If you want to make the most out of the health benefits of your green tea, pass on the milk, and add a zest of lemon instead. A preliminary study indicates that citrus juices enable more of green tea’s unique antioxidants to remain after simulated digestion, making the lemon-tea even healthier than previously thought. Using a model simulating gastric and small-intestinal digestion, it has been found that citrus juice enables more catechins to be available in the intestines for absorption. The study has been published this month in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.
Catechins display health-promoting qualities and may be responsible …read more