Ice Tea with lemon: take care of yourself twice as much

The mercury rises and we are looking for a shade under which to shelter. If we accompany it with a good glass of Ice Tea happiness is almost complete. Ice Tea is a drink full of vitamins and antioxidants that helps us to stay hydrated in summer. To make it we can use any variety of tea, but if we choose green and white teas, we will have lighter and refreshing drinks, low in caffeine and full of antioxidants, which help us to protect our body from oxidation caused by free radicals, produced by metabolic processes.

The simplest recipe for Ice Tea consists only of adding a few slices of lemon to our favorite tea and adding ice. This simple gesture will help us to take better advantage of the antioxidants in green tea.

Catechins are the main antioxidants in the composition of green tea, although only 20% of those that we ingest after digestion remain in our organism.

Citrus fruits such as lemon contain Vitamin C, which also acts as an antioxidant, making a simple tea with lemon twice as healthy.

According to a Purdue University study* published in 2007 in "Molecular Nutrition and Food Research" by Mario Ferruzzi, adding lemon juice to green tea increases the body's ability to retain catechins by 80%.

Combine your favorite teas with citrus and you will refresh yourself while taking care of yourself.