The leaves are pulverized into a powder, which is used to make the matcha drink.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1 cup of green tea contains about 2 calories.
In general, tea drinkers may enjoy longer lives.
According toone study, the catechins in green tea can help protect against oxidative stress and its associated diseases.
There are several catechins in green tea, but the most abundant one is epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG).
Matcha is a supercharged version of green tea, she says.
Inflammation should decrease once the threat is over and your body returns to baseline.
In other words: It is unlikely to be the X-factor in helping someone lose or maintain weight loss.
There may be something to the idea that matcha could enhance weight loss, though.
Keep in mind that these are two very small, very short-term studies.
For instance, a 16-ouncematcha green tea latteat Starbucks has 32 grams of sugar.
Some people think they dont like green tea, but its only because they overbrewed it, she says.
If youre making a cup of matcha, you should have a whisk on hand.
(For a cold matcha drink, shake it with ice to dissolve.)
If youre interested in matcha drinks, experiment with the preparation.
Matcha, however, contains more caffeine as much as 70 mg, according toTea Forte.
Thats because youre consuming the entire leaf, rather than an extraction as with green tea, explains Foroutan.
However, the two drinks wont leave you feeling the same, due to matchas chill-out ingredient L-theanine.
L-theanine is an amino acid that helps your body make more calming neurotransmitters, says Foroutan.
The result: L-theanine offsets the caffeine, so drinking matcha wont feel as stimulating as coffee.
In astudy, consuming matcha helped lower stress-induced anxiety better than a placebo in 39 participants.
If you drink matcha and still find it to be too uplifting, opt for green tea instead.
A package of20 Lipton green tea bagscosts $7.20 on Amazon.
That means each bag or each cup of tea comes out to 36 cents.
This bag contains 15 to 30 servings, which is 33 to 66 cents per serving.
Ordering a hot green tea or matcha drink in a coffeehouse will be much higher.
Talk to your doctor about the specific amount thats right for you.
Kids and teens should also avoid caffeine, according to theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics.
She was previously an assistant editor atPreventionwhere she wrote monthly science-based beauty news items and feature stories.
