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health; Steeped in mystique; Green tea is no longer just a simple hot drink - it's a full-blown health fad. There's some truth to health claims, but for antioxidants, you can also look elsewhere.(SOURCE)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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October 19, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Josephine Marcotty; Staff Writer
It's in the Weightsmart One-A-Day vitamin that's supposed to help you lose weight by boosting metabolism. It's in ice cream, skin lotion, liqueur, Frappuccino, breath mints, chewing gum and supplements. Green tea is everywhere. And the number of products that contain it might be outnumbered by the number of ailments it's supposed to cure - cancer, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, infections and many of the other biggest modern-day killers. Green tea has been around for thousands of years, but in the past decade Americans have turned it into a health fad.
Here's a little dose of black-and-white reality about green ...
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