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The Benefits of Green Tea and its Leaves

Brendan Murphy
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Green TeaGreen tea is a leaf and therefore a vegetable.

If you buy loose green tea rather than tea bags, then the brewed / cooked leaves are large and resemble chopped cooked cabbage leaves. It’s unusual that so many of these leaves are thrown away. Tea can be bought in whole leaf, normal ground tealeaves or as a powder. Like any green leaf they are packed with nutrients and the tea from green tea leaves is a powerful drink subjected to many studies over the years in the east and the west.

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Low-Carb Myths and Truths

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Carbohydrates do raise blood sugar, because they provide so much of your body's preferred source of fuel: glucose. When glucose levels rise, your pancreas releases a flood of insulin that prompts cells to store sugar. Advocates say that eating a diet low in carb makes weight loss easier because low, steady blood sugar conquers food cravings. But the next step in the low-carb equation is open to debate: Proponents say these diets also change your metabolism so your body breaks down more fats, and--voilà--fewer of the calories you eat are stored as flab.

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