If you have been drinking green tea for a while than you already know this, you have probably been feeling sharper, more alert and better able to concentrate. But now science has proved that long term green tea drinking is good for the brain. And its not just the caffeine.
In a study published in the Journal of Nutrition, a team of Japanese researchers from the Shimane University Faculty of Medicine found that the learning ability of rats was improved after four weeks of administration of green tea. The rats were tested against non green tea drinking rats on mazes that are scientifically designed to test you memory and reference learning. The green rats significantly improved in both, compared to the control rats.
HERE IS THE STUDY
So lets be smart rats here at the Tea Temple. Now that it is proven that green tea is actually able to make you smarter, its time to take it a little more seriously. The researcher in the study also found that it was the antioxidants in green tea that were able to protect the brain, that caused this effect to cognitive function, particularly EGCG. High quality loose leaf green teas like the ones I sell here at the tea temple have much higher levels of antioxidants than bagged or generic teas. Do your brain a favor and get some real green tea.
