Green Tea Health Benefits

by Julia Sabinzky The Miracle of Green Tea For over 4,000 years, the Chinese people have used green tea as treatment for numerous ailments. Many studies have been conducted worldwide that show the positive health benefits of green tea. In 1994, the Journal of National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study that stated that one of the health benefits of drinking green tea is that it has possibly reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by up to 60%. The rich presence of catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the reason why...