Green tea supplements are concentrated forms of green tea’s beneficial substance. Green tea supplements can be in many forms such as tablets, capsules, liquids or powders. Take green tea supplements allow one to get high dose of the substance without actually drinking green tea.

Green tea extract, like many herbs, is standardized in the production phase to guarantee that a certain percentage of the active ingredients remain present in the final capsulized form. The active ingredients in green tea extract are polyphenols in the form of flavinoids like catechins and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). Polyphenols, flavinoids, catechins and EGCG are powerful antioxidants that appear to interfere with and reduce the spread of certain types of cancer cells. The antioxidant activity of EGCG in green tea extract is purportedly up to 100 times more powerful than that of vitamin C or E. (more…)

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After smoking cigarettes for 7 years since I was 20, average one pack per day, I quit smoking when I was 27, and stayed quit for nearly 2 years ever since. I am confident that I won’t smoke another one in my life again. I feel pressed to share with you some of my understanding in fight the demon – nicotine addiction.

Quit smoking is not easy. But it is definitely achievable if you really work hard. Quit smoking is warfare against nicotine addiction that entails careful preparation and merciless execution. This is a war worth fighting. Your reward is your freedom; you will be no longer dependent on nicotine.

I do not want to bore you and tire you with long lists of tips about quitting, but I do like to point out two essential things that you must understand if you want to achieve your goal.

1. You need to know your enemy to beat it.
2. You need strategy and action plan to fight it. (more…)

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There has been a lot buzz about Japan Lingzhi 2 day diet lately. It is a weight loss product containing Lingzhi, which is deemed as the king of all herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. As a native Chinese, I grew up hearing about lots of its aliases like “mushroom of immortality” or “miraculous plant”. It is very rare and precious in ancient times before Lingzhi modern farming came along.

This little mushroom has been used in China for 2000 years. Because of its health benefits and absence of side-effects, it has attained a reputation in China as the ultimate herbal substance. Generally speaking, Lingzhi can help restore the body to its natural state, enabling all organs to function normally, and, it also helps regulate the immune system and calm the nervous system. I would not bother you with all its claimed health benefits according to Chinese traditional machine, because there are just too many. But I do like to mention that Lingzhi has now been added to the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia and Therapeutic Compendium, as some sort of Western recognition in progress. (more…)

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