“Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one”

It is an ancient Chinese proverb. It indicates the importance of green tea and its medicinal importance, as realised by the Chinese. They have been using green tea for last 4,000 years.

With the passage of time modern researches are confirming that green tea lowers cholesterol levels and improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol.

Green tea has been found very effective in:
• Reducing headache, depression
• It reduces esophegeal cancer by 60% among Chinese men and women since they consume green tea regularly
• It reduces cholesterol levels
• It helps in improving upon cardiovascular disease infection
• It kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
• It controls abnormal formation of blood clots
• Its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning
• It helps in preventing tooth decay
• It kills the bacteria that causes dental plaque
* Extract of green tea may help treat uterine fibroids

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Anybody can improve his/her health from the present state by increasing the quantity of friendly bacteria in the body system. This bacterium is lined along the digestive tract of the intestines so as to help in the protection of the blood and internal organs against harmful materials.

The benefits may broadly be classified as:
# Improves the digestive system and reduces the build-up of toxic waste
# Improves the immune system by stimulating the production of antibodies in the blood.
# It prevents the infection by fungi and parasites.

Friendly bacterium helps in:
• Easy bowel movements
• Reducing allergy related skin diseases like- acne, eczema and other food related problems
• Reducing seasonal allergies
• Protection against asthma
• Reducing snoring, ear infections and nasal congestion and joint pains

Lacto-fermented foods like sauerkraut, kim chee, pickled cucumbers, fruit chutneys, miso, yogurt, cheese, kefir, and kvass helps in getting friendly bacteria but there are all chances of getting harmful bacteria.

There is still safer and better way to get healthy bacteria through high quality probiotic – a supplement which contains friendly intestinal bacteria.

Health professional have highly rated a Japanese probiotic. It is popular by the name” Dr. Ohira’s Probiotics 12 Plus. Dr. Ohhira’s formula has been found very effective for addressing constipation, yeast overgrowth issues, severe acne, food poisoning, hay fever, nasal congestion, and asthma.

Main ingradients of Dr. Ohira’s Probiotic include: Wild strawberry, Mulberry, Chinese matrimony (similar to goji berries), Wild vine, Chinese bayberry, Oleaster (a type of wild fruit), Sea tangle (a type of seaweed), Brown seaweed, Mugwort, Broad-leafed plantain, Pure mountain spring water and dozens of special herbs, leaves, and fruits that grow in the wild in Japan.

Inputs from: courtesy- http://drbenkim.com/best-probiotic-health-benefit.htm