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submitted: Aug 25th 2008 | by: JennBingham | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 405 | |

As a long time lover of green tea, I immensely enjoy the many different types, flavors, and awesome health benefits of green tea. Even...the health benefit of the caffeine in green tea. Yes caffeine! Now I know there's a lot of talk right now about caffeine and all the harmful side effects it can have. And it's true, caffeine can have negative side effects depending on how much of it you consume. But keep reading and you'll get a taste (no pun intended) of what the caffeine content in a cup of green tea actually does for you.

Now this may be hard to believe, but studies have shown that moderate caffeine consumption has been found to be good for your health. Caffeine can make you feel great by giving you an energy boost, uplifting your mood and accelerating your heart beat.

But here's the problem; most people far exceed the daily recommended amount. And this leads to all kinds of problems such as feeling jittery, nervous, and anxious; feeling depressed, sleepless nights, headaches, and loads of other problems.

The daily recommended caffeine consumption is around 200 milligrams. An average cup of coffee will contain 85-150 milligrams of caffeine. A serving of soda will contain anywhere from 40-100 (or more) milligrams.

Once you've had 2 or 3 cups of coffee, you've already used up your recommended daily amount, and may even be experiencing some of those negative side effects.

But you'll be pleased to know that an average cup of green tea contains only 8 to 35 milligrams of caffeine! Even if you drink 4-8 cups of green tea in a day, you still haven't reached your caffeine limit for the day. That is one thing I just love about green tea - I don't have to stop after 2 cups!

The amount of caffeine in a cup or two of green tea is at the right level to help you feel energized, refreshed and alert, but without all the negative side effects you may have drinking a cup or two of coffee or a can of soda.

So even though caffeine really can have a negative effect on your health according to your consumption level; you may want to try an experiment and replace green tea for your coffee and soda intake for awhile, and see if you don't feel a whole lot better (not to mention you'll be enjoying all the other health benefits that come from drinking green tea.)

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Find out much more about green tea and why not even check out some fantastic green tea drink recipes by visiting http://www.green-tea-health.net - a great website and guide to all different aspects of green tea information.

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