If you haven't heard about matcha tea then you're in for a treat. It's a cancer-fighting tea that also burns fat and provides more health benefits than your average green tea.

Countless people throw away important antioxidants and minerals without knowing it. Case in point, only a fraction of green tea benefits are extracted each time you try to brew one. What most people don't know is that many nutrients of green tea remain unused and most of them trapped in the tea leaves

Experts believe that the only way to extract green teas' full potential is to consume the leaf in its entirety. However, we don't suggest that you start eating tea leaves for fun, but instead enjoy a bowl of matcha tea.

What is a matcha tea? It's a straight, stoneground tea leaves that when correctly prepared, can provide you with green tea's complete vitamins, amino acids, minerals and antioxidants. In terms of nutritional value, matcha tea offers more than traditionally brewed green teas. A glass of matcha tea is equivalent to 10 glasses of green tea.

It's no secret that the word "antioxidants" is one of the biggest buzz words in the nutrition industry. It refers to the naturally occurring compounds found in nature that prevents people from aging and help them fight chronic diseases. Nutritionists and health enthusiasts would recommend fruits and vegetables to be the best sources of antioxidant properties. But match tea offers more than what others have.

According to experts from Tufts University, matcha tea is packed with more antioxidants. The researchers used a testing method known as ORAC, which stands for oxygen radical absorbance capacity, and found that matcha tea possesses more twenty times more antioxidants than pomegranates and blueberries.

The study also found that matcha tea helps the human body to clean itself of harmful elements. Researchers found that cholorophyll, the element that makes leaves green, is a powerful natural detoxifier. It helps the body eliminate chemicals and other heavy metals acquired overtime.