I heard that green tea has antioxidants…But Im not completely sure what they are. haha
So first thing. Does green tea have antioxidants? And what are they?

Also, does green tea like wash out excess junk in your system?
I heard it cleans out your body.

So are these true?
And are there any other health benefits of green tea?

Green tea benefits us as it is full of antioxidants which fight free radicals.

An antioxidant is a molecule which is capable of slowing down or stopping the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation reactions can produce the free radicals, which start chain reactions that damage cells.

So antioxidents are valuable as they essentially give us life and liven up our bodily processes. The free radicals are linked to the opposite processes in the body.

Green tea is said to help speed up metabolism. A cup of green tea a day brewed yourself is worth the effort and helps to optimise your bodily processes.

Magnesium: The ingestion of this mineral helps the organism to maintain the nervous system healthy, it acts like a natural relaxing for stress and depression, Also, it helps to absorb calcium and phosphorous for teeth, bones and gums. Finally, it protects the flora intestinal and protects us of heart diseases.
Iodine: This mineral is very important because stimulate the correct function of metabolism, because it synthesizes the carbohydrates, fats and cholesterol, besides it regulates the level of energy and a correct cellular function, and maintains our nervous system healthy. Iodine also it takes care our nails, hair and teeth.
Selenium: Selenium is an antioxidant mineral which protects the cells of “Free Radicals”, avoiding degeneration. Also, it protects our cardiovascular system and benefits the skin, avoiding problems as lack of elasticity, age spots, dandruff and premature aging.

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Magnesium: The ingestion of this mineral helps the organism to KEEP the nervous system healthy. It acts like a natural relaxER for stress and depression, Also, it helps to absorb calcium and phosphorous for teeth, bones and gums. Finally, it protects the flora intestinal and protects us of heart diseases.
Iodine: This mineral is very important because IT stimulateS the correct function of THE metabolism. It synthesizes the carbohydrates, fats and cholesterol TO regulate the level of energy and TO correct cellular function, and HELPS maintain A HEALTHY nervous system. Iodine also takes care OF our nails, hair and teeth.
Selenium: Selenium is an antioxidant mineral which protects the cells of “Free Radicals”, avoiding degeneration. Also, it protects our cardiovascular system and benefits the skin, avoiding problems SUCH as lack of elasticity, age spots, dandruff and premature aging.

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They three facts have to nutritional based. I have a health essay tomorrow, and he gave us the 5 possible essays. The essay is about nutrition.

Here’s the full essay question:

1. Describe at least three benefits of consuming water. How can water help "keep the fat away"? Discuss the dangers of drinking soda pop. Describe why eating fast food can be dangerous to your health. Aside from providing different nutrients, why is it important to consume different color fruits and vegetables in our diet? Be sure to include the benefits of antioxidants.

If you can, please provide everything the essay needs. You don’t need to get into too much detail. My teacher doesn’t care much about the essay. He said it could totally be a grammatical failure, but if it addresses all the points, we get a hundred. So bullets are fine. He actually gave us all the answers, but I had to go to one of the elementary schools to answers questions the 5th graders had, so I never got them.

Thanks

–Describe at least three benefits of consuming water.
~ Helps in weight loss, kidneys function better with the right amount of water in the system, the brain is made up of 85% of water, helps prevent sagging skin.

–How can water help "keep the fat away"?
~ During weight loss, the body has a lot more water to get rid of, all that metabolized fat must be shed.

–Discuss the dangers of drinking soda pop.
~ Many alcoholic and/or caffeinated drinks actually act as diuretics, causing us to urinate more frequently than normal.

–Describe why eating fast food can be dangerous to your health.
~Fast foods and junk foods are high in fat, sodium and sugar, which can lead to obesity and a range of attendant health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and arthritis.

–Aside from providing different nutrients, why is it important to consume different color fruits and vegetables in our diet?
~Research also suggests that fruits and vegetables, or components of them, may guard against certain types of cancers. For example, eating more tomato-based products may reduce prostate cancer risk, though scientists aren’t sure exactly how.

Dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants, however, consumption with milk seems to counteract the positive effects of the antioxidants in the dark chocolate
i use dark chocolate and milk together in a lot of baking, but if i switched to ALMOND milk, which is free of lactose and dairy, i would still get the benefit of the antioxidants, correct?

just drink loose leaf tea

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