Matcha Green Tea Sorbetes

Heavenly and Nutritious Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream

Matcha is a type of green tea with huge health benefits, and it's great for weight loss.This matcha green tea ice cream is packed with antioxidants for a healthy summer treat. If you like your desserts—ice cream in particular—on the “not-too-sweet” side, matcha green tea ice cream is perfect for you! It's cool, refreshing, and just the thing to relieve you from the intense summer heat.

Matcha is made from finely-ground tea leaves that have been grown in the shade, which give them more chlorophyll than other green teas. This chlorophyll detoxifies the body, ridding it of heavy metals and chemical toxins. 

Matcha tea powder also contains catechins which have antibiotic properties and promote overall health. It’s an anti-inflammatory and helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure. It has been associated with preventing illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, heart problems, and even certain kinds of cancer.

Superfood matcha also increases your energy due to its caffeine—but it also contains L-theanine to balance out the caffeine, which means you don’t get the “crash” that comes with drinking coffee. This L-theanine not only boosts your energy; it also keeps you focused, relaxed, and de-stressed.

It’s rich in antioxidants. Antioxidant-rich foods help manage free radicals in the body and flush out toxins, helping us to fight against things like UV radiation and skin damage. According to this study, matcha treatment – due to its antioxidant levels – may be associated with lower cholesterol, blood glucose levels, and triglycerides.

It contains catechin (EGCg). What’s that? Good question. Catechin is a type of natural phenol and antioxidant and a strong cancer fighter. This is the antioxidant that makes matcha unique, considering epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg) comprises around 60% of the catechin content of matcha powder. Research shows its concentration is 137 times greater than the amount in China green tea, making it a superior choice. If you’re already drinking green tea, maybe it’s time to make the switch to matcha!

 

It’s can help calm you down. Green tea contains l-theanine. Despite its caffeine content, l-theanine makes it a much milder choice than coffee. L-theanine is actually a calming agent and reduces stress response. In humans, studies show it reduces blood pressure and provides some anti-stress benefits without making subjects drowsy. While matcha is energising and good at waking you up, its balanced effects will help you reduce coffee anxiety and jitters while avoiding the afternoon crash. If you need a pick-me-up later in the day, matcha tea is much more forgiving.

It can boost focus. We often reach for caffeine as a means of getting focused and getting to work, but for many of us, a little too much of it backfires. L-theanine has also been shown to play a role in critical aspects of attention span according to research, leading us to believe that drinking matcha tea may give us a good brain boost when it comes to focus and productivity.

Increases metabolism. Matcha tea makes a great addition to your diet if you’re looking to shed some weight as green tea has metabolism-boosting properties. Research links its thermogenic properties and promotes fat oxidation – our body’s ability to efficiently break down dietary fats into smaller components for use by the body rather than storage.

So give this matcha green tea ice cream a try!