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Wu Long Tea and Aging – Can Tea Really Slow the Process?

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Does the thought of getting older stress you out?  If so, you are in good company.  Most of us frown we see the first fine lines around our eyes or dark spot on our skin.  Even worse is thinking about the health complications that go along with aging.

If you are looking for natural ways to slow the aging process, you may want to consider making wu long tea a regular part of your diet. While it is far from a miracle worker, wu long tea can help you battle the effects of aging.  This is thanks to its high concentration of antioxidants.  Specifically, wu long tea is loaded with the antioxidant polyphenols which have been shown to combat internal effects of aging as well as environmental causes of aging.

How? Free radicals are forms of oxygen which cause cellular damage inside the body.  As we age the level of free radicals that exist in our bodies goes up.  They exist as a result of normal bodily functions or can come from pollution, toxins, cigarette smoke, food additives, ultra violet rays and stress.  Free radicals damage cells, causing disease and leading to many of the physical signs of aging.

Antioxidants have been shown to fight free radical oxidative damage in the body and wu long tea is a great source of antioxidants. One study showed that subjects who drank wu long tea daily for just 15 days showed a 50% reduction in the level of free radicals in their bodies.  This means that the aging process was being slowed down because less cellular damage was occurring.

So, if you would like to defy the odds and combat the signs of aging, try drinking three or four cups of wu long tea each day.  For the best results, purchase your wulong tea from a source that you trust.  Your results will be in direct proportion to the quality of the tea that you drink.

Health Benefits of Green Vegetables

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Green vegetables are an important part of a healthy lifestyle. They offer us a wide variety of important essential vitamins and minerals and are a great source of many phytochemicals. Phytochemicals, although not nutritive, are powerful antioxidants that decrease our chances of developing cancer and heart disease. One phytochemical common to all green vegetables is chlorophyll, which is also a green based plant pigment that gives green vegetables their color. The darker green the vegetable, the greater its chlorophyll content.

Chlorophyll Health Benefits
First and foremost, marine life, animals and mammals wouldn’t exist without chlorophyll! It has the profound property of changing sunlight into energy (plant sugars) that vegetarian animals and marine life can eat, therefore forming a food chain that also supplies carnivores. So food is basically a product of sunlight.

Chlorophyll also has surprising health benefits for our blood. Its chemical structure is 99% similar to hemin – an essential aspect of our red blood cells. When we eat green vegetables, the digestive enzymes actually change the structure of chlorophyll so that it becomes 100% hemin. This helps us build blood cells, improving our red blood cell count. It is important to note that we need to consume green vegetables raw, cooking destroys chlorophyll. We also need to consume a lot of chlorophyll to start reaping these benefits. Green juicer recipes is one of the best ways to consume high doses of chlorophyll.

Antioxidants
Other than chlorophyll, green vegetables contain many other antioxidants. Vitamin C, one of the more potent antioxidants, is found abundantly in green vegetables. Vitamin C helps protect the arteries from cell damage, reducing the risk of heart disease. It also acts as a chelation agent, aiding the removal of toxic heavy metals from the body. The phytochemicals lutein and zeaxanthin are antioxidants that have been shown to help protect the eyes from the UV light. This slows down the aging process for the eyes and helps reduce the risk of developing eye disease such as cataracts and age related macular degeneration.

In health
Darren Haynes

Editors Note: You may also wish to examine using liquid vitamins and minerals as an alternative to consuming green vegetables.