www.lef.org/newsletter/2011/0607

Perfect Health Diet information about Green Tea including how to make it properly

Also bear in mind that one of the actions of Green Tea it to kill off pathogenic bacteria. This is a huge benefit BUT it does have adverse consequences in the short term. If you are new to Green Tea and you brew it for as long as suggested at the link or drink too many cups through the day you kill off so much pathogenic gut flora you make yourself sick or diarrhoeal disposing of the toxic residue. So for starters go easy at first, brew for less than 2mins at first and don't go overboard, start slowly and build up as your gut flora adapt to the changes. It may also be worth making sure you follow up with home made yoghurt or take a probiotics blend also. You are going to be creating new spaces in the gut lining and you really want these to be occupied by healthy lean type anti inflammatory forms of gut flora and so introducing some health newbies to fill up the gaps left by the departing e coli, h Pylori, staph and c difficile is a smart idea.

Amazing the amount of studies you can read about the benefits from tea. From cavities, cancer to obesity studies

One of the things about green tea is that it operates in several different ways at the same time. If you watch this talk
Bonnie Bassler on how bacteria "talk"

But one of the ways green tea and many other folk remedies work is by preventing the bacteria in the gut communicating with each other and this prevents them acting in a coordinated manner to achieve their aims.

I am extremely sensitive to caffeine so would decaf green tea be just as beneficial?

Answer here

However I don't think the information they provide tells the whole story about green tea from green tea leaves as normally brewed.
here is a typical way of brewing green tea
You will see that Paul makes 5 or 6 cups per day from a single 4 g set of leaves, so the cost averages to only $0.20 per cup.
I do much the same but I tend to allow my tea leaves to brew (unless I forget) for just a couple of minutes, not usually as long as Paul. So the amount of caffeine in any of the brews will be far less and by the time you get to the last brew up of the day reusing those leaves for the fifth time there really won't be any significant amount of caffeine left at all. I don't think the information at the Green Tea site is taking into consideration the fact that most people when using green tea leaves rebrew those leaves several times through the day and as the day progresses the amount of caffeine in the cup declines.

Thank you Ted.

Then there is white tea which is supposed to be even better at getting rid of stomach toxins.

After taking green tea for a long time I switched to white tea, but had to stop taking it because of the increased amount of toxins being fed to the liver meant it couldnt couldnt cope, even with taking copious amounts of Milk Thistle.