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Taste Test Tuesday: Stash Chai Green Tea
You can have your chai tea and drink green tea too! I love chai tea and the wonderful combination of spices and flavors that go into making it (cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, clove, cardamom, etc...) But, I like to get a couple cups of green tea a day for all the potential health benefits.
Now there's a way to do both! Stash brand of tea has a Chai Green Tea bag and it's wonderful. I found it in my local supermarket so I hope that means it's pretty easy to find in your neck of the woods. The directions on the tea bag say to brew the tea for 3-5 minutes, but if you like your chai tea flavor on the mild side, steep your tea bag more like 2 minutes.
Green tea was named as one of the "synergy superfoods" in my latest book by Rodale, FOOD SYNERGY. With each sip you get two potent flavonoids - anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin - as well as a healthy dose of catechin, which may enhance the antioxidant activity of alpha-tocopherol (a form of vitamin E) and trigger weight loss by stimulating the body to burn calories and decrease body fat.
But I'm probably most excited about this research breakthrough: Green and black tea contain antioxidant polyphenols thought to block cell damage that can lead to cancer. Green tea happens to be loaded with a certain polyphenol catechin called EGCG, which has a knack for binding to a certain procancer protein, interfering with its ability to activate cancer cells, possibly stopping cancer before it starts!
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Now there's a way to do both! Stash brand of tea has a Chai Green Tea bag and it's wonderful. I found it in my local supermarket so I hope that means it's pretty easy to find in your neck of the woods. The directions on the tea bag say to brew the tea for 3-5 minutes, but if you like your chai tea flavor on the mild side, steep your tea bag more like 2 minutes.
Green tea was named as one of the "synergy superfoods" in my latest book by Rodale, FOOD SYNERGY. With each sip you get two potent flavonoids - anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin - as well as a healthy dose of catechin, which may enhance the antioxidant activity of alpha-tocopherol (a form of vitamin E) and trigger weight loss by stimulating the body to burn calories and decrease body fat.
But I'm probably most excited about this research breakthrough: Green and black tea contain antioxidant polyphenols thought to block cell damage that can lead to cancer. Green tea happens to be loaded with a certain polyphenol catechin called EGCG, which has a knack for binding to a certain procancer protein, interfering with its ability to activate cancer cells, possibly stopping cancer before it starts!
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1 Comments:
I LOVE Stash's Chai and De-caf Chai, they are so delicious. Last week I found the Green Chai and it tastes just as good as the black teas! Yummy!
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