain and cramps etc) on patients.

In addition to this, pregnant and breastfeeding women should avoid drinking green tea.

Please note that overdose of Caffeine (including caffeine from green tea) can cause headaches, loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Hence to be on safer side, it is always recommended to consult your doctor or health care provider before consuming green tea if you are on some medications. Now we have some information on side effects, let us check why green tea is beneficial for human health.

Green tea health benefits

Green tea provides most of the health benefits due to its enormous antioxidant effects and help to deal with some serious health problems. The antioxidant properties in green tea are mainly due to chemicals called ‘Polyphenols’. Though ‘Polyphenol’ content give bitter taste to green tea, but it makes the green tea a greater medicinal drink. Our nervous system play critical role in controlling and managing the human body. Green tea helps to stimulate and keep our nervous system peaceful. The reason behind this is mainly due to amino acid compound content present in green tea.

Overweight and obesity can be caused due to several reasons. Apart from taking medicines and special therapies, we should also ensure to take a good sound sleep and drink enough water daily. If we don’t have time to sleep, then our body too doesn’t respond to medication properly. Secondly drinking enough water daily resolves some of our common health issues.  In addition to this, if green tea is taken regularly, it may help to enhance metabolism and burn unnecessary fat. Gradually green tea effect can help in improving the weight loss and controlling obesity issues.

People with borderline diabetes can be benefitted by taking green tea extract daily. It may help to regulate glucose in the body and control blood sugar levels. Green tea considerably helps in reducing harmful LDL cholesterol and increasing good HDL cholesterol thereby lowering total cholesterol. Regular dosage of green tea can block harmful cholesterol from being absorbed in the intestine. As a result, it will help the body to manage and get rid of high cholesterol problem.

Struggling with cancer is a grave situation. People are more likely to have successful treatment of cancer, if it is diagnosed in early stage on time. Drinking green tea regularly may reduce the risk of different types of cancer (related to gall bladder, ovary, breast, lung, esophagus, pancreas, prostate, skin, stomach, and colon). Polyphenols content in green tea may help to kill cancerous cells and prevent them from growing.

So next time if you like to consume green tea benefits, happily accept the bitter taste of ‘Polyphenol‘ and enjoy this great medicinal drink!