1. Boost weight loss
Get a cup of green tea and lemon in the morning
will give kick out your fat and help to reduce your weight. Green tea and lemon
are best choice for you who are trying to lose weight and wanted a slimmer
waistline. Just brew the green tea and add a slice of lemon inside your cup
then add some warm. Drink it every morning. Study show that people who
regularly drink green tea and lemon has significant weight lost every month
about 10 pounds from its total weight. Purdue University researchers also found
that the vitamin C in lemon can increase the level of cathechin inside the body
which can be effective in reducing fat cells.
2. Improve immunity
What else can improve your immunity. Both vitamin C
in lemon and the EGCG compound in green tea will certainly boost the immune
system function and help the immune cells to fight disease.
3. Fight cancer
We can found that cancer rate in countries that
loves to drink green tea is commonly low such as Japan. Green tea contains
strong antioxidant that know as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) which protect
the cells from oxidative stress. According to a study that conducted by
Hirofumi Tachibana’s teamat Kyushu University in Japan, green tea can protects
the body from range of cancers, including lung, prostate and breast cancer due
to the presence of EGCG. Plus the vitamin C in lemon, this super tonic will
really do proctecting your body from the nightmare of cancer.
4. Inhibit tumor
growth
Study also reported that green tea along with lemon
can prevent 50% of the tumors from taking hold and significantly inhibit the
growth of the tumors in the tissue or body organs. If you are afraid of having
tumor, consuming cup of green tea and lemon every morning will provide you with
this benefits.
5. Reduce
inflammation
Inflammation is commonly happen in the body and the
mixture of green tea and lemon will significantly reduce and cure the
inflammation.
6. Maintain healthy
skin
Green tea and lemon are the ingredients of many
skin care product since the have been proven can maintain healthy skin and keep
it young. Vitamin C in lemon work together with cathechin or antioxidant in
green tea fight the free radicals effect on skin and keep your skin firm.
7. Treat fungal
infection
Cathechin in green tea and vitamin C in lemon also
have anti-fungal activity that can inhibit the growth of pathogen fungal such
as Candida albicans or known as fungi that cause oral and
genital infection to human.
8. Prevent cold and
flu
Anti-viral activity of green tea and lemon have
been proved by many researches. The antioxidant presence in green tea and lemon
can slighly inhibit the infection of influenza virus and directly destroy the
virus when it enter the body. So if you get symptom of cold better drink a cup
of lemon and green tea to relieve the cold.
9. Reduce
cholesterol
Based on study which published in Archives of
Internal Medicine, green tea is effective in reducing cholesterol level. Adding
lemon to green tea will double and boost the effect of cholesterol reduction.
10. Prevent
atherosclerosis
Since green tea and lemon can reduce the
cholesterol level in the body, they also effective to prevent atherosclerosis
or the development of plaque inside arteries wall.
11. Lower the risk
of heart disease
Reducing cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis and
other antioxidant function of green tea and lemon will certainly protect the
heart and reduce the risk of heart disease. As we know that heart disease is
number one killer in the world especially in United States.
12. Prevent HIV
Lemon and green tea are best tonic to prevent HIV infection
that can lead to AIDS disease. The EGCG in green tea is effective in binding
the HIV and prevent it to infect the cells based on the statement of Journal of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology while the vitamin C in lemon can boost the
immune cells function and strengthen the T cells. Tcells are the immune cells
which are targeted by HIV.
13. Improve
metabolism
Green tea and lemon can improve the metabolism rate
and this is why it is effective to burn the calories and fat inside the body. A
study which published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported
that consumption of green tea and lemon can increase daily expenditure until
4%.
14. Prevent diabetes
The EGCG is effective in enhance insulin level in
the blood that can prevent the development of diabetes type 2 and treat the
diabetes type 1 which caused by lack of insulin. The EGCG increase insulin
sensitivity in the body and detecting glucose. It also burn the sugar and block
the sugar to be stored as fat. Study also reported that addition of lemon to
green tea did not affect the insulin-potentiating activity
15. Prevent tooth
decay
Tooth decay is mostly caused by bacteria which live
in mouth cavity. Green tea add with lemon can certainly remove this bacteria
and prevent from tooth decay.
16. Freshen breath
Researchers at the University of Chicago found that
the active compounds in green tea that known as polyphenols help inhibit the
growth of bacteria that cause bad breath. Lemon also can double it function by
removing the bacteria and resulting in fresh breath.
17. Balancing pH in
the body
Lemon is known as the only food that has anionic
character which can balance the pH in the body. Adding lemon in green tea will
not disturb this effect. A normal pH balance in body will keep the effective
metabolism process.
18. Purify blood
Human blood can contains many harmful substance and
toxin. Combination of green tea and lemon can be effective to clean the blood
from such harmful toxin and waste product.
19. Maintain healthy
digestion
Who knows that green tea and lemon can have aid in
digestion. Antioxidant and active components of lemon and green tea can soothe
the digestion process and improve nutrient absorption.
20. Protect the
kidney
As mentioned before that the tonic of green tea and
lemon combination can help to purify the blood and it will make the kidney to
work better.
21. Relieve stress
Taking warm green tea and lemon after work or after
hard activities during the day can help you to relieve stress. The antioxidant
and vitamin in green tea and lemon will calm the nerve and promotes good mood.
22. Treat asthma
Asthma is a disorder which happen on respiratory
tract due to infection of allergen. Green tea and lemon can prevent the
respiratory tract from the infection and soothes the smooth muscle of
respiratory tract.
23. Clear the skin
Clean blood will result in clear skin. Dull skin,
and acne are sign that the blood contains many toxin and harmful substance. The
anti-inflammatory properties of lemon and green tea can be effective to clear
the skin from infection such as acne problem.
24. Get rid of
coffee habit
Instead of drinking a cup of coffee in the morning,
it is better to drink green tea added with lemon. Based on experience, some
people who drink green tea and lemon in the morning didn’tt feel coffee or
caffein craving.
25. Relieve sore
throat
Sore throat can be really annoying and if you
suffer from sore throat, try to drink lemon and green tea mixture. It will help
to reduce infection in the throat and relieve your pain.
26. Prevent scurvy
As we know that scurvy is mainly cause by lack of
vitamin C and infection of bacteria. Green tea and lemon is best combination to
prevent scurvy since they contains high Vitamin C and antioxidant that can
prevent infection in mouth cavity.
27. Treat sleep
disorder
Sleep disorder is common problem for people
nowadays due to high stress and tight work schedule. People used to sacrifice
sleep then later they build the symptom of sleep disorder. Sleep disorder can
be serious thing if its getting overwhelm. If you experience insomnia and cant
get sleep soon after you go to bed, try to drink a cup of green tea and lemon.
This tonic will calm your nerve and promotes sleepiness.
28. Promotes liver
function
Liver is main organ which play important role in
detoxify the body from harmful toxin and substance. Green tea and lemon can
significantly support liver function and help to purify the blood.
29. Reduce the risk
of parkinson disease
Parkinson disease is a disorder that occur in the
brain and resulting in muscle tremor, muscle stiffness, losing ability to speak
and etc. A cup of green tea also contains between 15–50mg of caffeine which can
reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease and it can increase in short-term memory
temporary.
30. Maintain Healthy
Brain
A study which conducted in Japan showed that
elderly Japanese people who consumed more than two cups of green tea a day had
a 50% lower chance of brain illness compare to who drank fewer than two cups a
day or who consumed other types of beverage. Vitamin C in lemon also can
protect the brain cells from free radical effect. So we can say that green tea
and lemon is one of the best beverage for brain in the world. Even the EGCG in
green tea is twice strionger than resveratrol which usually found in red wine.
31. Reduce the
symptom of Arthritis
Arthritis is a problem that affected to joint and
causing joint pain. Arthritis is known as symptoms of autoimmune disease and it
causing joint inflammation. Anti-inflammatory properties in green tea and lemon
can significantly reduce the joint pain in Arthritis patient.
32. Treat Urinary
disorder
Green tea and lemon can cleanse the blood and
improve urination in the body. The improvement of urine production will cleanse
the kidney and urinary tract from waste material and it also effective to clean
the prostate of the men from accumulation of calcium.
33. Relieve
constipation
The tonic from green tea and lemon can be used to
treat constipation since it has laxative effect and can ease the bowel movement
through large intestine and promote healthy defecation which can get rid of
constipation