Consuming Matcha Green Tea Powder is an Ancient Tradition
The Matcha Tea tradition started in Japan and has become popular around the world! It has grown primarily because of its amazing health benefits and secondarily because of its great taste -- particularly in smoothies and lattes.
Unlike the tea bags you steep and sip, with Matcha powder you consume the entire tea leaf which has been ground into a fine powder.
Matcha therefore delivers a more concentrated cup of nutrients and antioxidants than steeped teas. Actually the word “Matcha” literally means “powdered tea.” Thus, authentic Matcha is never steeped from a tea bag.
MATCHA is A Nutrient Powerhouse with Amazing BENEFITS!
Premium Matcha is high in nutrients, antioxidants and a catechin called EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), which is believed to have tumor -fighting effects on the body.
Studies have also linked the EGCG as well as other nutrients in Matcha green tea to a variety of health benefits, including helping to prevent heart disease, blood sugar issues, supporting youthful looking healthy skin, and even encouraging weight management
In addition to being a nutritional power house, Matcha is rich in L-Theanine an amino acid that actually promotes calmness, relaxation, focus and overall well-being because it impacts your brain waves.
When comparing Matcha green tea powder against other teas, Matcha powder can contain up to five times more of this amino acid than common steeped black and green teas.
Premium Matcha costs a bit more. Because of the way the leaves are grown, shaded, harvested and processed, the price of the Matcha tea often reflects the quality. Superior Matcha teas come from the first flush or the first pick of leaves in the year during the spring. This is when plants have been resting all winter and produce the most nutrient dense and flavorful leaves filled with chlorophyll, L-theanine, and catechins.
What you want is a beautiful bright and vibrant green. If your Matcha is on the yellow side that means it’s of a lesser quality and comes from leaves harvested later in the year instead of during the spring.
Consider This When Choosing Matcha . . .
Some products and restaurants might use a Matcha mix that has sugar and/or powdered milk which makes it less healthy than straight-up Matcha powder.
When you are using pure Matcha you can be conscious of how much sugar or milk you’d like to consume so that it doesn’t overpower its benefits.
NOTE: Although matcha is not considered a treatment for illnesses, matcha green tea leaf powder is a potent wholefood that can be eaten to help support your healthy lifestyle goals.
Scientific Studies Continue to Discover Matcha Health Benefits . . .
Weight Management
Obesity also leads to higher oxidative stress in the body characterized by excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) that react with lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids and induce various chronic diseases.
Consuming compounds with antioxidant properties is especially important to neutralize these ROS, which improves health, protects from chronic diseases, as well as aids in weight loss. (1)
Heart Health
Catechins in matcha may lower the content of triglycerides and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in the blood and increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which all leads to improved lipid metabolism and therefore, improvement in body weight and cardiac health (2)
Anti Tumor / Anti Cancer
Other studies showed that the L -Thianine in matcha greet tea has similar ability to inhibit proliferation and viability of both estrogen receptor-positive and -negative breast cancer cells as its components EGCG and quercetin. The evidence from 14 in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo studies concluded that theanine has moderate inhibitory effects on cancer cells. (3 )
The Take Away
There are many benefits you can expect when consuming premium Matcha Green Tea Powder regularly. You'll want to make sure you keep this amazing super food close by -- whether at work or home. Here is a summary of a few key appreciated features:
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It's loaded with antioxidants, chlorophyll and vitamins.
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You'll get more energy than you would from other teas.
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Boosts concentration, focus and cognition
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Increases Metabolism / Burn Calories
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Fights tumors, detoxes and helps with blood sugar levels
How to Use Matcha Green Tea Powder
Keep in mind, all green tea has caffeine – but only about a 1/3 cup when compared to caffeinated coffee. Therefore, due to its caffeine content, morning or afternoon is the best time to consume Matcha.
Matcha can be added to smoothies, lattes, baked goods or sipped as a tea. When drinking as a tea whisk a serving into about 2 oz of warm water, that add warm milk or simply more water. It taste great by itself however feel free to add a hint of honey if you choose.
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Article by RHONDA ORAH WATSON, Author, Wholistic Consultant
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REF:
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916866/
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262053/
(3) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33891786/
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