Green Matcha Tea Celebrations Against Viral Disease 🍵

Nutrition
Written By Leanne de Groot
 

Adding to my arsenal against Coronavirus and other viral diseases 🦠🌿

Green tea is great but Matcha is best!

To keep it simple; Once inside our cells, Coronavirus releases an enzyme called 3CL (3-chymotrypsin-like protease). This enzyme attacks the cells’ defence mechanism against the coronavirus inhibitors 😞

However, the best for destroying 3CL is quercetin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), which are found in green tea, and even more, of it is found in Matcha! More on quercetin another day

New research finds antiviral activity from epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), blocked severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from binding to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors and can subsequently prevent infection of human lung cells. This action was also observed in the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC).

Matcha green tea is made from the entire leaf that is stone-ground into a fine powder. It is much more concentrated than regular green tea, so you only need ½ to 1 teaspoon per cup.

Some low-quality matcha teas can be contaminated with high levels of pesticides and other harsh chemicals including arsenic. These can add to health problems and hinder the health benefits of this powerful tea. So please, avoid using tea bags. Teabags can contain broken leaves and dust that considerably lowers the quality of this magic powder.

I love the idea and have so much support for EGCG as a safe and cost-effective natural arrow to include in our quiver, as archers against disease.

Namaste to a cup a day of this warm bliss ✨

 
Leanne de Groot

My contribution is a union of nutrition, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork & movement intertwined with behaviour change and how it impacts a life worth living.

As a health and fitness professional, I want to shift the paradigm toward one of self-love and self-care instead of an aesthetic insecurity-based industry. Let’s move away from the trail of being overweight, body shape dissatisfaction, the daily dose of pharmaceutical and social drugs, persistent envy, unhappiness, anxiety, depression, and a life full of pressure to keep up, skip steps, and rush.

Living without awareness and intention creates pressures that we are not doing, we are not moving fast enough, as bosses, workers, weekend warriors, friends, lovers, parents, siblings, or grandparents. We have to be able and willing to step outside the pull of unhealthy and unhealthful cultural norms and make the critical space to do our meaningful thinking.

The first thing I need people to take in is if they are going to work with me or read my work because for me this re-frames the core of moving through all obstacles we have around stress, rush, health, weight, etc … The very blantant truth is that living under the guise of society’s expectations - is not living.

We have been fed a narrative that stepping outside or away from norms is the wrong way to exist and this narrative furthers unhappiness, unhealthiness, pressure, and a life that is too fast to enjoy.

Wherever we are, this is life—it’s happening right now, and I’ve decided that I am not going to rush through it and I invite you to join me today …

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