Is any other food or drink reported to have as many health benefits as green tea ?
    The Chinese have known about the medicinal benefits of green tea since ancient times, using it to treat everything from
  headaches to depression. In her book Green Tea: The  Natural Secret for a Healthier Life, Nadine Taylor states that green   tea has been used as a medicine in China for at least 4,000 years.
    Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with
  drinking green tea. For example, in 1994 the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemio-
  logical study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly
  sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of
  cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the    ratio of good (HDL)cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.
    To sum up, here are just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful:
    

     �cancer  
        �rheumatoid arthritis  
        �high cholesterol levels  
        �cariovascular disease  
        �infection  
        �impaired immune function