{"id":604,"date":"2013-08-11T18:05:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liquidwisdomteashop.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2013-08-11T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-11T18:05:01","slug":"green-tea-is-a-super-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/?p=604","title":{"rendered":"Green Tea is a super food!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a potent plant nutrient called epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, green tea is proving that food (or beverage, in this case) really is the best medicine. Here are several reasons to start drinking green tea today or to keep drinking it if you\u2019re already hooked:<\/p>\n<p>Lower Cholesterol-It prevents cholesterol build-up in arteries and helps prevent cardiovascular disease.<br \/>\nSlows Breast Cancer-Green Tea helps slow breast cancer growth. New research found that EGCG inhibited cancer cell metabolism in breast tumors.<br \/>\nSkin Protection-It helps to protect the skin against UV damage. It may prevent skin damage and wrinkling. EGCG appears to be 200 times more powerful than vitamin E at destroying skin-damaging free radicals. Free radicals react with healthy cells in the body, causing damage so lessening their numbers may help reduce wrinkling and other signs of aging.<br \/>\nBurn Fat-Green tea is an overall fat buster and helps burn belly fat. EGCG in green tea activates fat-burning genes in the abdomen to speed up weight loss by 77%.<br \/>\nStabilizes Blood Sugar-Green Tea keeps energy stable by balancing blood sugar levels. EGCG improves insulin use in the body to prevent blood sugar spikes and crashes that can result in fatigue, irritability, and cravings for unhealthy foods.<br \/>\nCancer Prevention-EGCG helps slow the progression of several different types of cancer cells, including lung cancer, prostate cancer and colorectal cancer.*<br \/>\nGreen tea is forbidden for people with Multiple Myeloma(MM) if they use the drug Bortezomib (Velcade)or similar**<br \/>\n*Information obtained from http:\/\/www.care2.com<\/p>\n<p>**Information obtained from Wikipedia and supported by several different websites\u2026please check with your Dr. before consuming Green tea if you suffer from MM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a potent plant nutrient called epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, green tea is proving that food (or beverage, in this case) really is the best medicine. Here are several reasons to start drinking green tea today or to keep &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/?p=604\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwts.michaeltstarks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}