It revs your memory. A drink with 250 mg of green tea extract increased the brain connections that process and store information. (Take a look at these 10 other ways to seriously improve your memory.)
It’s bad news for cancer. Digestive cancer risk was 17% lower in women who drank at least three cups a week.
It burns fat. Human studies are far from conclusive, but (per research in mice) green tea + exercise = 36% less belly fat. (Find out how drinking green tea can help you walk off up to 22 pounds in 8 weeks in Walk Off Weight.)
It protects your brain.
EGCG, a polyphenol in green tea, may guard against neurological diseases, studies on mice show.
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It staves off stroke. Drinking three cups of green tea a day could reduce risk of stroke by up to 20%.
