What does yerba mate extract do?
What does yerba mate extract do?
Yerba mate extract is a plant extract from South America, mainly derived from the dried leaves of the evergreen shrub yerba mate of the holly family. This extract contains a variety of ingredients that are beneficial to the human body, including yerba mate, a xanthine alkaloid that relaxes muscles and peripheral blood vessels, excites the central nervous system, and resists physical and mental fatigue. Yerba mate extract also contains 11 polyphenols and 12 vitamins, as well as up to 196 active nutrients needed by the human body.
The characteristics of yerba mate extract include refreshing without insomnia, and a two-way physiological regulation effect, which can provide energy and promote sleep quality at the same time.
What are the health benefits of yerba mate extract?
Refreshing and refreshing
Madeine (a bioactive compound similar to caffeine) in yerba mate extract can stimulate the central nervous system, promote mental activity, and improve concentration and alertness.
Antioxidant
Contains antioxidants that can scavenge free radicals, reduce oxidative stress damage to the body, and prevent diseases such as arteriosclerosis and stroke.
Enhance immunity
Yerba mate extract is believed to enhance the body's immunity, stimulate the body's organs' natural resistance to various diseases, and help the body fight against diseases.
Promote digestion
Yerba mate tea extract can stimulate the secretion of bile and gastric acid, help digestion, keep the intestines clean, and prevent bad breath.
Regulate blood lipids and blood pressure
Rich in a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, yerba mate tea extract can significantly reduce blood lipids, regulate blood pressure, and help maintain cardiovascular health.
Lose weight and lower fat
By purifying cholesterol from the intestines and blood, yerba mate tea extract aids in weight loss and lowering body fat levels.
Calm down
In addition to refreshing the mind, yerba mate tea extract also has a certain calming effect, which can relieve stress and anxiety and help improve sleep quality.
How does yerba mate extract improve immunity?
Rich in nutrients
Yerba mate extract is rich in nutrients, which are essential for enhancing the function of the immune system. Specifically, yerba mate is recognized as one of the single-family plant beverages that is rich in nutrients and bioactive substances required by the human body. The various nutrients it contains can support the normal functioning of the immune system.
Antioxidant
Yerba mate extract is rich in antioxidants, such as polyphenols and chlorogenic acid. These antioxidants can remove free radicals in the body and reduce the damage of oxidative stress to immune cells, thereby protecting the health of the immune system. Antioxidant effects help maintain the activity and function of immune cells, thereby enhancing immunity.
Promote immune cell activity
Certain components in yerba mate extract can stimulate the activity of immune cells, such as enhancing the phagocytic ability of macrophages and promoting the proliferation of lymphocytes. These immune cells play an important role in resisting the invasion of pathogens and removing foreign bodies from the body. Therefore, yerba mate extract helps to improve immunity by promoting the activity of immune cells.
Regulating immune balance
The immune system needs to maintain a state of balance, which can effectively resist the invasion of foreign pathogens and avoid overreaction leading to the occurrence of autoimmune diseases. Certain components in yerba mate extract may have the effect of regulating immune balance, by adjusting the distribution and function of immune cells, keeping the immune system in optimal condition.
How does yerba mate extract improve digestion?
Yerba mate extract exhibits remarkable efficacy in promoting digestion, mainly due to its diverse active ingredients and biological effects.
Stimulate gastric acid secretion
Caffeine and caffeine-like bioactive substances in yerba mate extract can stimulate receptors on the gastric mucosa, thereby promoting the secretion of gastric acid. Stomach acid plays a vital role in the digestion process
Used, it helps break down the protein in food and activates the conversion of pepsinogen into pepsin, thus accelerating the digestion of food.
Promote gastrointestinal motility
Yerba mate extract can also stimulate the smooth muscle of the gastrointestinal tract, increasing its contractility and peristaltic frequency. This boosting effect helps move food through the gastrointestinal tract, speeding up the process of food digestion and absorption. In addition, the fiber and enzymes in yerba mate tea can also help promote intestinal peristalsis and decompose food residues, further relieving symptoms such as constipation and gastric bloating.
Improve gastrointestinal function
The polyphenols in the yerba mate tea extract have a protective effect on the gastrointestinal mucosa, which can enhance the barrier function of the gastrointestinal mucosa and reduce damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa by harmful external substances. At the same time, these polyphenols can also promote the secretion of gastric juice and increase the activity of digestive enzymes, thereby improving overall gastrointestinal function.
Assist in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases
For patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, drinking mate tea in moderation or ingesting mate tea extract can play an auxiliary treatment role. It can relieve symptoms such as stomach pain and bloating caused by diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcer, and promote recovery from the disease.
What fields are yerba mate extract used in?
Food field
Yerba mate extract can also be used in the food industry. For example, it can be added as a food additive to various foods, such as baked products, condiments, snacks, etc. In addition, mate tea extracts can also be used to make functional foods, such as weight loss foods, foods that enhance immunity, etc.
Beverage field
Yerba mate extract can be used in beverages such as energy drinks, sports drinks, solid drinks, and snack foods such as chewing gum and candy. It provides a refreshing effect while solving the problem of caffeine's irritation to the body and ensuring sleep quality.
Cosmetic field
Yerba mate extract are also used in cosmetic manufacturing due to their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. They can be added to products such as creams, facial masks, shampoos and shower gels to moisturize the skin, reduce wrinkles and improve skin elasticity.
Medical field
Yerba mate extract are also widely used in the medical field. They can be used to prepare oral liquids, tablets, soft capsules and other drug forms. In addition, the ingredients of yerba mate tea have multiple physiological activities, such as relaxing smooth muscles, improving breathing, protecting the myocardium, increasing bile secretion, diuretic and laxative, removing cholesterol, improving blood circulation, anti-oxidation, anti-allergy, promoting self-tissue repair and homeostasis regulation, etc.
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