Green tea: side effects on your skin‏. The benefits and the risks of the green tea

Many scientists talk about the risks and benefits of green tea, as well as its side effects on the skin. Whom you can believe and where is the truth? This information you can find in the article.

A green tea is at list of foods rich in antioxidants – substances which exempt our body from the damaging effects of free radicals, boost the immunity and slow the aging process. Thanks to these substances green tea is very good for our body. It is not only an excellent means of treating from many diseases of an infectious nature, but also it`s good in the prevention of the various diseases, including atherosclerosis and cancer.

The impact of a green tea on the skin

A green tea is often a part of the means for skin care recently. You will hear about it everywhere, it is used by many manufacturers of cosmetics now. Even if due to the increased sensitivity of the skin, you can not use the products, which include a green tea, you can just drink it, and the effect will be exactly the same. Plus an additional benefit, so you will make a favor for your body. Besides a green tea promotes the weight loss, lowering the level of cholesterol in your blood and reduce the risk of cancer.

Since ancient times, Chinese and Japanese women have used a green tea to moisturize the skin. Green tea moisturizes, tones and rejuvenates the skin. It retains all useful items that help protect the skin. First, you can just wipe your face every day with a green tea. This will help to keep the skin in a good shape. You can also use a frozen green tea. It helps the skin to wake up. In addition, a green tea is an excellent makeup remover, because it is much more useful than any, though advertised, but stuffed with chemicals, cosmetics. In addition, green tea helps to get rid of acne. The steam from a green tea perfectly cleanses the pores. With the help of green tea you can relieve the fatigue from your eyes. To do this, simply attach to the eyelids the tea bags or tea leaves. A more complicated method requires to add the sour cream to the tea leaves. This mixture is using as a compress.

What are the other benefits of a green tea?

1. The antibiotic effects of tea. The catechins of a green tea have antibiotic properties, as they can interrupt at a certain stage the process of bacterial DNA replication.

2. The anticancer effect of a green tea on the gastric cancer.

3. The using of a green tea extract helps to protect the skin from UV damage (photoaging and carcinogenesis).

4. The increase in metabolic rate.

5. The ability to prevent diabetes.

6. The increased concentration.

7. The stimulation of the immune system.

8. The consumption of tea reduces the chances of the cognitive impairment.

9. To reduce the stress hormone.

10. Green tea and its extract help in the fight against obesity and lower the level of “bad” cholesterol, these two factors increase the likelihood of developing the heart disease and the diabetes.

Do not forget about the potential risks from the consumption of green tea

1. Fluoride. All tea leaves contain a fluorine, but the mature leaves content a fluorine  in 10 or even 20 times more than in younger leaves on the same plant. The high intake of fluoride (the daily dose of intake is 2 mg for children 4 mg for adults) increases the risk of the fractures and osteo fluorosis. Choosing the right place, where a tea is cultivated may reduce the risk of getting an excessive amount of fluoride in tea leaves, and as a result into the body.

2. Aluminium. As in the case of fluorine, a tea plant is the natural bioaccumulator of the aluminum, especially hard aluminum accumulates in the older leaves where its concentration reaches to 30,000 ppm by dry weight. In a spite of a considerable debate about the dangers to health from the aluminum, there are the significant amounts of the evidence that excessive intake of aluminum can lead to Alzheimer’s disease in the long run.

3. Caffeine. Caffeine is a drug, it is addictive, and the abuse of tea can lead to harmful side effects, such as increasing the likelihood of the certain sleep disorders.

4. Oxalates. Tea contains the oxalates, the excessive consumption of which can lead to the formation of kidney stones as well as binding of free calcium and other useful minerals in the body. Oxalate in a green tea poorly absorbed by the body, so for consumption the negative effect of this tea required to drink it in the large volumes.

5. Tannin. It has been suggested that the chemicals, known as tannins, may increase the risk of cancer of the esophagus, but in some studies we can find that tea drinking may actually reduce the risk of developing the esophageal cancer.

6. Effect of the citrus on tea. Drinking tea with citrus, such as lemon juice, is generally accepted. A study, conducted at Purdue University in 2007, showed that the most of the antioxidant catechin is not absorbed into the blood, when you simply drink a cup of tea without lemon. The study also showed that the addition of citrus to the tea reduces the acidity (pH) in the small intestine and is the reason that absorbs a large amount of catechins.