Hi all,

I just started drinking green tea. Last week I bought 4 20 ounce bottles to try it out and I was amazed!

I not only felt better I was walking better, even did a small 2 step dance in the kitchen

I decided I would go to the store and get some more of that miracle drink but lo and behold my son had run off with my keys in his pocket. He said he would return them Monday when they came back to visit and sure enough I got them on Tuesday!

Long story short, without it the old pain and barely walking came right back like a ton of bricks. I drank one yesterday afternoon and feel some better. Hope today, after enjoying it again, I will be even more better.

I know that sounds like a short response time to most of you but I have always been the type that if my body is going to respond to something it does it right away, maybe not the total pie but a taste of it so I know something is helping.

I feel it has helped me by possibly reducing the inflammation in the joints and muscles in the body.

My right thigh that has seemed bigger than it should, appeared to slightly reduce in size.

It is worth a try for anyone experiencing inflammation. Next I plan to give Yerba Mate a whirl.

Years ago I used the roasted Yerba Mate as a coffee substitute and it wasn't too terribly bad tasting.

Anyway I hope this helps some of you who need help in this area as well as many other conditions.

Thanks Ann... as I sit here with my yerba mate unsmoked type tea in my
giant Sylvester WB mug! LOL

Antioxidants are very important, and much is being published about them now.

Just for the record, the yerba mate did this for me:
1) improved my night vision (this was within days) since I drive late at night

2) improved my gall bladder functions (increases bile flow) and my right back pain is gone. (after one month)-- I had had screening for gall stones, which came back negative. The pain was very disabling and distracting..but it is gone now.

3) faded my hideous varicose veins in my right leg more than 80%. The color is all gone, with just a couple of bumps left--- after 3 months

Basically I think that the improvement in vascular health is quite important, and if I can SEE these veins fade away..imagine what is happening elsewhere? Improved vascular health we could all use.

I also use the Green Tea by Lipton, for taking to work etc.

I find the Yerba Mate milder in caffeine effects tho. Too much Green Tea makes me jittery. There are decaffeinated green tea bags out there however, for brewing yourself, if caffeine is a problem for you.

If you do Yerba Mate, I suggest the green unsmoked varieties. The older smoked ones are treated to "smoking" which introduces free radicals, which we do not need. The newer varieties are unsmoked and say so on the box.
(EcoTeas makes one, which is the one I use).
You can learn more about yerba mate at www.yerbamate.com

Mrs D,

Thanks for responding.

I am drinking the green tea from le-nature's. It is sweetened with honey and only contains the tea and a little vit C.

I don't want the artificial sweetners unless it is stevia and I have not found any with that in it. Nor do I want Ginseng, it has never agreed with me. I also don't want the kind adulterated with all those flavors. By the time they get through adding things there is hardly room for the tea in the bottle, LOL.

I think I will try the green tea concentrate or mix what ever they call it and liquid stevia. all I would have to do is pour the concentrate in the bottle (a little on the lazy side).

Have to try the smoked Yerba Mate but not sure whether or not I will like it. Green tea is also for varicose veins and heart, etc.

Hope you are doing good and some of your physical problems are better.

Take care.