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When talking about green tea being so beneficial and healthy to drink, there are a few things that bother me:

What about green tea during pregnancy?
Is it safe for pregnant women to drink green tea?
Can you get pregnant if you are drinking green tea?

The answers to all these questions are NO. It is NOT safe to drink green tea while pregnant.

Even though green tea is still one of the best ways to lose weight, pregnant women should be very careful with it. Due to its unclear and still serious side effects it may cause to the baby.

Why taking folate during pregnancy is important?

All future mothers must take folate, at least during the first three months of their pregnancy, because it is very important in order to prevent neural tube defects that affect baby’s brain development.

Why Green Tea is not healthy for pregnant women and their babies?

The EGCG (Epigallocatechin gallate - main active antioxidant compound of GT) is the reason why green tea must not be used by pregnant women, because it affects the way folate is absorbed by the baby’s organism, which may cause the above said defects.

How exactly Green Tea is not healthy?

EGCG affects the baby’s absorption of folate, by binding the enzyme GHFR and inactivating it. This enzyme is important because it is involved in folate absorption in baby’s organism. When this enzyme is deactivated the baby can’t absorb folate and the protection the folate affords to the neural system of the baby is highly reduced.

Why EGCG is acting like that?

Because it is chemically similar to a compound called methotrexate. This compound binds to DHFR enzyme (dihydrofolate reductase) and this way kills cancer cells.

Because of its chemical similarity to methotrexate, the EGCG also binds to the DHFR enzyme and deactivates it this way. And I said earlier when DHFR is deactivated the baby can’t use folate from mother’s organism.

Conclusion

Although Green Tea has shown great benefits for stopping cancer cells growth if taken on regular bases, it is not good to be taken by pregnant women. The good news is that you still will be able to take your favorite cup of coffee in the morning, but only if it’s not that strong as you have used to drink it before getting pregnant.

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If you have tried to stick to a healthy low calorie diet plan and have failed at least several times, then home cooking of diet meals is just not for you. Not that you failed cooking healthily, but I understand if you find it difficult to cook low calorie foods especially for you, while the rest of your family continues to eat regular non-diet meals.

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I just read my previous New Year’s wish to you and I hope it came true for you all!

For the New Year 2009 I wish for me, my family, my relatives, my friends and to all you my dear readers all the luck in the world, to be healthy and happy with who we are!

I hope for the New Year you will keep coming back for more useful information, tips and advices on how to lose weight, keep it off for good and maintain great shape and spirits all year round.

I wish you all the best for the New Year and stay healthy!

Yours truly,

Galia

Green Tea Plus drops harvest pure green tea extract combined with trace minerals to form a delicious, high-antioxidant drink designed to support your immune system strong. Such high green tea concentration in just a few drops of the
Green Tea Plus herbal supplement is equal to six cups of regular green tea.

How Green Tea Plus is different?

It is a new herbal drops formula that harvests the power of green tea extract with 7800 ORAC Value – this is impressively high antioxidant rating. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends an ORAC unit ingestion of about 3,000 to 5,000 units daily.

Imagine that with a single Green Tea Plus serving a day you get times more antioxidant power and protection for your overall body health.

Green Tea Plus Benefits

+ Natural energy boost
+ Immune system support
+ Promotes healthy metabolism
+ Nutrition
+ Concentrated green tea drops deliver antioxidant power
+ Trace minerals aid in regular body functions

Many of you may already know all green tea extract benefits, but it is always good to remind some of the greatest qualities of green tea and its polyphenol power.

How does Green Tea Plus help you?

Green Tea Plus is the answer to all of you who want to lose weight healthily and maintain great shape and high spirits in healthy body.

It will give you plenty of energy to do your everyday activities. You will feel like you can do anything, that even going to the gym twice a week won’t be such a great effort anymore.

Green Tea Plus is an immune system booster. It can regulate your blood pressure levels (i.e. promotes cardiovascular health). GT Plus can make you less dependant on coffee and some medicines you use while sick. And that’s because you won’t get sick so often and with a healthy diet plan - you won’t get sick at all.

How to use GT Plus herbal supplement?

Use one dropper in a hot or cold drink. It may be just water, tea or other of your favorite beverages.

How to order?

You can choose from three different quantities depending on your personal needs.

Read our full Green Tea Plus Review or visit the Green Tea Plus official website

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