(Coffee drinkers might want to sit this one out.)

Green tea might be one of the best drinks you can consume, besides water. Not only is it chock-full of antioxidants, it has several other health benefits that make this beverage worth your while.

Here are 10 cool health benefits of green tea, according to this article.

1. There are bioactive compounds in green tea that can improve your health.
2. These compounds can improve your brain!
3. Green tea can help you burn fat.
4. The antioxidants found in green tea might lower your chances of getting certain kinds of cancer.
5. Green tea mightalsobe able to protect your brain from degenerative diseases in old age.
6. Green tea can even kill bacteria, which protects your teeth!
7. It might lower your risk of Type 2 Diabetes.
8. It might reduce your risk of cardiovascular diseases.
9. Green tea can help lower your risk of obesity.
10. Green tea might even help you live longer!

While some of these health benefits don’t have a lot of evidence behind them, it is clear that green tea can offer some pretty good benefits to your overall health.