Soothing Metabolism-Boosting Drink

I love drinking tea, sometimes more than taking coffee.  I must admit I had an acquired taste for it.  I was forced to take it at first because of the endless health benefits.  I found about this drink on the Dr. Oz a decided to give it a try.  Now, it has become a routine.  I love the soothing effects of ginger (like when you drink salabat).

Some of the health benefits of Ginger include:

* Ginger fights cancer.  It has been shown to help treatment including ovarian cancer.  Research proves that ginger can not only eliminate cancer cells but the cells can actually kill and attack themselves!

* Ginger helps with irritable bowel syndrome.  Ginger helps relieve symptoms of the condition.  It has a calming effect on the bowels and digestive system.

* Ginger protects against Alzheimer's.  Research shows that ginger helps in preserving and slowing down loss of brain cells keeping your memory intact.

Ginger stimulates appetite.  When your stomach does not produce enough stomach acid, ginger can get your digestive juices revved up so you are able to digest your meal better, preventing food from rotting inside your stomach.

* Ginger helps with weight loss.  Oh! This one's my favorite.  It may be the one and only reason why I drink ginger and green tea (LOL!).  Ginger, like green tea, acts as a fat burner helping you shed pounds.

* Ginger relieves tired muscles.  Ginger works best on the muscle tiredness you get after weight training.  So ginger does work best after exercise.  It would help your muscles recover better.

Ginger manages glucose levels.  Research suggests that ginger and help keep blood glucose levels in check.  Having hypoglycemia?  Taking ginger might do the trick.

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Green Tea, on the other hand, several health benefits.  It has been regarded as the ultimate weight loss drink.  I do believe this because when I was trying to lose some weight, I was drinking green tea religiously and when I exercise, not only do I have more energy but I sweat a lot more, which means I am burning more calories right?  I once lost 25 pounds with a 1800-calorie diet, a home video exercise program, and drinking green tea :)

For this drink, you will only need two ingredients:

1.  Roughly chopped fresh ginger.

2.  Green tea.

Now lets, make the drink.  Get a cup of hot water  Place in the ginger and your green tea.

Steep it for 5 to minutes.  Remember that steeping longer will make your drink much stronger.  Dr. Oz suggests steeping it for I think 15 minutes! Wow! That's a strong tea.  But he suggests putting some crushed ice on it which I think will help dilute the mixture.  You can also put some honey or lemon or even calamansi if you're not used to the taste of green tea and ginger.

Now drink your way to a slimmer and sexier you! Bottoms up!