i keep hearing great things about drinking Green Tea? what exactly does it help with AND?

are there better kinds? for example is Snapple green tea just as potent as HOT green tea, etc.?

Green tea seems to be in EVERYTHING these days ... I couldn't get my usual lavender bubble bath last Friday, because the store had green tea bubble bath in it's place. Green tea is not just ONE tea, but is any type of tea that is made from 'green' leaves (leaves that dry green, rather than orange, black, grey, etc.) ... and is usually a very 'light' flavor, one many people in the US think close to water, as if we had put a few 'greens' picked from our garden into the water for a few seconds before serving.
Green tea is full of 'antioxidants,' they say ... and we ALL KNOW (???) that the more antioxidants we get, the 'healthier' we feel/are. To get the 'full effect' of green tea, we should use the loose dry leaves picked this spring, and steep it in boiling water for a full 5 minutes, and pour and drink it hot, with a few leaves in the bottom of our cup. If you want to drink green tea as your ONLY source of antioxidants, then you need to drink FRESH green tea brewed hot right before serving. If you want to just 'be in the know' with others, buy whatever says 'green tea' on it, and you'll be right along with most americans ... but if you really want to eat or drink foods with more antioxidants in them, try adding raspberries, blueberries, and cranberries to you 'green tea' ... there are different antioxidants in the berries, and the 'tea' is good served hot or cold ... but DO NOT ADD SUGAR to any of the 'antioxidant' beverages, because sugar has no antioxidants. What 'sweetener' does have them? HONEY ... and just THINK about all of the different 'flavors' honey comes in!

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