Product Description Tierra Verde Publishing brings you this diverse and educational new book by Doctor AKA Matcha Man or Doctor T. This 137 page paperback released November 2008 presents revolutionary ideas for making healthy recipes with green tea. Discover the natural health properties in green tea featuring healthy recipes utilizing the versatile Matcha green tea powder. It also explains how an amino acid contained in tea helps enhance the body, mind and spirit which increases the meditative state of mind, balance and decreases the effects of caffeine. Doctor Wald discusses the origins of tea and gives you a concise story of tea throughout the centuries. Although green tea was discovered over four thousands of years ago in China, it was Japan that developed the famous Matcha and its associated tea ceremony. The book offers details about what fair trade practices are and facts about organic tea production and cultivation. His book describes what naturally occurring compounds such as Polyphenols found in green tea are. Details are disclosed about the many health benefits of green tea like preventing cancer, tooth decay, weight loss and fat burning, lowering cholesterol levels, increasing metabolism, energy vitalization and much more. Learn about L-theanine and its ability to enhance brain functions. August emphasizes the importance of using pure water for brewing tea or regular consumption and reveals facts about toxins in community water, rivers, lakes which clearly shows how important it is to avoid these for the prevention of diseases. This book demonstrates, in so many ways, why Matcha green tea powder is the healthiest of all green teas, creative enjoyable culinary ideas for its use and the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. There are more than 50 healthy green tea recipes and cooking ideas in multiple categories and includes ones that are sugar free and diabetic safe. There is a Japanese scientific study chart in this book which identifies all the nutrit