Harmful Effects of Green Tea

Harmful Effects of Green Tea

To date, the only negative side effect reported from drinking or taking  green tea is insomnia due to the fact that it contains caffeine.

 However,the green tea contains less caffeine than coffee,there are approximately 30 to 60 mg. of caffeine in six - eight ounces of tea, compared to over one-hundred mg. in eight ounces of coffee.

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Is Green Tea Good for Your body?

There are as many answers to this question as there are researchers investigating the natural properties of green tea.


 As an example, Herbs for Health magazine cites a Japanese report stating that men who drank 10 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).

 Beside this, 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 signs 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 per day.

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 capsules formula insists that 10 cups per day are necessary to reap the maximum benefits.


futhermore,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.




How to Brew a Cup of Green Tea

Producing the perfect cup of green tea is a quite tricky process.
 If not handled properly, those same polyphenols that provide health benefits can ruin the flavor, making the tea tasteless and grassy. 

It's particularly important not to overbrew green tea. 





While it's best to follow the manufacturer's instructions for each variety of green tea, here are some general instructions.

Use one tea bag, or two - four grams of tea, each cup of tea.
Fill a kettle with cold drinking water and bring to a boil.


After unplugging the kettle, allow it to stand for up to three minutes.


Pour the heated water over the tea bag or tea, and allow it to steep for up to three minutes.

 If using a tea bag, remove the bag.
Allow the tea to cool for three more minutes.


1 or 2  teaspoons, depending on the variety of green tea you are brewing.