What are the benefits of drinking green tea? First of all, we must understand the ingredients of green tea. It has been proved by modern scientific research that green tea contains more than 450 kinds of organic compounds and 15 kinds of inorganic minerals, most of which have the effects of health care and disease prevention. 1, reducing fat and weight, preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Drinking tea is closely related to losing weight. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, Shennong Materia Medica mentioned the slimming effect of tea: "Long-term service, peace of mind, benefiting qi ..... intellectual man fit and not old". Modern scientific research and clinical experiments have proved that drinking tea can reduce blood lipid and cholesterol and make the body lighter. This is because the comprehensive coordination of phenolic derivatives, aromatic substances, amino acids and vitamins in tea, especially the comprehensive function of tea polyphenols, theanine and vitamin C, can promote fat oxidation, help digestion and reduce fat and weight. In addition, tea polyphenols can dissolve fat, while vitamin C can promote cholesterol excretion. Green tea itself contains tea gan ning, which can improve the toughness of blood vessels and make them not easy to rupture. A study published in the Journal of Circulation of the American Heart Association in May 2002 shows that drinking tea regularly can reduce the risk of dying of heart disease. Researchers from Harvard Medical School in the United States conducted a follow-up survey on 1900 patients with heart disease, mainly the elderly over 60 years old. The survey found that those who drink more than 65,438+04 cups of tea per week have a lower risk of death within about three and a half years after a heart attack than those who don't drink tea. The study also shows that even if patients drink less than 14 cups of tea per week, it may reduce the death rate of heart disease by 28%. 2. Anti-cancer. Green tea contains tea polyphenols and caffeine, which have comprehensive effects, not only refreshing, but also improving human immunity and anti-cancer. In recent years, the American Chemical Society has always found that tea has an inhibitory effect not only on digestive system cancer, but also on skin, lung and liver cancer. It has been confirmed by scientific research that the organic anticancer substances in tea mainly include tea polyphenols, theophylline, vitamin C and vitamin E; The inorganic anticancer elements in tea mainly include selenium, molybdenum, manganese and germanium. Scientists in China and Japan believe that catechins in tea polyphenols have the best anticancer effect. 3. Anti-poison sterilization. The use of tea as a good antidote can be traced back to the ancient Shennong era (about 2737 BC). The saying that "Shennong tasted a hundred herbs and encountered 72 poisons every day, and solved them with tea" is recorded in Records of the Historian Huang San, Huai Nan Zi Xiu Wu Xun, Herbal Yi Yan and other books. Cha Sheng Lu Yu pointed out in the Book of Tea, the world's first authoritative work on tea science, more than 1200 years ago (AD 780), "Tea is the most suitable drink because it is cold ... If you feel hot, thirsty, stuffy, headache, tired eyes, tired limbs and uncomfortable joints, drink it four times. The above symptoms listed by Lu Yu are very close to typical pneumonia or suspected cases. Chen Zangqi, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in Materia Medica: "Quench thirst and eliminate epidemic diseases. Expensive tea also. Liu Ye, a famous eunuch, listed "eliminating furuncle with tea" as one of the ten virtues of tea. Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a new narrative in the study of tea by doctors in past dynasties, which is similar to detoxification and sterilization with tea. However, due to the underdeveloped science at that time, infectious and epidemic diseases were collectively called "plague" or "furuncle". Although bacteria and viruses are not specified, it has been proved that drinking tea is helpful for detoxification and sterilization. The research on the health care function of tea has been deepened in modern medical circles. In 2003, American scientists reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Sciences that "the chemical substance named' theanine' in tea can enhance the anti-infection ability of human body by five times". 4. Long life. The anti-aging effect of green tea on human body is mainly reflected in the coordination of several effective chemical components and various vitamins, especially tea polyphenols, caffeine, vitamin C, aromatic substances, lipopolysaccharide and so on. , can enhance human myocardial activity and vascular elasticity, inhibit arteriosclerosis, reduce the incidence of hypertension and coronary heart disease, enhance immunity, thus anti-aging and longevity. Medical research shows that tea polyphenols can not only reduce the contents of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood, but also enhance the toughness and elasticity of microvessels and reduce blood lipids, which is extremely useful for preventing and treating common diseases of middle-aged and elderly people such as hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Tea contains selenium, and it is organic selenium, which is more easily absorbed by people than selenium in grain and oil. Dr Richard Paixiwat of the United States believes that adding selenium to food, combined with vitamin C and vitamin E, can prolong people's life, and tea is rich in these strange elements that are beneficial to life. Birth, old age, illness and death are irresistible laws. The so-called "longevity" is false, and "longevity" is true. There are countless examples of longevity by drinking tea. According to Song? 6? 1 Qian Yi's Nan Xinshu records that in the third year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 849), there was an old monk in his thirties in Du Dong (now Luoyang, Henan). The emperor asked him how to keep in good health. He said, "I am a young minister and I don't know anything about medicine. I am kind by nature. All I ask is that tea is everywhere, or I meet more than 100 bowls of tea every day. "Qianlong is the longest-lived feudal emperor in China. He reigned for 60 years and lived to be 89 years old. Drinking tea is one of his health recipes. Su Juxian, the oldest birthday girl in Shanghai and the last scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, insisted on drinking tea as a big habit all his life. He lived to the age of 108 (according to the radical of the Chinese character "tea", it can be divided into "rice" and "eighty-eight", which is 108). 1994 Yuan Dunzi and Wang, a couple aged 104 who won the title of "Longevity Couple" in Shanghai, also drink tea every day, usually at 10 and 3 pm every morning. Zhang Shun, a centenarian born in 1896, Gaozhou, Guangdong Province, has four noes: no smoking, no drinking, no gluttony and no picky eaters. " Sixi likes coarse grains, sweet potatoes, jealousy and tea. 1898 Born in Fengshun County, Guangdong Province on August 20th, Zhang is a hardworking and long-lived woman who never smokes, drinks or drinks tea. Professor Wu Juenong, honorary chairman of China Tea Society, known as "contemporary Cha Sheng", celebrated his 90th birthday. When talking about the mystery of longevity of himself and his wife, he gave the answer of drinking more tea and eating more fruit. (Press: Wu Lao lived to be 9 1 year old, and his wife Chen lived to be 98 years old. ) The famous mathematician, consultant of Shanghai Tea Society and Professor Su of Fudan University lived to be 65,438+0,065,438+0 years old. Drinking tea after breakfast every morning is a way for him to live a long and healthy life. Mr. Cui Guiyong, President of Luyu Tea Classics Research Association of Korea, loved tea on weekdays and lived to 100 years old (died on April 5, 2002). In the northwestern Indian city of Gapur, there was an old man named Habibou Mian, whose age was officially recognized by the local government as 125. When telling the secret of his longevity, the old man Mian talked about his eating habits. "I never smoke. Drinking tea is my only addiction." There is a farmer's birthday girl named Zanadi michal in Egypt. He drinks more than 6 cups of tea every day, but he is lucky to live to be 130! Deng Xiaoping, a politician with ups and downs, loves to drink green tea. Deng Xiaoping's sister Deng Xianqun once recalled Deng Xiaoping's life during the Cultural Revolution and said, "My eldest brother likes drinking tea. He likes to drink green tea produced in Sichuan and Anhui, and sometimes drinks West Lake Longjing tea. Tea is still relatively expensive. He put a lot of tea in the cup, which will take up two-thirds of the cup when it is completely soaked. My eldest sister-in-law makes a cup of strong tea for my eldest brother every morning. When my eldest brother finishes drinking, my eldest sister-in-law will continue to drink the remaining tea roots and make him another cup in the afternoon. " The ancients called tea a medicine for all diseases. Tea can preserve health and prolong life, but it is important to persist and persevere, and you will see the effect. Drinking tea has a hundred benefits but no harm. Although drinking green tea is good, there are still many regrets: 1, green tea is easy to oxidize and difficult to preserve. Tea polyphenols in green tea are strong antioxidants, so it is easy to nourish itself. Although the reason why tea polyphenols can make people live longer is still inconclusive, the tea brewed from oxidized old tea is coffee red, without tea fragrance, and the taste is greatly deteriorated. 2. Most people drink tea weakly and are not used to strong tea. Therefore, for the sake of health, the amount of tea they drink is insufficient. 3. Beware of "urea tea". What is "urea tea"? A few years ago, there was demand for tea, and tea farmers in some places had "technological innovation". After picking tea every morning, spray urea solution on the tea tree in the afternoon, and the tea will grow very long the next morning. This cycle leads to a sharp increase in tea production. Therefore, when drinking tea, we must recognize the brand and the quality, and we must not be greedy and cheap. Green tea, also called unfermented tea. Tea is made from proper tea shoots through typical technological processes, such as enzyme fixation, rolling and drying. Its dry tea color, brewed tea soup and leaf bottom are mainly green, hence the name. Among the green teas in China, the appearance is the most famous, which is not only rich in fragrance, long in taste, excellent in quality, but also unique in shape and has high artistic appreciation value. According to the different methods of drying and enzyme fixation, green tea is generally divided into frying, baking, drying and steaming. Stir-fried green tea: Due to the different mechanical or manual forces in the drying process, the finished tea forms different shapes such as long strip, round bead, flat fan, needle and spiral, so it is divided into long stir-fried, round stir-fried and flat stir-fried. Long-fried but refined, it is called eyebrow tea. The finished products have different colors, such as Zhenmei, Gong, Yucha, Needle Mei, Xiumei, etc., each with different quality characteristics. Ruzhenmei: The rope is tight and straight or looks like a lady's girl. The color is blue and cream, the aroma is high and fresh, the taste is strong and refreshing, and the soup color and leaf bottom are slightly yellow and bright; Gong Xi: This is a kind of round tea in long-fried green tea, which is called Gong Xi after refining. The shape particles are similar to bamboo tea, and the bottom of round leaves is tender and even; Rain tea: originally a long tea separated from pearl tea, now rain tea is mostly obtained from eyebrow tea, with short and tight shape, even green color, pure aroma, rich taste, yellow-green soup color and tender and even leaf bottom; Round fried green: Round and compact in appearance. Due to different producing areas and processing methods, it can be divided into flat fried green, Quangang Bai Hui and Yongxi Huo Qing. Flat fried green: produced in Shengxian, Xinchang, Shangyu and other counties in Zhejiang. Historically, coarse tea was refined in Pingshui Town, Shaoxing, and the finished tea was round and firm as pearls, so it was called "Pingshuizhu Tea" or "Pingshui Tea", while coarse Chaze was called Pingchao Tea. Fried green: due to different origin and preparation methods, it is mainly divided into Longjing, Qiqiang and Dafang. Longjing: produced in Xihu District, Hangzhou, also known as West Lake Longjing. Picking fresh leaves is exquisite, and the buds and leaves are required to bloom evenly. Senior Longjing is particularly fine in workmanship, with "green color and fragrant smell". Sweet taste and beautiful shape. Flag gun: produced in the surrounding area of Longjing tea area in Hangzhou and adjacent counties such as Yuhang, Fuyang and Xiaoshan. Dafang: produced in Shexian County, Anhui Province and adjacent areas of Lin 'an and Chun 'an, Zhejiang Province, with Laozhu Dafang being the most famous. Baking green tea: drying in a baking cage. Most of the roasted green tea, after reprocessing and refining, is used as the tea blank for smoking scented tea. The aroma is generally not as high as that of fried green tea, and a few fried green teas have excellent quality. According to its shape, it can also be divided into strip tea, pointed tea, slice tea and needle tea. Bar baking is produced in the main tea-producing areas in China; Pointed tea and flake tea are mainly produced in Anhui, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities. Among them, the characteristic green baking mainly includes Huangshan Mao Feng, Taiping Monkey Kui, Luan Guapian, Jingting Green Snow, Tianshan Green Tea and ancient Zhuzi bamboo shoots. Jiangshan Green Peony, Emei Mao Feng, Jinshui Cuifeng, Zhouxiabi Peak, Nannuo Bai Hao and so on. Such as Huangshan Mao Feng: produced in Nennen County, Huangshan, Anhui Province. The appearance is tender, smooth and slightly curly, the buds are fat and even, and the edges are sharp. Shaped like a "sparrow tongue", it is golden and shiny, commonly known as ivory. The aroma is fresh and long, the soup color is clear, the taste is mellow and fresh, and the leaves at the bottom of the leaves are blooming, rich and bright. Sun-dried green tea: It is sun-dried. Mainly distributed in Hunan and Hubei. Guangdong. Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have a small amount of production. The quality of sun-cured green tea is the best in Yunnan, which is called "Dianqing". Others, such as Qing Chuan, Qian Qing, Guiqing and Eqing, have their own merits, but they are not as good as Yunnan. Steamed green tea: Steam fixation is an ancient fixation method in China. During the Tang Dynasty, it spread to Japan until now. But in China, it changed to frying from the Ming Dynasty. Steamed green is the use of steam to destroy the enzyme activity in fresh leaves, forming the quality characteristics of' three green' with dark green color, light green tea soup and green tea bottom, but the aroma is stuffy green and the astringency is heavy, which is not as fresh and refreshing as pot-fried green tea. Due to the need of foreign trade, China has also produced a small amount of steamed green tea since the mid-1980s. The main varieties are Enshi Yulu, produced in Enshi, Hubei; China fried tea, produced in Zhejiang. Fujian and Anhui provinces.