Why is Green Tea good for you?

Question

I drink at least 5 cups of green tea a day with no sugar or anything so I wanted to know what makes it healthy for you?

Answer 1

In her book Green Tea: The Natural Secret for a Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor states that green tea has been used as a medicine in China for at least 4,000 years. In ancient times, green tea was used as a medicine to heal everything from headaches to depressions.

in 1994 the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.

Answer 2

it's good for you because you've replaced it with coffee.