Green Tea

Yes,decaffienated green teas does have less benefit than regular green tea. The amount of natural caffiene in green tea is much less than sodas or coffee.

It loses its nutritional value if you drink decaf, but the caffeine is extremely minimal in natural green tea.

Find out why you should be drinking green tea and how it benefits your health and even your dieting regime.

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Yes, when tea is decaffeinated, it not only loses the caffeine but it loses chemicals across the board, which includes both antioxidants and flavor.  You can read more about decaffeination on a page I have put together about decaf tea.

If you are interested in antioxidants, however, you will be pleased to learn that nearly all herbal teas, most of which are caffeine free, are antioxidant rich.  If you want to learn more about herbal teas, you can visit a page I run about herbal teas.  That page includes detailed information about the health effects of various types of herbal tea, and also discusses their flavor and aroma, and has user-contributed reviews.

I take green tea supplements and drink green tea. Whenever I do, my metabolism speeds right up and if I eat something, I have to go to the bathroom right after because the green tea helps your body not hold onto excess fats from the food. I love green tea supplements as well as the tea. It gives me so much energy as well !

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