Green Tea- The Skin Tea That Can Give You Back Your Glowing Skin

Green Tea has a multitude of properties that are capable of improving the health and appearance of your skin. The major antioxidant found in this skin tea that improves your skins health and vitality is EGCG, Epigallocatechin Gallate in scientific terms. Keep reading to find out some very exciting facts about what Green Tea can do for your skins survival....

A two year study that was completed by Stanford University revealed recently showed the following - A group of Green Tea drinking volunteers were observed and a multiple of exciting results were found. The antioxidants in the skin tea, mainly EGCG, showed improved health of the skin overall. The specifics being, smoother skin and reduced pore size. Skin damage (age spots) appearance was reduced significantly. 'Red vein' appearance on the skins surface was lowered.

Consider that your skins life cycle is that of 28 days, when new cells are formed from stem cells, it takes them about 20 days to travel to the very surface of the epidermis (outer layer of skin). When they get to the surface of the skin they are ready to die. However it materialized that EGCG reacted with these dying cells and they began dividing and renewing themselves again. So if dying skin cells can be re-energized, then the skin in turn will improve in condition and will naturally look and feel transformed.

A study, this time conducted by Harvard Medical School said that "in test tubes, catechins (antioxidants) are more powerful than Vitamin C and E in halting oxidative damage to cell". In actuality, EGCG is a huge 100 times more effective than Vitamin C and 25 times more beneficial than Vitamin E.

UV radiation is a massive problem for the skins aging. As the suns UV rays hit the skin, Free Radical activation then occurs. These free radicals are electrons that are in an unpaired state. Because of this they then search for electrons that they can pair up with. By doing these they latch onto healthy electrons, and because they are unhealthy themselves they damage the healthy electron they have become attached to.

With reference to skins aging, the healthy cells of the skin can be damaged and destroyed by Free Radicals. This causes the skins cells to either become so damaged that they cannot divide and produce new cells, or they are destroyed completely before their life term should end. This is exactly how the sun does the damage it does and why your skin can look more ragged and aged than it should. The great news is that EGCG has the ability of destroying Free Radicals, by not allowing them attach to cells in good health. Therefore, it prevents sun damage.

In saying that, this does not mean it is safe to lie under the sun as long as you like and think that a cup of Green Tea will save your skin, however it does mean that for those rays that get through your sun lotion, most of them will be destroyed before they can do any damage. So you can see how Green Tea can compliment your sun protective routine and help keep your skin looking as young and healthy as it should. Considering that 90% of ALL skins anti aging is due to UV radiation, I would be quite excited about introducing Green Tea into my diet, for that and the many other reasons as above.