By Mark Hoffman


The benefits of green tea can be significantly enhanced if combined with lemon. In order to comprehend this principle, let us first look into the health impacts of combining food.

Many nutritionists will likely agree that blending food can hurt or help a person's physical health. Someone who is in discomfort with heartburn from a buffet may blame the "All You Can Eat" policy, but in many cases poor food combination is the contributing issue. As an example, blending melon with any other food is not a good idea.

Fruit usually are comfortably broken down in the stomach. Melons are more than 90 percent water meaning that they digest even faster. If the digestive function is delayed resulting from blending with other food, fermentation takes place in the stomach possibly resulting in excessive gas, acid reflux, upset stomach and indigestion. On the other hand, some food blends increase the health benefits by supporting the absorption process.

Olives and tomatoes are a good idea. Tomatoes are identified as a great source of Lycopene in the realm of diet. Protection from cancer and fight against heart diseases are some of the recognized benefits of Lycopene. Positive effects are enhanced when tomatoes are eaten simultaneously with olives. Absorption of Lycopene is increased by olives. So what about lemon and tea?

Some of the well-known green tea benefits are digestive aid, diabetes prevention, weight loss, cancer prevention and healthy heart. Thanks to green tea's antioxidant called catechins the health benefits are possible. Although the benefits of catechins are wonderful, researches indicate these antioxidants are degraded easily inside the human intestines after digestion only about 20 percent of them is available for absorption.

Lemon also has antioxidant which is vitamin C. It plays a part in some of lemon's benefits which include digestive aid, skin care, and fight against throat infections. More importantly vitamin C offers more desirable environment for catechins to survive when mixed together.

Vitamin C creates an acidic environment for catechins inside the human intestines. This process makes catechins to be more available for absorption. After all it does not have to be lemon. Any citrus fruit juice like orange, lime or grapefruit will improve the absorption process. Even so lemon juice are the most effective of all implying that other elements of lemon also are adding to the stabilizing effect.

Adding lemon juice to tea can also be tastier because green tea's natural taste is bitter. For those searching for an option to tea, there are also many selections of green tea pills with vitamin C.




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