Green tea contains tea polyphenols, which are anticancer. If you drink 4 cups of green tea a day, the cancer cells will not divide, and even if they do, they will be delayed for more than 9 years. (Jasmine tea does not have health effects, just fragrant). Second, green tea contains fluorine, Cao Xueqin wrote "Dream of Red Mansions" when he said that people in the Jiafu take tea to rinse their mouths after eating, and Su Dongpo also recorded that he took the middle and lower tea to rinse his mouth after each meal, the purpose is to strengthen the teeth. He didn't know it was fluorine, but now the Japanese have figured out that it not only strengthens teeth, but also destroys toothworms and plaque. Third, green tea itself contains theophylline, theophylline is to improve the toughness of blood vessels, so that blood vessels are not easy to rupture. Not more than four cups a day (200 ml) or so cups, drink more easy to go to the kidneys, that is, frequent urination is a precious, noble beverage, drinking tea is the spiritual enjoyment, is an aesthetic and artistic behavior, is a way to cultivate the body and mind. Tea for a variety of beneficial effects on people's body and mind, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign say a lot, China's Tang Dynasty Liu Zhenliang's "ten virtues," the statement is more comprehensive. He will be the benefits of drinking tea as: tea taste, tea to nourish the body, tea to drive fishy gas, tea to prevent disease gas, tea to raise life, tea to dissipate boredom, tea Li Li Ren, tea to show respect, tea can be elegant heart, tea can be feasible way. Green tea's eight functions 1. anti-aging Green tea contains antioxidants to help resist aging. Because of the process of human metabolism, if over-oxidation, will produce a large number of free radicals, easy to aging, but also will make the cell injury. SOD (superoxide dismutualization) is a free radical scavenger, can effectively remove the excess free radicals, to prevent free radicals on the body's damage. SOD (superoxide dismutualization) is a free radical scavenger that can effectively scavenge excess free radicals and prevent free radicals from damaging the human body. The catechins in green tea can significantly increase the activity of SOD and scavenge free radicals. 2. Antibacterial Research shows that the catechins in green tea have an inhibitory effect on some of the bacteria that cause disease in human beings, and at the same time do not harm the reproduction of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, so green tea has the function of rectifying the intestines. 3. Lowering blood lipids Scientists do animal experiments show that tea catechins can reduce the amount of plasma total cholesterol, free cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, as well as triglycerides, and at the same time can increase HDL cholesterol. Experiments on humans have shown that it can inhibit platelet aggregation and reduce the incidence of atherosclerosis. Green tea contains flavonols, antioxidant effect, but also to prevent blood clots and platelets into groups, reduce cardiovascular disease. 4. Slimming and fat reduction Green tea contains theophylline and caffeine, which can be activated by many effects of protein kinase and triglyceride lipase, reducing the accumulation of fat cells, so as to achieve the effect of weight loss. 5. Prevent dental caries, clear bad breath Green tea contains fluorine, which catechins can inhibit the role of caries-bearing bacteria, reduce plaque and periodontitis. Tea contains tannins, has a bactericidal effect, can prevent food debris reproduction of bacteria, so you can effectively prevent bad breath. 6. Cancer prevention Green tea has an inhibitory effect on some cancers, but the principle is limited to the inference stage. To prevent the occurrence of cancer, drinking more tea is bound to have its positive encouraging effect. 7. Whitening and UV protection Experts have found in animal experiments that the catechins in green tea can resist UV-B induced skin cancer. 8. can improve indigestion In recent years, studies have shown that green tea can help improve indigestion, such as acute diarrhea caused by bacteria, you can drink a little green tea to alleviate the situation. In fact, drinking green tea is really good, the only attention is not to drink too much at night, so as not to cause insomnia!