geen or roasted, iced or hot, yerba mate has cholesterol and diabetes-fighting propertie - it is a diuretic, digestive and helps fight obesity.

it also contains caffeine and tannins which are responsible for combating free radicals and contain saponin, which improves the libido - it has a considerable amounts of vitamin c, d, b complex and minerals such as calcium, manganese, potassium, phosphorus and iron. 

the guarani indians were the first to use the leaves and stems of this plant, long before the arrival of europeans to the americas.