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GreenTea and the Beneficial Effects
Beneficial Effects of Green Tea—A Review Carmen Cabrera, PhD, Reyes Artacho, PhD, Rafael Gime´nez, PhD. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 25, No. 2, 79–99 (2006) Tea is the most consumed drink in the world after water. Green tea is a ‘non-fermented’ tea, and contains more catechins, than black tea or oolong [...]
Green Tea and Pneumonia
Green tea and death from pneumonia in Japan: the Ohsaki cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr 90: 672-679, 2009. Vol. 90, No. 3, 672-679, September 2009 Background: Experimental and animal studies have shown the activities of catechins, the main constituents of green tea, against infectious agents. No data are available on the association between green [...]
Green Tea Consumption and Cancer
Why drinking green tea could prevent cancer Jankun, Jerzy; Selman, Steven H.; Swiercz, Rafal; Skrzypczak-Jankun, Ewa Nature, Volume 387, Issue 6633, pp. 561 (1997). Epidemiological studies suggest that the consumption of green tea may help prevent cancers in humans; also, breast and prostate cancers in animal models are reduced by green, but not black, tea. Here we offer a possible [...]
Green tea and Diabetes
A Catechin-rich Beverage Improves Obesity and Blood Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Tomonori et al. Obesity (2008) 17, 310–317. We investigated the effects of continuous ingestion of a catechin-rich beverage in patients with type 2 diabetes who were not receiving insulin (Ins) therapy in a double-blind controlled study. The participants ingested green [...]
Green Tea, Obesity and Type II Diabetes
A Catechin-rich Beverage Improves Obesity and Blood Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Tomonori et al. Obesity (2008) 17, 310–317. We investigated the effects of continuous ingestion of a catechin-rich beverage in patients with type 2 diabetes who were not receiving insulin (Ins) therapy in a double-blind controlled study. The participants ingested green [...]
green tea and body weight
Body weight loss and weight maintenance in relation to habitual caffeine intake and green tea supplementation WESTERTERP-PLANTENGA, MARGRIET S.,MANUELA P.G.M. LEJEUNE, AND EVA M. R. KOVACS. Obes Res. 2005;13:1195–1204. Abstract: Investigation of the effect of a green tea-caffeine mixture on weight maintenance after body weight loss in moderately obese subjects in relation to habitual caffeine intake.Research [...]
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EGCG and Obesity
Genistein, EGCG, and capsaicin inhibit adipocyte differentiation process via activating AMP-activated protein kinase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Volume 338, Issue 2, 16 December 2005, Pages 694-699 Abstract Phytochemicals such as soy isoflavone genistein have been reported to possess therapeutic effects for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, the molecular basis of [...]
green tea and mental health
Targeting Multiple Neurodegenerative Diseases Etiologies with Multimodal-Acting Green Tea Catechins J. Nutr. 138: 1578S–1583S, 2008. Silvia A. Mandel,* Tamar Amit, Limor Kalfon, Lydia Reznichenko, and Moussa B. H. Youdim Eve Topf Abstract Green tea is currently considered a source of dietary constituents endowed with biological and pharmacological activities relevant to human health. Human [...]