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Can Green Tea Ease OCD Symptoms?

The typical treatments for OCD involve a combination of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and appropriate medication. 

But in addition to medical treatments, other resources can also supplement your ongoing treatment and make it a little easier. 

One of these options that the OCD community swears by is the consumption of green tea. But is green tea really going to help ease OCD symptoms? 

The short answer is no, but the long answer is a little more promising. But before we get to that, you must first u...

Is Green Tea a Natural Antihistamine? – Green Tea Quiz

If you have allergies, you may consider starting a green tea drinking habit. Evidence suggests that the healthy brew may also provide relief from allergies. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a compound in green tea, has been found to be capable of blocking an important cell receptor that contributes to the allergic response.

In past studies, other compounds in green tea also demonstrated anti-allergenic properties, but EGCG seems to be the strongest thus far. This compound is the primary source o...

Japanese Green Tea VS Peruvian Tea

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Land of the Incas, Peru. Besides the many amazing sights, a local popular tea also held a fascination for me. The Peruvians and others in the same area are partial to a tisane made with coca leaves. The resulting drink has been described as very similar to Japanese green tea with its grassy notes and smooth quality.

Peru's Coca Tea

The coca tea or mate de coca has been an intriguing concept to those who have heard of it but have never encountered it. ...

17 Japanese Tea Ceremony Tools

A tea ceremony is one of the essential things to do when you appreciate the Japanese culture. Visiting Japan and learning how to do a tea ceremony is a refreshing experience. Since you don't want to miss it when you get home, let's reminisce about the tradition and get started with these beautiful matcha ceremony tools that you can purchase on Amazon.

1. Chawan or “tea bowl”

Mino Ware Handcrafted Matcha Tea Bowl

Holding the tea bowl with one hand and mixing matcha with your other hand is easy, ...

Is It Safe to Consume Grapefruit and Green Tea Together? – Green Tea Quiz

Grapefruit and green tea are two food items associated with good nutrition. Grapefruit is noted for its health benefits, including high antioxidant content, heart health support, blood sugar management aid, weight loss promotion, and better brain function promotion.

Meanwhile, green tea’s benefits include a high level of healthy bioactive compound content, fat burning properties, as well as association with improvement of brain function, cancer risk reduction, protection from aging, bad breath ...

Which Tea is Good for Me? (Interactive Tea Finder)

Try our new Interactive Tea Finder. Click on the Check icon below to get started!
*This works better on your desktop than mobile (sorry...)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Everything Green Tea: Beauty Benefits

Green tea is a popular drink that offers many health benefits. It has been used for centuries in Asia for its medicinal properties. But recently, it has become popular in the West as a healthy beverage to drink and as an ingredient in beauty products.

And while green tea has many health benefits, it has also proven to be an effective beauty treatment. Here are some different ways you can use green tea to improve your appearance:

As a diet supplement

Green tea can help you lose weight by increasi...

Can Green Tea Heal Oral Lichen Planus - Green Tea Quiz

Green tea is touted to be one of the most wholesome beverages in the world. Its consumption is acknowledged to have plenty of health benefits. Thanks largely to its high antioxidant content, regularly drinking green tea has been found to be helpful in the improvement of brain function, the loss of fat, protection against cancer, and heart disease risk reduction.

Green tea is also loaded with bioactive compounds called polyphenols that protect the body from autoimmune ailments. These health disor...

Can I use K-Cup to brew green tea?

It seems as if everyone has a Keurig on the kitchen countertop for brewing coffee in an instant. At home and in the office, Keurigs are everywhere. And now, many tea drinks are left wondering if they can use their machine to make K-Cup tea. Let's talk about that today!

The world of Japanese green tea lovers shouldn’t feel left out of the Keurig hysteria. This is because the Keurig is perfectly crafted to also make a quick steeping cup of Japanese green tea. When you don’t have the time or desire...

What is Yabukita (やぶきた)

There is clearly more to green tea than meets the eye. It is as diverse as most marketable crops are. While all tea plants belong to the same Camellia Sinensis family, they still manifest differences in shape, color, taste, aroma, etc. That's because they come from different cultivars. 

What is a cultivar?

While it's pretty easy to get an idea of what it means from the word itself, it's better to know what it actually is. It is often defined as a plant variety produced during cultivation through...