Worried About Green Tea Caffeine?
What is it in your morning brew that get your senses heightened, your mind alert and body stimulated? You are of course aware it is caffeine. Green tea with all its healthy benefits is also packed with a dose of caffeine; thus, making it a good substitute for coffee or chocolate drink in the morning.
Caffeine is a powerful stimulant that can improve mental processes like focus, alertness, and short-term memory yet it can also be addicting. It is a powerful stimulant that overdosing on it is not at all healthy even if it is taken up as green tea caffeine. The caffeine in green tea is an alkaloid that comes along with theobromine and theophylline. Conversely, L-theanine, an amino acid compound found in green tea, offers calming effects.
In view of the foregoing, is it healthy to stop drinking green tea because of caffeine and forgo the benefits it is known for? If caffeine poses a problem, there are actually ways to go around the problem without sacrificing the healthy benefits of green tea. There are certain information that can help you such as the ones listed beneath:
Drink green tea that is known to contain less caffeine or decaffeinated. Make sure you read the labels to get the right information.
Use tea leaves than those in teabags because caffeine is usually more concentrated in tea bag presentation.
Steep or brew green teas using water hotter than 80 to 85oC, or use less tea leaves to reduce caffeine content.
Throw away the first infusion which contains more caffeine or dilute it for additional cups to be shared with others.
Green teas derived from younger leaves contain more caffeine, yet healthier too. Using less tea leaves may help without sacrificing the benefits. Using older tea leaves is of course another option.
Catechin and theanine can bond with caffeine, thus making the caffeine less potent when the water is still hot; so drink your tea hot.
These are just some ways to minimize the green tea caffeine. There is really no reason valid enough to avoid green tea like plague. Do not abuse caffeine and there will be no problems.
