Green Tea Review

Overview

Green Tea is becoming an extremely popular ingredient in anti-aging skin creams. The Chinese have of course been aware of the health properties of Green tea for thousands of years. In traditional Chinese medicine, Green tea has been used to help everything from depression to digestive disorders. Green Tea is rich in catechin polyphenols, which are bioflavonids that are also a rich source of EGCG (an antioxidant.) As a result of these properties, Green tea has shown some promise of inhibiting the growth cancer cells, lowering cholesterol. It is also said to have important bacterial qualities. As a result of its high concentration of potent antioxidants, it is also said to be a skin elixir that will help maintain a youthful, healthy looking complexion. For this reason, green tea makes its way into the ingredient lists of many anti-aging face creams on the market today.

Product Details

The range of anti aging products on the market today with green tea as an ingredient is enormous. Although some of these creams have green tea as the main major active ingredient, a number of these creams include green tea as well as a host of other ingredients, and often a number of vitamins and minerals. The anti-aging creams for sale that include green tea cover all price spectrums, from those that are reasonably priced to other more slick and sophisticated formulas in the higher price range.

Although we know that, drunk as a tea, green tea has a whole range of health benefits, there have not been been the necessary controlled standardized tests carried out to establish the anti-aging properties of green tea when applied topically to the skin in the form of a cream or lotion.

The Good

• There are a wide range of anti-aging products with green tea as an ingredient for interested buyers to choose from.
• Anti aging face creams that include green tea can be ordered easily online and many are quite affordable.
• We know that green tea is rich in antioxidants.

The Bad

• We do not have any concrete proof that anti-aging creams with green tea do actually reduce wrinkles and fine lines.
• It may possibly be more beneficial to drink green tea than apply it to your face in the form of a face cream.
• There have been no long-term controlled standardized tests carried out on green tea as an ingredient in topical anti-aging creams.

The Bottom Line

Drinking green tea certainly does offer some fairly well-documented overall health benefits. However, what is less certain is the effectiveness of green tea when used in a topical face lotion. There just have not been enough reliable scientific tests carried out to enable us to say for certain that it will help dimish fine lines and wrinkles when used in this form.