Green tea also contains a lot of polyphenols and has a lower caffeine content than black tea.
Green tea with highest antioxidants.
The health benefits of tea are one compelling reason.
Research has linked green tea compounds with a reduced risk of cancer including the following studies.
Oolong tea blocked oxidation by 50 over 15 days.
Teavana gyokuro imperial green tea brewed from loose green tea leaves this teavana variety contained the highest amounts of egcg per serving of any variety tested at 86 mg though a little pricey.
An orac of up to around 3 000.
When brewed regular green tea has an orac value of 1 253.
He found green tea to be the most potent antioxidant followed by oolong tea then black tea.
Matcha which is a japanese version of green tea made using the young leaves and involves partially shaded growing techniques is higher but not exponentially.
Most of the flavonoids in green tea are catechins and one in particular is believed to be responsible for most of the health benefits in green tea.
Green tea blocked oxidation by almost 100 over 40 days.
Green tea is made from more mature leaves that are not fermented or oxidized.
That s about double the antioxidants of regular green tea not 10x or 100x like some people claim.