Green tea is not only a familiar drink of Vietnamese people and some East Asians but also praised by many Western experts. Green tea is rich in antioxidants that are good for health, helping to slow down aging, enhance metabolism, and prevent obesity. Green tea is rich in Polyphenol – a natural compound that brings many benefits such as reducing inflammation and preventing cancer. In particular, the catechins in green tea belong to epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a natural antioxidant that prevents cell damage and has other benefits such as reducing the formation of free radicals and protecting cells…

Ginger is a medicinal herb and a common spice in daily meals. Ginger helps improve blood circulation, enhance circulation, relieve nausea and diarrhea, support digestion, reduce bloating, and prevent cold stomach. Especially, ginger’s 6-gingerol helps prevent cancer, and salicylate – an active ingredient in aspirin, has an anticoagulant effect.
Therefore, when brewing green tea, cooking green tea, you can add a few slices of ginger to get a fresh ginger tea that is both fragrant and enhances the benefits. Ginger tea is also very good for the body.
The benefits of the combination of green tea and ginger
Support cancer prevention
Both green tea and ginger have good components that help prevent cancer, antioxidants, slow down aging, slow down the transformation of cancer cells.

Enhance metabolism and reduce fat
Green tea and ginger are natural herbs that help increase metabolism, blood circulation, and burn excess fat better. Therefore, regularly drinking green tea with ginger helps improve weight loss effectiveness.
Beauty benefits
The antioxidants in ginger and green tea help slow down the aging process, reduce skin pigmentation. Ginger helps improve blood circulation, so it helps nourish the skin better, giving the skin a rosy complexion.
Control blood pressure, promoting longevity
Ginger has the ability to control high blood pressure, thanks to salicylate – an active ingredient in aspirin that prevents blood clotting. Studies also show that ginger has almost double benefits when combined with green tea.
A study published in the National Institute of Health of the US National Library of Medicine found that ginger tea significantly reduces neutral fat and bad cholesterol levels, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Note when using green tea and ginger:
To have a safe green tea ginger drink, you need to choose fresh tea leaves that are not sprayed with chemicals. Choose tea with young, non-old leaves, remove withered, old leaves, and infected leaves.
Rinse the tea before use, ensuring that the tea is not contaminated with residual plant protection chemicals and soak it in water before adding ginger and hot water to brew tea.
Wash the ginger thoroughly and leave the peel on because there are many beneficial substances in the ginger peel. If possible, grill the ginger before slicing it into the tea to make it more fragrant.