INCREDIBLE BENEFITS OF GUAVA TEA LEAVES

NAME: SARTHAK
MISHRA AND
RACHITH REDDY
GANTLA
CLASS: 9E AND 9C
SUPERVISOR:
MR. SAMMY WAMALWA
SCHOOL: OSHWAL ACADEMY NAIROBI JUNIOR HIGH

TABLE OF CONTENTS
NAME PAGE NUMBER

ABSTRACT 1

INTRODUCTION 1-2
 APPARATUS AND PROCEDURE 2-3

ADVANTAGES 4-6

DISADVANTAGES With Prevention 6

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORMAL 6

TEA AND GUAVA LEAVES TEA
OBJECTIVE AND STATEMENT OF 6-7
ORIGINALITY.
EFFICIENCY 7

CONCLUSION 8

APPLICABLE IN REAL LIFE 8

RECOMMENDATIONS 8-9

REFERENCES 9

ABSTRACT
The article is about guava tea leaves which has become the modern tea. It
contains many nutritional values compared to the normal tea leaves.
There's some evidence that guava leaf may bolster your weight lose effects, so
drinking tea made from guava leaves has become quite popular. Simply
drinking guava leaf tea probably won’t help you lose weight, but it may help
to curb your appetite and it’s a great calorie-free drink option. You can make
guava leaf tea using fresh or dried guava leaves. Drink the tea before eating a
meal or in place of your morning coffee to reap the guava leaf’s weight loss
benefits.

INTRODUCTION
Green tea is good for your health due to its component but do you know there
is new tea in town? Guava leaves from guava plant (Psidium guajava) is used
to make the tea. It is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and
subtropical regions. Guava leaves are reached in vitamin C, lycopene and
antioxidants that are beneficial to the skin and any part of body. Potassium in
guava leaves or guava fruit help normalizing the blood pressure levels since it
contains 80% of water. One can brew guava leaves to make tea. This releases
beneficial substances which help in solving many problems in one’s health.
Guava herbal tea leaves are delicious and can be consumed. It can be
prepared within 10 minutes and can be served either warm or iced.

Guava leaves are oblong to oval in shape and average 7-15 centimeters long
and 3-5 centimeters wide. The leaves grow in an opposite arrangement, which
means two leaves grow at the same point on either side of the stem, and have
short petioles, or stalks that join the leaf to the stem. The surface of the deep
green Guava leaf is wide and leathery with faint white veins and some light
brown patches. Guava leaves are aromatic when crushed and have a scent
similar to that of the guava fruit. Guava leaves grow on a small tree with
wide-spreading branches and copper-colored flaking bark that reveals a green
base. 
APPARATUS
 Guava leaves
 Hot heater
 Steel Container
 Stainer

Procedure

Making Tea from Fresh Guava Leaves

1.

1
Rinse the leaves under running water to clean them. Guava leaves sometimes
have a coating of powder on them, which you will need to rinse off. Hold the
leaves under running water for about 30 seconds to rinse off the powder.
Rinse about 20 leaves for the tea.
 Another option is to fill a bowl with cool water and dunk the leaves
into it. Then, replace the water and repeat 2 more times to get the
leaves clean.
 Check in a health food store or farmer’s market (in tropical regions)
for fresh guava leaves.
2.

2
Pour 12 fl oz (350 mL) of water into a pot and bring it to a boil. Fill a small to
medium-sized pot and place it on the stovetop. Then, turn on the heat to
medium-high and bring the water to a boil.
AD
3.
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Add the leaves to the water and boil them for 10 minutes. Once the water is
boiling, add the guava leaves to the pot. Boil the leaves in the water for the
next 10 minutes. If the leaves float to the top of the water, use a metal or
wooden spoon to push them back down.
4.

4
Remove the pot from the heat and strain the liquid through a colander. After
10 minutes, place a colander or tea strainer over a mug. Pour the desired
amount of the liquid through the colander to strain out the leaves.
 This recipe makes enough for 2 6 fl oz (180 mL) servings.
 Enjoy the tea hot or pour it over a glass filled with ice.
 If desired, you may also sweeten the tea with honey, sugar, or a
calorie-free sweetener, such as stevia.

ADVANTAGES OR BENEFITS OF GUAVA TEA LEAVES:

1. Stops diarrhea.
According to the study published in the Revista Tropical de Sao Paulo, guava
leaf extracts inhibit growth of staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a common
cause of diarrhea. People who drink guava tea leaves have less abdominal
pain. One can boil guava leaves and its root and consumed in an empty
stomach for quick relief.

2. Lower cholesterol
According to article published in nutrition and metabolism, it showed the
people who drank guava tea leaves had lower cholesterol level after eight
weeks. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) are one of the five major groups of
lipoproteins that transport all fat molecules in the body and when excess, it
may bring disorder in the organs of body such as heart.
3. Manage diabetes
According to the article published in nutrition and metabolism, guava tea
leaves inhibit several different enzymes that convert carbohydrates in
digestive tract into glucose, potentially slowing its uptake into blood. In Japan,
it was approved that guava tea leaves are among foods for specified health of
diabetes. Guava leaves are in reach of dietary fibre which reduce sugar level
and help diabetes patients to control their health. The compound in leaves
help regulate blood sugar levels after inhibiting absorption of 2 type of sugars
namely; maltose and sucrose.

4. Helps in obesity or weight loss

Some people want to cut off their weight so as to look more pretty but do they
know by just taking guava tea leaves regularly help in losing weight? The
guava tea leaves prevent complex carbs from turning into sugars promoting
rapid weight loss.

5. Lower risk of cancer.

Guava leaves can lower risk of cancer especially breast cancer or oral cancer.
It contains amount of lycopene that is carotenoid phytonutrient. Lycopene has
anti- tumour properties and protects from prostate cancer; this is according
to Bio Core article on toxicology and research.

6. Heals cough and cold.

Guava leaves contain high levels of vitamin C and iron which helps boosting
the immune. Decoction of guava leave is very helpful in reliever of coughing
and cold as it helps get rid of mucus. It also cleans respiratory tract.

7. Prevent hair loss

Many of people especially men are afraid of losing their hairs but there is a
relieve for such problem. Guava leaves keeps your hair related problem at
bay. Guava is reach in antioxidant that could do wonders in volume of hair.
Just boil guava leaves to make tea or you can massage it on your scalp.

8. Reduces stress
Guava leaves contain vitamin B4 (niacin) and vitamin B6(pyridoxine) which
help in improving blood circulation to brain stimulating cognitive function
and relaxing nerves. This is because it is reach in magnesium that helps the
nerves.

9. Prevent dengue fever.

According with the Bio Care journal about toxicology and research, it shows
that guava leaves or the juice is effective remedy to treat dengue fever. That is
why medical practitioners will advise people to drink thrice a day for better
result.

10. Reduces acne.

Guava leaves contain high percentage of vitamin C that can get rid of acne.
For better results one can crush and apply them on the trouble spot.

11. Helps in gastrointestinal issues (gas problem).

Guava leaves tea are useful in treating gastrointestinal issues because they
reduce production of extra mucus that irritate digestive system and prevent
further microbial growth in intestine due to anti-bacterial properties.

12. You can easily create it at an affordable or no cost price.

DISADVANTAGES OF GUAVA TEA LEAVES WITH PREVENTION:

1. Drinking too much guava leaf tea leads to constipation.
Precautions: Don’t drink too much guava tea leaves according to specialists
you should drink twice a day for higher rate of metabolism and maintenance
of blood sugar and sodium level in the blood.
2. It is forbidden for pregnant women as may cause complications.
Precaution: Pregnant women should not drink it for 8 ½ months or 9 months
and even after giving birth as the woman may feel weak and suddenly
drinking guava tea leaves may cause issues in body mechanisms. Pregnant
women should drink it during pregnancy as it can create some complications
for the nutrients passing through the umbilical cord and in the foetus. So, it’s
recommended that after 8 ½ month or 9 months and even after giving birth
they should drink after 1-2 months which means that they have to wait for 11
months to drink the guava tea leaves so that they can gain back their perfect
health mechanism.
3. If you take any other medicine (especially if it is pressure or diabetes
medicines), you should avoid adding guava leaves to tea.
Precautions: Drinking guava tea leaves and taking medicines at the same time
may cause some severe complications in body mechanism. So, its
recommended that you should not mix medicines (drugs) with guava leaf teas.
4. The microelements of guava tea leaves may cause allergies. However, it
happens rather seldom.
Precautions: People allergic to guava tea leaves are recommended not to drink
it.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORMAL TEA AND GUAVA TEA 

 
GUAVA TEA LEAVES NORMAL TEA

Very cheap to make as ingredients Quite expensive and many people

needed are only water and guava in rural areas can`t afford to drink
leaves and could make many tea every day as tea from
people save money   companies is expensive  
Makes your brain function well as Makes your brain sleepy as
guava contains vitamins that is contain ingredients and not much
good for your body systems  vitamins which makes you sleepy 
Recommended by the WHO, WFP Recommended by no specialist as
and many world class doctors. they know the dangers of drinking
it regularly 

Statement of Originality
Our project is original because of the following reasons:
 It has never been widely known in Kenya.

 It has never been implemented in any East African countries.

Statement of Objective
Our project is as follows:
 To improve our countries sustainability through the use of our project.

 Helping Kenya to move one step closer towards the goals of the vision
2025.

EFFICIENCY
THIS PROJECT IS VERY EFFICIENT BECAUSE:
 It is very reliable and efficient because it helps to perfect issues in our
physical and mental strength hence leading into improved body
mechanism
  The project is reasonably cheap and is affordable by everyone at low
expenses or no cost at all.

CONCLUSIONS
Traditional claims generally require experimental research to establish their
effectiveness. In this regard, ethnomedicine applications of guava tea leaves
have been verified by several researches over the last decade against many
disorders, demonstrating its potential in the treatment of the most common
worldwide diseases. In addition, the effects of the leaves have been related to
individual compounds such as quercetin, catechin, vescalagin, gallic acid,
peltatoside, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, and guaijaverin.
Future prospects should be aimed at investigating the biodiversity of guava
and/or the purification of the different compounds present in guava leaves in
order to obtain functional ingredients for further uses as alternative agents in
natural therapeutic approaches.

APPLICABLE IN REAL LIFE

This project is applicable in real life because it has been tried in Japan and
has been proved to be very successful there.
WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING:
 The government of Kenya to give out funds towards this worthy project.

 People of Kenya TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT and protect their

body at a lower or affordable price.
References
 COLLINS ENCYCLOPEDIA.

 WWW.QUORA.COM

 WWW. BRITANNICA.CO.UK