What are the benefits of drinking green tea?

Green tea generally has most of its health benefits arising from the antioxidants present in it.... which are responsible for soo much good...like an increase in your metabolism...for faster weight loss.....plus...antioxidants are also responsible for inhibiting cancer cells... The bad points are quite few...you just need to keep it under 6 cups and you will be fine. Anyways... theres something new called white tea which is even more healthy...its taking the world by storm...It is THREE times more effective coz its got a very high concentration of antioxidants.... I thought that its all hype..till i got a free pack from http://freewhitetea.com .. I started with that..(they sent a very pure form..which included acai as well...so was even more effective for weight loss...) and its good... but i did'nt want to lose so much weight(i was barely overweight)... so im shifting to a more lighter version soon..probably from adagio or something... hope i helped :)

There are as many answers to this question as there are researchers investigating the natural properties of green tea. For example, Herbs for Health magazine cites a Japanese report stating that men who drank ten cups of green tea per day stayed cancer-free for three years longer than men who drank less than three cups a day (there are approximately 240 - 320 mg of polyphenols in three cups of green tea). Meanwhile, a study by Cleveland's Western Reserve University concluded that drinking four or more cups of green tea per day could help prevent rheumatoid arthritis, or reduce symptoms in individuals already suffering from the disease. And Japanese scientists at the Saitama Cancer Research Institute discovered that there were fewer recurrances of breast cancer, and the disease spread less quickly, in women with a history of drinking five cups or more of green tea daily. It gets more confusing. A University of California study on the cancer-preventative qualities of green tea concluded that you could probably attain the desired level of polyphenols by drinking merely two cups per day. On the other hand, a company selling a green tea capsule formula insists that ten cups per day are necessary to reap the maximum benefits. How can you make sense of these conflicting claims? Given all the evidence, it is probably safe to plan on drinking four to five cups of green tea per daily. If you're a real devotee, by all means drink more; but whether or not you'll derive added health benefits remains to be determined by further research.

Green Tea will boost your metabolism and give you more energy

its boost the metabolism :) and hwo much you wana drink is up to personal prefernce really! bad points is that i think it stains the teeth and you need to loo a lot lol, but upside it speed the metab up and its pretty healthy for you :)xxx

Personally, I drink it because that way I'm not drinking soda. So it keeps me from suffering the tooth-rotting, empty-calorie, excessively-sugary negative side effects of drinking soda pop. And I always imagine that somehow the chemicals that make soda have bubbles must go against nature as well.

have you ever tried rooibos tea. benifits Acts on the nervous system to ease irritability, headaches, nervous tension and insomnia. Relieves stomach cramps and colic in infants Used to treat hay fever, asthma and eczema Slows the aging process of skin when applied directly Improves the immune system function

There's not much bad stuff about it. All i know is that it keeps you alert and it's a really healthy version of normal tea. But i suppose if you drink too much it could affect your heart rate as it's basically a non-crap energy drink.

It can HELP with a really strict diet to get rid of fat. HELP is the key word.