The Miraculous Beverage
By: Noemi Pavon de Navajas
and Roberto Navajas
Yerba Mate or Mate as it is
often called, is as tea-like beverage consumed mainly in South
America that has won many admirers in wide-ranging parts of the
world. It is brewed from the dried leaves and stemlets of the
perennial tree Ilex paraguarensis ("Yerba Mate"). It is
a natural source of nutrition. It is used:
Mate contains numerous vitamins and
minerals. There is the usual array of resins, fiber, volatile
oil, and tannins that characterize many plant substances. And
there is also carotene; vitamins A. C, E, B-1, B-2 and B-complex;
riboflavin; biotin; calcium; nicotinic acid; pantothenic acid;
magnesium; iron; sodium; potassium; manganese; silicon;
phosphates; sulfur; hydrochloric acid; chlorophyll; choline; and
inositol. Mateine is found in Yerba Mate and is a very
interesting compound from a therapeutic standpoint because it
belongs to a group of substances known as xanthines (caffeine
also belongs to this group). For example, like other xanthines,
it stimulates the central nervous system, but unlike caffeine, it
is not habituating or addicting. Yerba maté's stimulant action
is longer than that of coffee and does not have side effects such
as insomnia and irritability. It relaxes peripheral blood
vessels, thereby reducing blood pressure, without the strong
oppressor effect on the medulla and heart exhibited by some
xanthines. We also know that it improves psychomotor performance
without the typical xanthine-induced depressant after effects.
The clinical studies of France,
Germany, Argentina and other countries, it appears that we may be
dealing here with the most powerful rejuvenator known to man.
Researches at the Paris Pasteur Institute confer to Yerba Mate a
very important role in the cell regeneration process. Unlike the
guarana of the Tupi, the coca of the Incas, the coffee of India,
or the tea of China, mate' rejuvenates not by the false hopes of
caffeine, but simply through the wealth of its nutrients.
Mate
contains practically all of the vitamins necessary to sustain
life.
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