Can green tea help prevent food poisoning?
There was an interesting episode in a Japanese book ‘all about Japanese green tea’ that I read, about green tea and food poisoning and I thought it would be great to share.
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Tea plants were used as medicine in the past
Recent studies in green tea and food poisoning
Why choose Japanese green tea?
Tea plants are called camellia sinensis. There are two types in general – Chinese small types and Indian Assam types. Green tea is suitable from Chinese small types and black tea is generally made from Indian Assam types. Indian Assam types are much larger and the leaves are harder.
Japanese green tea is Chinese small type and renowned for the quality. I have also learned from the same book that there is right time to harvest it (not too early, not too late) because tea plants will not always have the same nutrients throughout the year. Another good point of Japanese green tea is that it is processed by steaming right after the harvest to stop oxidation. Therefore the nutrients are more reserved when compared to those in other origins. There are also tea masters who examine the finished tea before being sold to the market.