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Let's talk about some interesting benefits of using green tea both topically and drinking

it for your skin. I've done other videos on what it can do for your cancer, but there's

some really interesting things that can help you with your skin. I'm talking about the

polyphenols. Okay, these are phytonutrients. Number one, antifoto aging. What does that mean?

It means reducing the aging effect on your skin from UV light from the sun. So number one

it can protect you from the radiation from sun to prevent the aging of your skin.

Number two, you can increase collagen and elastin fibers. Yeah, by suppressing enzymes

that are degrading collagen because the chemicals in green tea help suppress the enzymes

that degrade breakdown collagen and elastin. So that's pretty cool. Number three, it's loaded

with anti-inflammatory properties. Number four, and this is cool, it can induce atophagy.

We know fasting induces atophagy, but green tea will also trigger atophagy, which is the

recycling of old damaged proteins into new proteins. That's what makes your skin look

youthful. All right, number five, it can actually promote enzymes to help clean up free

radicals that can damage your DNA. Anything that can reduce the free radicals on your DNA

is going to be very beneficial for protecting your skin. It can also decrease hydrogen peroxide

too, that your body is generating. Number six, it's a potent stress mediator. What is a stress

mediator? Well, that has a biological definition, okay? There's different definitions of mediator,

which in the thumbnail sketch will just help you resist stress. Number seven has potential

for decreasing the risk to cancer of your skin, both melanoma type cancer and non-melanoma

type cancer. So, drink more green tea, especially when you're doing fasting, because fasting

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