Does green tea strengthen our immune system?
Yes, in addition to a healthy and active life, green tea is useful for our immune system and to boost our cells. Concretely, why is green tea beneficial for our health? Green tea has interesting virtues for our immune system:
- Its polyphenol content (and in particular EGCG) gives it several beneficial properties. Indeed, these assets are recognized for their antioxidant properties but also for their role on our immune system. They effectively promote immunity against foreign pathogens and help fight the action of free radicals.
- On the other hand, it protects the tissues and cells of the body against oxidative damage.
- It also supports our metabolism.
The antioxidant properties of green tea
Very rich in polyphenols, green tea is a powerful antioxidant. The role of antioxidants is essential to our well-being: they prevent many diseases by protecting our body. against the action of free radicals and premature aging of cells. Antioxidants are therefore useful to our body for our long-term health and well-being.
In short, accompanied by a balanced and varied diet rich in good nutrients and regular sporting activity, green tea helps to boost your immune defenses naturally. This is why a tea break is always a good idea. Even more when we talk about a organic green tea by Kusmi. Isn't it?
Why take care of your immune system?
The immune system is made up of cells and organs that work together to protect the body and respond to infections and disease. On a daily basis, taking care of your immune system is essential for your well-being: to avoid cold snaps in winter, moments of daily fatigue and to maintain tone and vitality. How can you boost your immune system naturally? Much simpler than you think: sport, fresh and varied foods on your plate... and why not a vitamin tea bag?
Focus on matcha tea
Green tea Sencha, Gunpowder, Genmaicha..., no matter where your green tea comes from, it is very likely that they all have more or less the same properties and the same virtues. Is matcha powder significantly different? The richness of matcha in catechins, and more particularly in EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) would make this green tea a little more interesting for your immune system. Indeed, this powerful antioxidant is present in the matcha in much larger quantities than in the rest of green teas. Good news for matcha latte, or iced matcha, aficionados.
Kusmi Tea Immune Defense Ritual
Because taking care of yourself is above all about having fun, Kusmi created Immune Defense Ritual, an organic tea steaming with inventiveness. The principle: for 4 weeks, enjoy a bag of sencha green tea every day, naturally enriched with vitamin C and flavored with orange. A pure delight, which our taste buds delight in while our immune defenses are activated!
Combine pleasure and benefits with a vitamin-rich green tea
And so that everyone can treat themselves to relaxation and benefits in just a few sips, Kusmi has focused on easy use. A sachet, a little hot water and nothing else… That’s all this unique, 100% natural treatment requires.
In order to create this special Immune Defense Ritual, Kusmi pushed the limits of inventiveness and imagined a unique and 100% natural avant-garde process to enrich your acerola tea leaves, before letting science operate. Result, a organic green tea infused with creativity to keep tone and vitality!
Everything you need to know about vitamin C
If we imagined a green tea naturally enriched with vitamin C, that’s because we know how essential vitamin C is to our well-being and health. Humans only produce a small amount of vitamin C. They can therefore rely on food to supplement their daily needs. TheNational Food Safety Agency recommends an intake of 110 mg/day of vitamin C for an adult. An insufficient intake of vitamin C can also lead to daily fatigue. In addition to avoiding sluggishness, the consumption of vitamin C is essential for the proper functioning of our body. immune system and our body. Of immune defenses boosted allow us to avoid cold snaps in winter. Furthermore, vitamin C would also facilitate the absorption of iron by the body. Be careful, however, with this commonly accepted information for which the empirical evidence is contradictory.
We tell you everything about the role of vitamin C in our last article.
Other foods rich in vitamin C
Did you know that orange does not have a monopoly on vitamin C? Yes, vitamin C is found in many foods such as fruits and vegetables. Among the 20 Best Sources of Vitamin C, we find: guava, pepper, papaya, kiwi, broccoli, strawberry… Our favorite? Acerola, one of the fruits richest in vitamin C. Acerola is a shrub native to tropical areas of the Caribbean, whose small red berries have the good taste of being both tangy and rich in vitamin C. But really very rich: its consumption has a vitamin C content almost 30 to 40 times more than an orange. Nature does things so well that we can only take inspiration from it! Our Immune Defenses vitamin cure is also enriched with acerola to allow you to contribute to your recommended daily intake of vitamin C.
Are you more into infusion? Try herbal teas with fennel, orange, ginseng, blackcurrant, cinnamon…
Are you convinced by all these benefits? We invite you to taste our Ritual composed of sencha green tea and acerola. Enough to have a coop boost when you wake up or during the day!