Tag: green tea

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Minty Iced Green Tea

Fresh mint leaves and green tea make this iced tea a summer standout.  Sweeten with honey or agave if you desire. Ingredients 1 cup fresh mint leaves, washed 3-4 green tea bags Ice Honey or agave, fresh lavender leaves (optional) How to Make It Place mint leaves in a large glass or BPA-free plastic pitcher. […]

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Eat more chocolate and drink more green tea: Polyphenols found to help prevent obesity 8

Polyphenols are a group of micronutrients that naturally occur in plants. Cocoa, coffee, green tea, and garcinia are some foods that are rich in polyphenols. In a study published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, these plant foods were revealed to help fight obesity. Obesity is the abnormal or excessive buildup of fat […]

Apple-Ginger Kombucha

Ingredients 3 1/2 quarts water 1 cup granulated sugar 6 bags black tea 2 bags green tea 1 cup starter tea (prepared kombucha) 1 SCOBY 1 gallon jar 5 (16-ounce) glass airtight bottles 1 clean plastic bottle 12 tablespoons apple juice 12 slices fresh, peeled ginger, from 2-inch knob ginger root How to Make It […]

Teas for Tired People

Did you have one of those long days that never seemed to end where everything that could go wrong actually did? Do you find yourself tossing and turning throughout the night unable to get to sleep and sleep peacefully through the night so that you are feeling tired and out of steam? Then try one […]

Could Dark Chocolate and Green Tea be the Perfect Combination for Increased Concentration?

A new study has found that combining dark chocolate with green tea could be a better concentration pick-me-up than coffee. Hershey Company sponsored a scientific study to find out whether their new product idea could become the ultimate concentration booster. A team of researchers at Northern Arizona University conducted the study, which included 122 participants […]