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Matcha for Athletes: How It Can Boost Your Performance and Speed Up Recovery

Among matcha’s many benefits are that it can improve athletic performance in gentle and subtle ways. Matcha, a traditional powdered Japanese green tea, has been praised for its unique nutritional profile and potential health benefits. While matcha has been consumed for centuries in Japan, its popularity has recently increased worldwide. This post explores the science …

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L-theanine in Matcha: Your Questions Answered

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Matcha green tea possesses energizing properties and offers heaps of health benefits. It contains the amino acid, L-theanine, which gives matcha its sweet notes and has some potentially nice side benefits. L-theanine fosters a state of calm in combination with the natural caffeine in matcha that offers a sustained period of powerful energy without the crash. This …

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Ways that Green Tea is Good for Gut Health (science-backed)

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Green tea’s health properties have been known for centuries. The relatively recent scientific and public attention on gut health also finds green tea benefits are abundant. Among other good things, green tea can stimulate the metabolism, improve dental health and hair health, keep away bad bacteria, and may even have some connection with cancer prevention. …

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Is Matcha Good for Your Teeth? Science says “yes”

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While coffee may irritate and stain teeth, green tea, especially matcha, actually offers benefits for your dental health. Matcha has beneficial ingredients, doesn’t stain if you brush normally, and can be added to other foods to enhance their benefits. Dental benefits are one more reason to love matcha. And this isn’t a load of fluff; …

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Is Matcha a Superfood? [No, but it is super!]

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Matcha is a food with a lot of health benefits. Matcha is packed with valuable nutrients like vitamins, antioxidants, and polyphenols. Since it’s a fine powder, you can enjoy it in a variety of drinks and foods. It’s also good for your gastrointestinal system (your gut health). It’s good for your teeth and gums. It …

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Is It Safe to Drink Matcha While Pregnant?

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Matcha offers many health benefits, such as abundant antioxidants and vitamins, but is it safe for pregnant women, both during and after pregnancy? Generally, yes, it’s “safe,” (a subjective term, of course) for pregnant women to have up to 2 servings/cups of matcha per day. And even twice that (or more, depending on the amount) …

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Is Organic Matcha Tea Safer or Better than Non-Organic?

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Organic is not always tastier or more attractive, for any food, and this is true of green tea and matcha in most cases. But is organic matcha safer? Probably not. The best-tasting and best-looking matcha is mostly not organic, and non-organic matcha from Japan (and the U.S.) is reliably safe. The definition of “organic” also …

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Does Matcha Powder Help Hair Growth?

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Matcha powder is becoming increasingly popular as a natural hair growth remedy. Like regular green tea, matcha powder is also made from Camellia sinensis plant leaves. However, its strong concentration, owing to the intensive growth process and then distilling it to fine powder enhances the amounts and effects of the plant’s components. This powdered form also …

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Does Matcha Make You Poop?

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Japan has amazing toilets! Maybe it’s the matcha (powdered green tea) because matcha does make some people poop more frequently. This can be beneficial if you’re naturally constipated. But it can be a bit troublesome if you poop too much or get diarrhea. Matcha contains high levels of antioxidants and caffeine. And caffeine has a laxative …

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Does Matcha Have a Lot of Polyphenols?

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Compared with well-known plant-based sources such as fruits and cocoa, matcha has a lot of polyphenols in a small amount of product. Aside from its bright green hue and satisfying taste, matcha is packed with antioxidants called polyphenols. Why does it matter? Simply put, polyphenols, along with other beneficial things like vitamins C and E, …

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