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Friendly, readable, and chock full of amazing information about green tea's health benefits, Green Tea: The Natural Secret to a Healthier Life is backed by five decades of scientific research. Also included is a fun look at green tea's history, customs, ceremonies, and safety, plus some great recipes. You'll head straight for the teapot and start brewing! Back in the 1970s, medical researchers discovered that people who regularly drank a little-celebrated beverage known as green tea seemed to have extra protection against cancer, heart attacks, strokes, infections, diarrhea, and other common ailments. This spurred a period of intensive research into green tea's health benefits that has continued for more than five decades. Today, a wealth of evidence shows that green tea truly can help prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease, regulate cholesterol levels, ward off infections and tooth decay, reduce body fat, fight harmful bacteria and viruses, slow aging, and even lengthen life. In this easy, accessible guide, you'll learn about the many health benefits of green tea and how it works it magic in your body. You'll journey through the 5,000-year history of tea, discover the many types and tastes of green tea, learn about the Japanese and Chinese tea ceremonies, and find out how to make the perfect cuppa. You'll also find some yummy recipes for green tea drinks and desserts. Written by a registered dietitian and long-time green tea aficionado, Green Tea is a comprehensive, educational, and thoroughly enjoyable look at the many facets of this ancient secret to a healthier life. Read it while sipping a steaming cup of green tea!

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GREEN TEA, The Natural Secret to a Healthier Life is an eye-opener. Even with my interest in alternative therapies, I was not aware of the wealth of research concerning the benefits of green tea. Besides extensive scientific data, Nadine Taylor details the fascinating history of tea across millennia. You will also learn what differentiates black tea from green, oolong, and white, and how to prepare and enjoy the best cup of tea. I've always liked tea, but this book made me a more enthusiastic tea drinker. - Alexander Mauskop, M.D., author of The End of Migraines: 150 Ways to Stop Your Pain I highly recommend GREEN TEA, The Natural Secret to a Healthier Life to read, understand, and apply in your life. As a Cardiovascular Specialist, I have always recommended green tea to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. The evidence is clear that there are a myriad of benefits of green tea, which are scientifically discussed by Nadine Taylor in a very understandable manner. If you want to combine gourmet taste with intellectual knowledge, then have some green tea and read this book. - Mark C. Houston, MD, MS, MSC, FACP, FAHA, author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypertension and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Heart Disease GREEN TEA, The Natural Secret to a Healthier Life is a fascinating, comprehensive book about the history and health advantages of green tea consumption. Nadine Taylor details the positive health benefits of green tea as they pertain to a wide variety of medical conditions, documenting applicable research studies. The science is there. While I have enjoyed and preferred green tea for many years, I now have a scientific basis for doing so. I tell my patients that to achieve optimal health it is necessary to have a toolbox full of a wide variety of positive modulators such as exercise, proper diet, meditation, and bioactive vitamins, to mention a few. I now have another tool to recommend and the science to back it up. Thank you, Nadine Taylor, for this all-inclusive book about green tea, the natural but no-longer-secret to a healthier life. - Sheldon Zablow, MD, author of Your Vitamins are Obsolete: The Vitamer Revolution

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Nadine Taylor is the author, editor, or ghostwriter of more twenty books in the genres of health, memoir, business, and self-help, including New York Times bestsellers and national bestsellers. A Registered Dietitian with a Master's degree in Nutrition, Nadine wrote the first edition of Green Tea: The Natural Secret to a Healthier Life in 1998. The book went on to sell 80,000 copies, and was featured in Jamba Juice stores nationwide. Now, twenty-plus years later, Nadine has thoroughly updated her popular book with a wealth of new information published in major medical/scientific journals concerning green tea's amazing health benefits. And the verdict is in: Green tea truly is a steaming cup of medicine, with remarkable healing properties. Not only can it help ward off cancer and heart disease, slow the aging process, boost the immune system, fight bacteria and viruses, and spur weight loss, it may even help lengthen life. All this in a delicious and satisfying drink that costs just pennies cup.

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