| Green Tea Powder is a wonderful product! It's so good for you, with dozens of healthy benefits, plus, it's easy to use. No need to brew tea, just mix it with water, mix it in ice cream, take in it capsules or simply sprinkle it on food. You can bake with it too and I've included some recipes below.
Green tea has been found to be over 200 times more powerful than vitamin E for neutralizing free radicals, Green Tea has excellent cancer fighting properties. It also can protect against cancer radiation treatment and has a protective effect on the liver. Useful for people with diabetes. Helps prevent the formation of plaque on teeth, reducing periodontal disease and excellent for fighting the flu virus. Internally good at reducing the development of wrinkles, lowers cholesterol, lowers high blood pressure, fights infection, boosts the immune system, good for headaches, body aches & pains, digestion, depression, detoxification, as an energizer, and to prolong life. Externally it is very useful in cosmetic products for its anti-aging properties, cell regeneration, and firming skin. Also good for inflamed skin and will improve the gloss and shine of hair as well as the tensile strength. Here are some of the details:
Enhances Health
Tea is known for its incredible power to prolong life. In recent research into green tea, results show its power in preventing disease as well.
Prevents Cancer
The death rate from cancer is known to be significantly lower for both women & men in Japan. Why is this you may ask? As much as 5-6 cups daily are consumed in areas that produce green tea, making it the main beverage to drink. This suggests that the main ingredients of green tea (tannin, catechin); in sufficient amounts lower the standard mortality rates for stomach cancer.
Restricts Blood Cholesterol
There are two types of cholesterol, one is "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and heavy accumulation of these in tissues can lead to atherosclerosis. The other is good cholesterol (HDL) that prevents accumulation of excessive "bad" cholesterol. It has been proven and demonstrated that green tea catechin restricts the excessive buildup of cholesterol.
Controls High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is a serious burden on the vascular system and is known to cause heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases. Green tea is known for lowering blood pressure.
Heart Health, Stroke Prevention
Green Tea drinkers have half the risk of fatal heart attacks. Compounds in the tea called flavonoids stop blood platelets from forming clots, much like aspirin does.
Lowers Blood Sugar
Green teas given to diabetes patients cause a decrease in the blood glucose levels. Green Tea has the capability of lowering blood sugar. The sugars and carbohydrates in our food are digested mainly in the duodenum, where it is converted to glucose and then absorbed into the blood stream.
Suppresses Aging
Green tea can help suppress and reverse aging, and refreshes the body with it's high Vitamin B content that helps the human body better deal with stress, and release more energy.
Refreshes the Body
Green tea caffeine taken in proper quantity stimulates every organ in the body and clears your mind. The small amount of caffeine (about 9 mgs of caffeine) present in a normal serving of green tea can stimulate the skeletal muscles and smooth the progress of muscular contraction.
Deters Food Poisoning
It has long been known that green tea has the ability to kill bacteria and is known to deter food poisoning. Treating diarrhea with consumption of strong green tea. Green tea is a powerful sterilizing instrument for all sorts of bacteria that cause food poisoning.
Prevents and Treats Skin Disease
Soaking in green tea has been successful as a treatment for athlete's foot. Bedsores and skin disease can be prevented or healed by using a green tea bath.
Stops Cavities
Green tea contains natural fluorine and is thought to aid in the reduction of cavities in children. It has been known for some time that small amounts of fluorine can strengthen teeth and help prevent cavities.
Fights Viruses
Green tea catechin and theaflavin have a strong effect on the flu virus. It is also thought that the anti viral capability of green tea catechin may have some beneficial effect on the AIDS virus.
Suggested Dosage is 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon 3-4 times a day. Simply mix it in hot or cold water, add a little sweetener as it does taste bitter. You can put it in capsules too, take one capsule 3-4 times a day.
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Recipes:
Green Tea Cake:
4 eggs
1 3/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
2 TBSP green tea powder
1 TBSP chocolate chips (optional)
Put butter in a bowl and stir until soft. Add sugar, mix well. Add eggs. Sift flour and green tea powder together, add to mix, add chips if you want. Place baking wax paper into medium loaf pan (you can grease 3-4 mini loaf pans and make individual cakes instead). Bake at 360 degrees for 35 minutes.
Green Tea Cream Cheese Frosting
1/2 - 3/4 pack cream cheese, room temp.
1 cup butter, room temp.
2 cups icing sugar, sifted
1/2 tbsp Green Tea Powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
- Beat the cream cheese and butter in a mixer at medium speed, until creamy.
- Add in 1 cup of icing sugar, Green Tea Powder and vanilla into the mixture and mix until combined.
- Gradually add in the remaining icing sugar until the frosting attains the consistency and sweetness as desired.
Use your frosting on cupcakes, muffins, and cakes.
Instant Green Tea Ice Cream
Take your favorite vanilla ice cream such as Hagen Daz or Ben & Jerry’s from the fridge and let it soften thoroughly. Mix 1 teaspoon of Green Tea Powderinto the softened ice cream. Put it back in the fridge to harden a bit for a few minutes. Serve it on a dish and add sweet red beans from a can or chocolate syrup depending on your individual taste. It is truly delicious!
Green Tea Shortbread Cookies
1 cup all purpose flour
1 TBSP green-tea powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 pound unsalted butter
1/4 cup sugar
Sift flour, tea powder and salt into a small bowl, set aside
Place butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. cream on medium speed till fluffy, 3-5 minutes.
Add sugar; continue to beat until very light in color and fluffy; about 2 minutes.
Add flour mixture until well incorporated.
Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness on a flour dusted surface; chill in refrigerator or freezer until firm, about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 325 F. Line baking sheets with parchment. cut chilled dough with cookie cutters of your choice. Gather scraps together, re-roll, chill and cut shapes. Bake until firm and barely starting to color, 15-20 minutes, rotating halfway through. Cool on wire rack | |
