Yerba Mate - Dried Ilex paraguariensis Loose Leaf Harvested from

Yerba Mate compared to Green Tea: While yerba mate and green tea share many of the same benefits, (antioxidants, polyphenols, flavenoids, bioflavenoids, and theophylline) modern science shows that yerba mate has more active compounds than green tea, 52 to be exact. Yerba mate boasts an impressive 196 active compounds as compared to the 144 found in green tea. In fact, yerba mate has higher polyphenol and antioxidant counts than both green and black teas. Technically, green tea is the Camellia sinensis plant, and is immediatly flash heated after being picked, and is not fermented or roasted. Healthwise, green teas are superior to oolong and black teas, as many of the beneficial antioxidant compounds are protected by the green tea production process. Black teas may taste sweeter because they are fermented and then roasted whereby the sugars carmelize, but this flavor comes at the expense of its antioxidant qualities. Yerba mate, is processed much like a green tea, but is not "green tea".

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