Matcha Tea: Superfood That Boosts Weight Loss

It’s been called “the champagne of green teas” by Dr. Mehmet Oz and other holistic experts because it surpasses even highly touted regular green tea in its antioxidant content and nutrient density.

Although it’s been consumed in Japan for over a thousand years, matcha tea is just now making its mark in North America as its powerful anti-aging properties become known.

“Cutting-edge health enthusiasts are making matcha tea part of their daily regimen,” says Dr. Tom Cutler, a biochemist who developed a proprietary formula for matcha tea for a company called Unicity.

Andrew Weil, M.D., the well-known holistic practitioner and naturopath, has enthusiastically endorsed matcha as “a precious jewel-green powder that is the focus of the Japanese tea ceremony and has a long association with Zen Buddhism. It is a unique, beautiful, and richly flavored drink that gives most people a feeling of well-being,”

Matcha (pronounced MAH-cha) is a special type of green tea grown in the shady hills of Japan. Growers pick only the most tender and greenest of the leaves from the tea bushes and then grind them by hand into a fine powder.

Matcha tea is not prepared by brewing or steeping, like other teas. Instead, hot water is added to matcha tea powder and the drinker consumes the ground matcha leaves along with the liquid.

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