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 [...]
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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 [...]