Transcript Mineral research project

Mineral Research project
By: Izzy Nickoloff
What minerals in green tea make it so
beneficial
to your health, and help fight heart
What is green tea made of?
Green tea is made using the leaves from the Camellia Sinensis
plant. They are grown throughout the spring and summer
mainly in China and parts of Asia. After the plants have been
harvested, they are sun dried and then packaged.
Minerals in Green Tea
Because of the growing methods, maximum amounts of
polyphenols, enzymes, amino acids, and antioxidants are
retained, giving maximum health benefits. These all help your
health in different ways very well.
After
Before
Main Minerals in Green Tea
Potassium - 9mg
Calcium - 2mg
Magnesium - 1mg
Sodium - 1mg
Phosphorus - 1mg
Potassium
Potassium is the number one mineral found in Green tea, with
9mg
Where do we get most of our potassium?
Main sources of potassium include mainly fruits and
vegetables.
Green Tea Leaves are technically a vegetable, so that is where
you get a lot of potassium from.
Benefits of Potassium
Potassium has one main crucial job which is helping your heart beat.
If you have high blood pressure, heart failure, heart disease, or heart
rhythm problems, enough potassium in your daily diet is especially
important.
Potassium also allows our muscles to move and our nerves to react.
How green tea is good
for your health
Potassium and Sodium together?
Potassium and sodium together play a huge role in regulating
blood pressure.
To prevent high blood pressure and keep your heart healthy is
to boost the amount of potassium you get while at the same
time reducing your sodium intake.
This includes consuming more healthy foods, like fruits,
vegetables, meats and grains (the postassium). And then
cutting down on unhealthy and processed foods (the sodium).
How green tea helps fight
and prevent heart problems
How does this connect with common heart issues?
Cardiovascular
Disease
Heart
Failure
A class of several diseases
When the heart is unable to provide
sufficient pump action to maintain
that involve the heart and blood.
High Blood
Pressure
blood flow t0 meet the needs of the body.
A chronic disease where the blood pressure
in the arteries is elevated.
How does potassium help your heart?
Pumps that pull potassium into cells and push sodium out,
which drives the transmission of signals along the nerves and
powers the contraction of muscles in your heart.
If potassium levels are low, the body tries to hoard it, which
also means hanging onto sodium. Water follows sodium,
leading to an increase in the amount of water in the body and
the volume of blood in circulation. This causes blood pressure
to climb.
So, the answer to the question?
What minerals in green tea make it so beneficial
to your health, and help fight heart problems?
Potassium is the main mineral in green tea has benefits to your health. The biggest
is regulating your blood pressure. With a normal blood pressure, it helps fight
heart, blood, and artery diseases and problems
Summary
So, the potassium in green tea is the main mineral that helps
your health considerably.
Having enough potassium in your body helps keep your body
healthy.
It regulates your blood pressure to prevent heart problems.
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