Green tea has been used as a medicine for thousands of years, originating in China but widely used throughout Asia this beverage has a multitude of uses from lowering blood pressure to preventing cancer. The reason that green tea has more health benefits attached to it than black tea is (apparently) due to the processing. Black tea is processed in a way that allows for fermentation whereas green tea’s processing avoids the fermentation process. As a result, green tea retains maximum amount of antioxidants and poly-phenols the substances that give green tea its many benefits.

Here’s a list of some of its amazing benefits — benefits that you may not have been aware of. 

- Weight Loss

- Diabetes

- Heart Disease

- Esophageal Cancer

- Cholesterol

- Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

- Tooth Decay

- Blood Pressure

- Depression

- Anti-viral and Anti-bacterial

- Skincare