4 new ways to get the benefits of green tea

Shape, March, 2007

Sipping a hot cup of tea is a tried-and-true health move, but what if you're not in the mood for a mug? A few new products help you get your daily dose of antioxidants without brewing or steeping. Here are four of our new favorite ways to reap all of tea's goodness.

 snapple green    luna tea      crystal            enviga
      tea           cakes     light green
                                 tea

      120            130           5                  5
   calories       calories      calories          calories
    0 g fat       1.5 g fat     0 g fat            0 g fat

 This product      A cross    Pour one of           This
 isn't as high    between a      these        green-tea-infused
in calories or   cookie and    on-the-go    soft drink is fizzy,
sugar as other    an energy    packs into    sweet, and packs in
sweetened iced   bar, these    your water     90 milligrams of
 teas, and it    treats are   bottle for a    EGCG. Since a can
  contains 55    baked with      fruity         contains 100
 milligrams of    tea. The     flavor and       milligrams of
    EGCG, a        berry-          55       caffeine, swap it for
cancer-fighting  pomegranate   milligrams    your regular cup of
 antioxidant.     cake has    of catechins          joe.
 Plus, we love     abut 80     (a type of
  the subtle     milligrams   antioxidant)
 sweet taste.    of EGCG, as    --that's
                  well as 3     about 70
                 grams each    percent of
                  of fiber    what's in a
                     and        cup of
                  protein.    brewed green
                                  tea.