March 30, 2010

Finding the Best Green Tea to Drink

Today one of the most popular drinks in America is fast becoming green tea and for good reasons. Green tea is known for its taste and health benefits far and wide, including weight loss assistance, reducing cancer risks and adding antioxidants to your diet.

It is something of a challenge to select the best green tea, especially if you are new to the green tea world. Some of the best "green tea" examples available on the market today are found below. There are also some excellent ways to bring out the wonderful flavor through brewing.

Sencha green tea is one of the most popular types of green tea. As an introduction to the green tea family this is perhaps the best green tea since it is very economical and has the most recognizable taste of all green teas for sale.

Kabusecha is another choice and it considered one of the best green teas today. It remains a favorite with customers throughout the world because it is taken from the first and finest harvest. It has a signature scent that is a grassy aroma associated with the best green tea.

A Japanese green tea option is Myou-Kou which is a green tea that is deep steamed. This tea has a thicker, bolder flavor compared to the lighter green teas and is considered the most unique and best green tea available.

Brewing Your Cup of Green Tea

How green tea is brewed is half the enjoyment as any fan of green tea will tell you. Unlike your normal oolong and black teas it is unfermented so the brewing method is a little different for green tea.

When brewing the best green tea the one thing you need to remember is that the tea leaves need room to expand and add their health benefits to the water that they are infused in. To the flavor of the resultant tea can be hindered by tea bags or tea balls. Allowing the tea leaves to sit loosing in the water and steep for a few minutes is the best way to brew green tea and then is should be strained if desired.

A matter of taste and preference is the best way to find the best green tea. Try a number of different types to see which is your favorite green tea

March 25, 2010

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March 22, 2010

Give Up Green Tea for Pregnancy?

My only reservation has to do with the amount of caffeine you're consuming in 32 ounces of green tea daily. No studies have linked caffeine consumption with delayed conception except among smokers who drank 8 or more cups of coffee per day. However, researchers have found that consuming the amount of caffeine found in five or more cups of coffee per day doubles the risk of miscarriage. Roughly 200 mg of caffeine are found in one and a half to two cups of brewed coffee and half that amount in two cups of brewed tea.

As you know, green tea (Camellia sinensis) affords many health benefits. The polyphenols it contains can protect your heart by lowering cholesterol and improving lipid metabolism and can lower your risk of cancer by scavenging for free radicals. I know of no studies suggesting that you shouldn't continue to drink green tea while you're trying to conceive or during pregnancy.

There's no evidence that moderate caffeine consumption of 200 mg daily from green tea or other beverages increases the risk of miscarriage. Although the caffeine contained in a cup of green tea typically is about half the amount found in coffee, brewed imported green tea can contain as much as 110 mg of caffeine, almost as much as you would get in some brewed coffee. When estimating your caffeine intake, remember to add in other sources of caffeine in your diet, particularly soft drinks.

Fortunately, no studies have found a connection between caffeine and birth defects, low birth weight, a baby's motor development or intelligence. But because caffeine can enter breast milk, you'll need to watch your green tea consumption if you plan to breast feed your baby and limit your caffeine intake to no more than 300 mg daily.

By Dr. Andrew Weil

March 15, 2010

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken - Green Tea

Adapted from "Cooking with Green Tea" by Ying Chang Compestine (Avery, $16.95)
Serves: 8 Prep. time: 20 minutes
Total time: 1 1/2 hours (plus additional chilling time)

Marinade
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
Dash of sesame oil
4 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced fresh orange zest
2 green onions (green and white parts), ends removed, minced
2 teaspoons whole green tea leaves, crushed
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (about 5 ounces each),
rinsed, patted dry

Sauce
1/2 cup brewed green tea
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Diet Information
164 calories (19% from fat)
3 grams fat (1 gram sat. fat)
3 grams carbohydrate
29 grams protein
156 mg sodium
78 mg cholesterol
17 mg calcium
0 grams fiber

To make the marinade, in a large bowl or sided glass dish, mix the fish, sauce, vinegar, pepper and sesame oil. Whisk the cornstarch into the vinegar mixture until it dissolves. Stir in the garlic, orange zest, green onions and green tea leaves. Add the chicken, turning to coat with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. To make the sauce: Combine the green tea, honey and lemon juice. Set aside until serving time. Remove the chicken from the marinade. Discard any remaining marinade. Preheat the grill or broiler. Place the chicken on the grill and cook for about 8 minutes. Turn and grill about 8 minutes more, depending on the thickness of the chicken or until it is tender and no longer pink in the center. Serve the chicken with the dipping sauce.

March 12, 2010

Green Tea Truffles

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Combining matcha and chocolate together to make these incredibly delicious truffles, is the best idea I’ve heard all day. A box of these little treats would make the perfect homemade gift for the chocolate lover in your life this holiday season!

Ingredients

1/4 cup invert sugar
1/3 cup cream
1 1/2 tablespoons matcha
2 tablespoons butter, very soft
6 ounces dark chocolate, finely chopped

Directions

1. Combine the cream and invert sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat on the stove.
2. Remove from heat, add the matcha, stirring to dissolve. Cover the top of saucepan with plastic wrap and let stand for about 10 minutes. Check it occasionally and stir to dissolve and remaining bits.
3. Meanwhile, place the chocolate in a bowl and set over a pot of simmering water. Do not let the bowl touch the surface of the water. Melt the chocolate until it reaches 115 degrees. The chocolate will most likely not be fully melted yet and you will have to stir it - watch carefully or your chocolate will overheat and you will have to wait for it to cool down!
4. Check to make sure the cream is also at 115 degrees and strain out any undissolved matcha.
5. Pour the cream and chocolate into a tall, clear container. Use an immersion blender to blend the mixture until the ganache thickens and becomes pudding like. Add the butter and combine with the immersion blender. Alternatively, you can do all this in a food processor.
6. Pour the ganache into a container that will allow it to spread out to a thickness of about an inch (not a very large container). This will make it easier to scoop truffles.
7. Allow the ganache to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until firm, preferably overnight.
8. When you are ready to make truffles, use a small cookie dough scoop to scoop balls from the ganache. Place them on a tray so you can pop it in the refrigerator to chill if necessary.
9. Roll the truffles in dark cocoa powder and decorate with a bit of matcha on top.
10. Store the truffles in the refrigerator, and remove about half and hour before serving.

Green Tea Martini Recipe

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This incredible green tea infused martini was created by Jason Gronlund, executive chef for Tabasco.

1 1/2 oz. Charbay green tea vodka
1 1/2 oz. Zenn green tea liquor
1 oz. ginger vodka
1 oz. soju or sake
1/2 oz simple syrup
Juice of half lemon
1 dash habanero Tabasco sauce
Crystallized ginger for garnish

1. Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker that has been filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a sliver of crystallized ginger.

Drink Green Tea Today For Better Health & Wellness

Green tea has been used and enjoyed for thousands of years because of the incredible healing properties it possesses. If you've found our site, then you've heard about the wonderful benefits of green tea and how it can help people lose weight. Get ready to discover this miraculous drink and all it has to offer.

If you’re new to green tea, explore this site to learn everything you need to know why you should incorporate green tea into your life. We are always updating our site with new articles and research so be sure to check back often.

March 08, 2010

Green Tea Extract Could Help Uterine Fibroids


Health and Wellness by Bethany Burks
Womens Health Update: Green Tea Extract Could Help Uterine Fibroids
January 24th, 2010

Womens health update: Green tea extract could help uterine fibroids, at least that’s what researchers at Meherry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee think. The school has received a $21.4 million grant to explore laboratory discoveries and turn them in to cures from the National Center for Research Resources. The green tea extract’s effectiveness on treating uterine fibroids will be examined under the umbrella grant.

Uterine fibroids plague as many as 40% of women that are within the reproductive age limits. Certain ethnic groups such as African Americans are more prone to this disease. The most common treatments include hysterectomy, and myomectomy. Hysterectomy includes removing a woman’s reproductive organs, making it impossible to have a child again.

Myomectomy is the surgical removal of fibroids. This treatment comes with risks that affect pregnancy, and does not remove the risk that new fibroids will occur. Sometimes a woman undergoing a myomectomy has to have a hysterectomy because of surgical complications.

If Green Tea extract helps with uterine fibroids, this would be a great development in women’s health. Using a natural substance such as green tea would be a welcomed alternative to surgical treatment.

Clinical trials on animals show that green tea extract appears to kill human leiomyoma cells in tissue cultures and eradicate fibroid lesions in animal models, and the grant they have received will help them bring this to a clinical trial including human subjects.

Women with uterine fibroids are urged to speak with their healthcare providers about possible treatments and management. A woman is best off when she follows the orders of her healthcare practitioner. A good doctor or nurse will explain all risks and benefits associated with a treatment and allow a patient to make an educated decision based on their personal analysis of such risk and benefits. Those unsure about advice given should always seek a second opinion.