Mandarin Orange Green Tea

INGREDIENTS & TASTE
Mandarin Orange Peel, Sencha Green Tea. In this tea, mandarin oranges, sometimes called tangerines, has a refreashingly fruity aroma and taste.
 
BENEFITS
Helps to strengthen the immune system
Helps to promote healthy blood functioning
Aids in digestion
A natural bronchodilator and antispasmodic
Helps to inhibit lung cancer
Helps to breakdown nicotine in the body
Helps to improve glucose uptake after meals
Helps to suppress HIV infections
 
Lowered Cancer Risk
Mandarin oranges can lower your risk of liver cancer, says the RxPG News site. In a study published in the March 2009 issue of Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, researchers found that, people with chronic viral hepatitis who drank mandarin orange juice reduced their risk of developing liver cancer. In the 2.5-year study, participants with the disorder hepatitis who consumed a beverage containing mandarin juice daily showed no signs of liver cancer. This is in contrast to the 8.9 percent rate of liver cancer found among the participants who did not drink the daily beverage.
 
A Vitamin C Source
Mandarin oranges provide you with up to 80 percent of your daily vitamin C intake. Vitamin C has many, helping destroy unstable molecules in your body known as free radicals via its antioxidant properties. Free radicals are molecules with odd numbers of electrons that search for an even number by taking an electron from stable compounds your immune system makes to fight infections. This causes a chain reaction, making stable free radicals unstable and potentially damaging protein and DNA. Antioxidants help stop this chain reaction, preventing cellular damage.
 
Cholesterol Improvements
The antioxidants in mandarin oranges can lower your bad cholesterol levels. They do this by combating the free radicals that oxidize your cholesterol, which makes the cholesterol stick to your artery walls, says FitDay. This causes blood to slow down when moving in the arteries, which can increase your risk of high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease. The attachment to the arteries can also cause an increase in liver disease as well, says the site.
 
Weight Loss
Mandarin oranges are a good source of dietary fiber, with 3 grams of fiber per 100-gram serving. Regularly eating fiber helps you feel fuller longer, reducing your desire or need to eat more food, assisting in weight loss. Women should consume about 25 grams of fiber daily, and men need about 38 grams. Adding mandarin oranges to your meals often can supply you a significant part of this daily requirement.
 
Green Tea has antioxidants that help to keep the skin from being plagued by acne and in some cases been demonstrated to function equally as well as the harsher benzoyl peroxide used in many skin products. The polyphenois in green tea have demonstrated a positive effect on intestinal inflammation suffered by people afflicted with conditions like irritable bowel syndromes. Green tea demonstrates improvements in vascular function, leading to significant reductions in stroke risk. The average intake in those studies was 4 cups per day for black tea and 5 to 6 cups per day for green tea (due to the smaller cup traditionally used). The study was commissioned by the UK Tea Advisory Panel.  
 
Green tea as well as black tea aids in reducing sugar levels and inhibiting cataracts in diabetic mice.  The study by the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania found both teas reduced glucose levels and other diabetic complications, such as cataracts, during the three-month test on rats. "Most people, scientists included, believe that green tea has more health benefits than black tea," said lead author Joe Vinson. of the research to be published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.  The finding that green and black teas are beneficial suggests the drinks could be simple and inexpensive ways for humans to fight diabetes, he said. Vinson's earlier work showed both teas equally inhibited atherosclerosis, a major risk for people suffering from heart disease as plaque builds up on arterial walls. United Press Int'l, April 19 2005.