What Is Matcha
Matcha is 100% green tea powder, made from healthy green tea leaves that have been carefully harvested and finely stone-grounded. Being the source of stable energy and antioxidants, matcha is gaining more popularity on every continent of the world.
It’s not just a regular tea, which leaves are steeped and only some nutrients are drawn out. When you drink a cup of matcha tea, you get all its benefits by consuming the entire powdered leaf.
Prior to harvesting, the tea leaves are covered to be in shade for 3-4 weeks to enhance leaf nutritional value and taste. During this process, the chlorophyll and L-theanine level increases in the plants making them an excellent source of energy, a mood and focus enhancing superfood, and a powerful detoxifier.
Matcha Benefits
Best Source of Antioxidants
Matcha is one of the best sources of antioxidants in the world. These nutrients help prevent aging and chronic diseases, protect skin from UV radiation, and boost your immune system. Matcha tea will provide you with over 137 times more antioxidants than any other food. Just one cup of this powerful drink has almost the same amount of nutrients as 10 cups of regularly brewed green tea.
Improves Brain Performance
Matcha green tea gives you a boost of energy that remains stable throughout the day. This is mainly due to L-Theanine, an amino acid that helps our body process caffeine in a different way. Compared to coffee, which gives you hyper energy and edginess, L-Theanine in matcha promotes a state of calm alertness, when your mind is active and focused, helping you achieve your daily goals faster.
Japanese Zen Buddhist monks had been using matcha to keep them alert and awake during extended hours of meditation long before this amazing drink became available to the world.
Boosts Immune System
Matcha green tea contains catechins, antioxidants that help prevent diseases and aging. One of the most powerful of them is EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) catechin which helps fight cancer, boost metabolism and overall immune system, as well as block growth of bad bacteria in the intestine.
One gram of matcha contains 1,384 ORAC units of antioxidants - the antioxidant capacity that you can hardly find in any other food in the world.
Helps Detox and Lose Weight Faster
Rich in nutrients, matcha helps you lose weight and detox faster without any stress to your body. It helps boost your metabolism and burn fat faster. According to the study featured in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, matcha green tea increases your body’s ability to burn calories from 8-10% to 35-40%.
High level of chlorophyll in matcha leaves also helps you naturally remove heavy metals and toxins from your body. Since the plants are shade-grown, their level of chlorophyll is significantly higher than in other teas, making it a superior detox drink.
