346: Green Tea Fail? The Antioxidant Absorption Secret!

Are you pouring your time (and money) into drinking green tea and matcha, only to feel…nothing? What if the powerful antioxidants you're counting on are being minimized or destroyed before they can even reach your cells?

In this insightful episode of Power on Plants, we’re revealing a simple science-backed strategy to easily maximize the benefits of your green tea and matcha. 

Discover the natural "helper" nutrient – found in common, affordable whole foods – which acts as a shield, protecting and enhancing the absorption of those precious antioxidants. Learn how this one simple pairing can boost your energy levels, sharpen your focus, reduce inflammation, and support long-term well-being, all without complicated routines or expensive supplements.

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If you’re a purpose-driven Christian woman who wants her body to cooperate with her so that she can fully live her God-given goals and dreams, tune in now and discover how this one powerful act of self-care, can unlock a world of vibrant health and sustained energy. We can’t wait to help you feel good, so you can fully live the amazing life you were created to enjoy! 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
But studies show that these antioxidants often get
destroyed in your gut beforethey can get used by your body,
unless you pair them with theirultimate wingman, which studies
have identified.
And I want Jared to tell youwhat is the ultimate wingman.
The supreme sidekick is heysister, welcome to the Power on

(00:21):
Plants podcast podcast.
Are you tired of staring intothe fridge wondering what to eat
so you can just feel better?
Do you want to avoid spendinghours in the kitchen making
complicated meals in the name ofhealth?
Would you love to leave fatiguebehind and finally have the
energy to do all the things youwant to do?
Hi, we're chairden and nitarusell, christ followers, health

(00:43):
care professionals, parents offour and big fans of great
tasting food.
We, too, tried exercising more,eating natural and clean foods,
but we still found ourselvesstruggling with what we thought
were changes that come with ageor bad genes, and we weren't
finding answers the traditionalroute.
So we dug into the research andcreated our secret nutritional

(01:03):
weapon sustainable plant-basedliving.
The truth is, you can eat morewhole plant foods and it's not
hard.
You just need the way.
That's realistic and deliciousso you never feel deprived If
you're ready to enjoy your meals.
No longer be held back by yourhealth struggles and actively
live your life, then you're inthe right place.

(01:24):
So grab your favoriteplant-based cup of happy pop in
those earbuds and let's getstarted.
Hey there, sunshine, raise yourhand.
If you've ever sipped green teaor matcha latte, thinking this
is going to make me feel like asuperhero, only to wonder later
why don't I feel any different?
Well, this episode is for youbecause your tea might be

(01:45):
missing a secret sidekick, andtoday we're going to fix that.
Here's the thing Green tea andmatcha are great for you, and
one reason is because they'repacked with catechins like EGCG,
which are very powerfulantioxidants that fight
inflammation, fight cancer,boost brain health and even help

(02:07):
you burn fat naturally.
Who doesn't love that?
But studies show that theseantioxidants often get destroyed
in your gut before they can getused by your body, unless you
pair them with their ultimatewingman, which studies have
identified, and I want Jared totell you what is the ultimate

(02:28):
wingman.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
The supreme sidekick is vitamin C, but not just any
vitamin C, vitamin C from wholeplant foods.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
Who would have thunk it right?
But vitamin C from places likecitrus fruits could be lemon,
could be lime, could be greenleafies, could be bell pepper.
Any natural source of vitamin Cis going to be better.

(02:51):
And what does it do?
It helps to protect thecatechins, which are things like
EGCG.
There are a few others that arein that category, but it helps
to protect them when they're inthat digestive environment in
our GI tract, so that way theystay around longer, they get
absorbed and then they can havetheir health benefits.

Speaker 1 (03:13):
So the catechins, like EGCG, are located inside
the green tea or matcha, right?
So you're saying when we pairthese two things green tea or
matcha which, by the way, youshould be drinking these every
single day and, don't worry,we're going to show you ways to
get more of them?
But these amazing antioxidantsare in green tea and matcha and
you can actually boost theamount of them by just pairing

(03:35):
your green tea and matcha withvitamin C and, as Jared says,
the studies show when thatvitamin C comes from whole plant
foods, it greatly boosts theamount of these antioxidants
that are available to beabsorbed from the green tea and
the matcha.
It's so exciting and how simplethese things are to do.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
And it may be tempting to say well, what if I
just take a vitamin C supplementwhen I have my cup of green tea
?
Well, that's been studied andit helped, but did not do nearly
as well as the whole plantfoods.
And you're here to optimize,right?
That's why you're here.

Speaker 1 (04:08):
And I'm going to add I'm here to enjoy and I think
you might be there to enjoy too,and popping pills is not
enjoyable.
It may be many things, butenjoyable is not one of them.

Speaker 2 (04:18):
We know that the activity of the natural vitamin
C when it's with everything elsein the plant is superior than
just a plain vitamin C.
When it's with everything elsein the plant is superior than
just a plain vitamin C becauseit doesn't have all the other
cofactors and the molecules andthe goodness that God put in
that plant.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
So are we against supplements?
Do we believe you should nevertake supplements?
No, we don't.
There are some supplements thatare super beneficial and can
help you, so we want you to eatthe foods, when you can, that
are available, that have a highpotency of these nutrients that,
when you get them together, aregoing to literally fuel your
body well, and in this case it'sgreen tea mixed with vitamin C.

(04:58):
So how do you make this work inreal life situations when
you're a busy woman or busy manon the go and you're trying to
feel your absolute best?
Here are two real lifestrategies you can use to get
more nutrients out of your greentea every single time that you
actually enjoy.
First, you can add lemon ororange juice to your green tea.

(05:19):
Of course, that's what we thinkof when we think of vitamin C.
Right, lemon juice juice, maybelime juice?
Okay, lemon and orange could bereally good when paired with
green tea.
So squeezing only a half cup oflemon, which is about a
tablespoon of lemon juice, intoyour green tea provides enough
vitamin C to stabilize thecatechins that are in the green
tea.
So do not fear adding in justthe right amount, because

(05:44):
studies show that any amount ofextra vitamin C is going to help
you increase your catechinabsorption with green tea.
But here's a pro tip you cancold brew your tea to reduce the
bitterness and preserve evenmore antioxidants.
And that tip makes me think ofone of my favorite drinks, which
is going to be your step numbertwo my daily green smoothie.

(06:05):
It is so cold and refreshingand it's great for the warmer
months, especially Now.
I know I know you've heard it'sbest to chew your food, don't
drink your nutrients, but thetruth is that green smoothies
are incredible for healthIncredible.
So what does this have to dowith matcha?
Well, I'm glad you asked,because strategy number two is,

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if you add just one teaspoon ofmatcha powder to your green
smoothie, along with the leafygreens like kale or spinach that
you've packed into thatsmoothie, you'll be providing
your body with a load of theseinflammation, fighting brain
health, boosting fat, fightingpowerhouses, catechins by simply

(06:50):
adding matcha powder to yourgreen smoothies.
Why does this work?
Because, and this may surpriseyou kale and mustard greens have
more vitamin C in them thanoranges and lemons.
So if you add your matcha toyour leafy greens in your
smoothie, you're bumping up theability of that vitamin C to
increase the catechins in yourgreen tea.

(07:12):
So you would hear this tip andthink I want to add citrus.
Vitamin C equals citrus in ourminds, but I want you to wrap
your mind around again the factthat we don't understand what
all nutrients are in our food.
You're eating all these leafygreens.
Hopefully you're eating moreand more the more you listen to
our podcast and understand howhealing they are, and you're
getting those on a regular basis, but do you understand that

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when you do that, you're greatlyincreasing your vitamin C load?
That's incredible.
So eat four leafy greens anddon't just think for one
nutrient of one food, becauseGod has placed these incredible
life-giving, disease-reversingnutrients into so many whole
plant foods.
So get a wide variety and eatlots of them.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
And this is why we say don't worry about each
individual nutrient, yes,concentrate on just getting a
good, wide variety, because youwill get what you need.
We think oranges are the onlysource of vitamin C, but then it
turns out that the leafy greensfirst have vitamin C Probably
didn't know that and it has morethan the orange that we thought

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was the only source of vitaminC.
But if you use your mentalenergy on being sure to get a
wide variety but get it in theabsolute best, most delicious,
fastest way possible, wellthat's enjoyable than worrying
about zinc and vitamin C andthis nutrient and that nutrient.
On and on it goes.

Speaker 1 (08:34):
And you think I don't have time to figure all this
stuff out.
I don't have time to figure outthat Kayla has more vitamin C
than this, and how to eat thisand what I should be eating, and
am I eating it and am I not?
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Take it from someone who,several years ago, could not
even walk up one flight ofstairs to tuck my children into
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(08:55):
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And I would be in there washingmy hair, crying, thinking
literal thoughts, like there arepeople who are washing their
hair right now that aren't eventhinking about it and they're
not hurting.
And you're in that situationand you feel like no one
understands what you're goingthrough.

(09:15):
But we understand.
Get yourself into a group, intoa community of people who do
understand, and insideAccelerator you're going to find

(09:42):
your brothers and sisters inChrist who are trying to build a
business, who are trying to doall these things that the Lord's
put on their heart.
Trying of living his will onthis earth must be optimally
fueled.
We must feel good in order tobe able to do good right.
If we want to do the goodthings, we have to feel good.
We cannot walk aroundconstantly exhausted, wasting
all our time running fromappointment to appointment
trying to figure out what'swrong, with us crying in the
shower, googling our latestsymptoms, like it's no way to

(10:04):
live.
And we get it.
I've been there.
I am so sorry.
I'm giving you a virtual hug ifyou're there, but I want you to
understand you do not have tostay there.
You have someone whounderstands and I want you to go
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Get inside.
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(10:26):
so you can start not onlypreventing some of these
diseases the most common diseaseof our time but actually
reverse them.
They don't tell you that theygive you X days to live or they
tell you you're going to havethis forever and all of a sudden
you start eating this way andfind that you're reversing these
things.
That's why Jared and I lovewhat we're doing.
You know we used to spend ourdays helping our clients manage

(10:47):
their diseases.
Now we spend our days helpingour clients reverse them, and
that, to me, is life.
We love it.
That's why we love what we do.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
And God did not call you to run the race as a 1960s
Winnebago.
He called you to run it as afinely tuned Ferrari.
You are not going to evenfinish the race as that old
Winnebago puttering down thestreet.
So do this for yourself and foryour loved ones.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
And here's your challenge for this week On top
of getting yourself on theaccelerator wait list or if the
doors are open, get on theinside.
The next thing I want you to dois take action on what you've
heard today.
Pick just one of thesestrategies and run with it.
Maybe you're not drinkingmatcha or green tea at all.
Why not?
The benefits are incredible.

(11:32):
You are going to feel betterdrinking it on the regular, and
now you have two simple ways todo that.
If you're a tea drinker, grab alemon or orange wedge tomorrow
morning and just squeeze it intoyour green tea.
And if you're a smoothie person, toss a teaspoon of matcha into
your blender with all thoseother amazing green smoothie
ingredients, like a handful ofkale.
Or into your blender with allthose other amazing green
smoothie ingredients, like ahandful of kale or spinach, that

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are high in vitamin C.
Do this for just seven days, andI want you to pay attention to
how you feel.
Do you notice a little moreenergy?
Maybe less brain fog?
That's not a placebo.
That is real.
God created compounds doingreal work inside your body, as
you've given them more than afighting chance to succeed by

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eating more of them every singleday together.
And if you're thinking but I'mnot a nutrition expert, you
don't have to be.
That's why we're here for you,to cut through the noise and
hand you the exact steps thatscience says matters.
Friends, share this episodewith someone who, you know, is
tired of riding the wellnessroller coaster and is ready for

(12:40):
the straight facts that are easyto implement with real life.
And until next time, stopchasing perfection and step into
real results, one simple stepat a time.
You've got everything you needto get started today, so do not
wait.
You are loved, you are prayedfor and we look forward to
spending time with you againvery soon.

(13:00):
Thank you.