Ginger Green Tea with Honey Recipe

Halt Inflammation, With Anti-Inflammatory Ginger Green Tea & Honey

Medicinal Benefits of Green Tea

  • High in antioxidants – helps to fight free radicals
  • Brightens the appearance of skin
  • Anti-inflammatory- reduces oxidative stress and pain
  • Anti-cancer – support immune function, promotes apoptosis (damaged cell death) and inhibits growth of new blood vessels that feed cancer
  • Anti-allergenic – supports appropriate antibody balance in the body
  • Can calm an anxious mind due to L-Theanine – an amino acid which crosses the blood-brain barrier and promotes GABA (a relaxing neurotransmitter)
  • Lowers cardiovascular related mortality
  • Can help with metabolic fitness, including weight loss and lowering the risks for developing Type 2 Diabetes
  • Lowers risk of dementia

Medicinal Benefits of Ginger

  • Ginger (Zingiber officinale) (root) has been used for thousands of years in China for medicinal purposes (Murray, 2013).  Its therapeutic actions include
  • High in antioxidants – helps to fight free radicals
  • Anti-inflammatory- reduces oxidative stress and pain
  • Anti-cancer – support immune function, promotes apoptosis (damaged cell death) and inhibits growth of new blood vessels that feed cancer
  • Anti-allergenic – supports appropriate antibody balance in the body
  • Supports the gastrointestinal system
    • Reduces nausea, vomiting, bowel spasms
    • Supports bile, liver and bowel
  • Antibiotic- increases immune system

Ginger Green Tea with Honey Recipe

Ginger Green Tea with Raw Honey
by Lauren Hayen

Recipe

Total Time: 5-10 minutes

Yields 1-2 servings

Ingredients:  

  • 1 tsp green tea (organic raw leaves)
  • 2 Tbsp ginger root (organic raw)
  • ½ tsp raw honey
  • 16 oz filtered water

Directions:

  • In a blender, pulverize ginger and water
  • Add ginger & water to a pot on medium heat
  • Heat to a low simmer, lower heat and add green tea leaves
  • Steep on low for 5-10 min
  • Strain into cup and add honey
  • Yields 1-2 servings

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Banasik, J. (2013). Inflammation and immunity. In Pathophysiology (5th, pp. 157-193). St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Saunders.

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He, Y., Yue, Y., Zheng, X., Zhang, K., Chen, S., & Du, Z. (2015). Curcumin, inflammation, and chronic diseases: how are they linked? Molecules, 9183-213. doi:10.3390/molecules20059183

Hsiang, C. Y., Cheng, H. M., Lo, H. Y., Li, C. C., Chou, P. C., Lee, Y. C., & Ho, T. Y. (2015). Ginger and Zingerone ameliorate lipopolysaccharide-induced acute systemic inflammation in Mice, assessed by nuclear factor-?B bioluminescent imaging. [Abstract]. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 63, 6051-8. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.5b01801

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Tahir, A. A., Sani, N. F., Murad, N. A., Makpol, S., Ngah, W. Z., & Yusof, Y. A. (2015). Combined ginger extract & Gelam honey modulate Ras/ERK and P13K/AKT pathway genes in colon cancer HT 29 cells. Nutrition Journal. doi:10.1186/s12937-015-0015-2.

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