Green tea has been labeled the natural superhero of the 21st century! It is as good for our insides as our outsides.
Green tea has compounds called polyphenols. These safeguard our healthy cells and help eliminate free radical damage to the skin. Green tea is an anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory agent. Wow! It’s no wonder consumption of green tea has jumped 900 percent in the past 3 years and now we are learning about it’s topical benefits as well.
What is does for our skin!
• It has an amazing ANTI–AGING ingredient, known as ECGC, in it.
• ECGC is like a fountain of youth for skin cells, reactivating dying skin cells near the skin's surface.
• Green tea also increases the effectiveness of sunscreen by combating photo-damaging UV rays.
• As a powerful anti-inflammatory, it helps with skin disorders such as rosacea, psoriasis and warts.
• Because of it's anti-bacterial properties and great detoxifying effects, it is considered one of the best herbal acne treatments.
Whether you drink it or apply it directly to your skin, green tea has great benefits. If drinking it, leave out the sugar as it will greatly reduce the benefits. In skin care products, more is better. Look for green tea to be one of the top ingredients listed; added to the bottom of the ingredient list, green tea ends up being little more than a marketing gimmick and definitely pass it up if it is combined with synthetic chemicals. So look for the purest green tea products you can find. They will benefit you the most.
So sit down and relax. Grab a cup of green tea, pamper yourself with a green tea face mask and get blemish-free, youthful, beautiful skin the natural way!
