This drink has endless health
benefits.
There is no shame in aging because it is a natural process that
everyone goes through. While it's useless to keep it from occurring, it's also
okay if you want to find healthy ways to slow it down.
Exercise, restful sleep, lowering stress, and eating a good diet,
for example, can all help slow down the aging process, according to the Mayo Clinic. We've also got you covered if you're looking for specific foods or
drinks to help.
According to Courtney D'Angelo, MS, RD, author at Go Wellness, one
of the best drinks to reduce aging is a classic cup of green tea!
Continue reading to find out why D'Angelo chose green tea as the
best.
Green tea may be one of the world's healthiest drinks, according
to studies that suggest it might help speed up metabolism, lower the risk of
some cancers, and boost cognitive health. Green tea can also help reduce the
aging process as if its long list of advantages wasn't already impressive
enough.
"Antioxidants in green tea have various health benefits,
including strengthening the immune system (preventing disease), lowering
inflammation, and stimulating collagen production, which helps the skin seem
younger," explains D'Angelo.
More antioxidants than other teas
Green tea has high levels of polyphenols, a type of antioxidant
present in various plant substances and believed to help protect against
diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.
According to a study published in Nutrients, green tea has the
highest level of polyphenols of any tea, with polyphenol antioxidants making
for around 30% of the tea.
While various types of tea might help you age naturally, green tea
is the most excellent choice for a long list of health benefits.
Are there any adverse side effects of green tea?
Green tea has countless anti-aging characteristics, but there is
such a thing as too much of a good thing! "You may not want to drink too
much green tea because it contains caffeine, and caffeine has all of the
terrible side effects connected with it," D'Angelo says.
If you're likely to experience anxiety or jitters, for example,
too much caffeine can exacerbate these symptoms, so it's essential to keep
track of your caffeine intake with green tea.
For comparison, an 8-ounce cup of coffee contains approximately 96 milligrams of caffeine, while an 8-ounce cup of green tea contains about 28 milligrams. If you're used to drinking coffee, you might not notice the caffeine in green tea as much.