* Green tea in all cups
Comment by Thomas@Zug
Dear SJCG friends! ☆ From Brueckenbauer (Migros Newspaper) August 18, 1998 * Green tea in all cups More and more people are drinking green tea. The infusion of the natural leaves of the tea-plant is said to have real miraculous effects. Around hundred people women and men were attending a lecture of the Lucerne chemist Mr. Peter Oppliger together with the nutrition advisor, Mrs. Erica Baenziger about his favourite topic: GREEN TEA. The attending
people paid SFr. 80.-- in order to be able to listen to the lecture at the Lucerne Noble Hotel National. During breaks and lunch time, people could taste different kind of green teas. The seminary ended with a Japanese Tea Ceremony of the two Tea Masters, Mrs. Mukai Yumi and Mrs. Maekawa Yuki. Mr. Peter Oppliger is the so called Green Tea "Guru"(Authority) of Switzerland. He published a book about green tea of which already 100'000 copies were sold. (*Der gruene Tee. Genuss und Heilkraft aus der
Teepflanze/Peter Oppliger, Midena-Verlag, 5024 Kuettigen, ISBN 3-310-00294-2, SFr. 19.--. The success of his book comes from the fact that more and more people are interested in a healthy way of life and nutrition. The book is easily understandable and does not make any false promise. Why green tea is so healthy? According to the latest research results, green tea has the following positive effects on your health:
Allay stomac and intestines problems Decreases the level of cholesterol Strengthen the blood-vessels Positive influence on heart and circular course Prevent from arteriosclerosis and promotes its healing process Effects against inflammation Positive influence on the function of the thyroid gland Promotes the blood ciruclation and the regeneration of the skin Increases the mental and physical efficiency Helps against depression Promotes the healing of lever illness Good antirheumatical effects if drinken regularly Helps not go get gall-stones and renal calculus Because of the high content of flurorine:good against caries Helps to prevent the cancer risks Diuretic effects and detoxicate the body Contains iron, fluorine and other important elements and vitamines
Comment by Thomas@Zug Let's drink japanese green tea every day. By the way have you ever tasted green tea together with milk? I drink it almost every day. You boil some milk and you prepare a pot of green tea. Afterwards you mix the two and you enjoy a fine drink.