Tea Catechins and Polyphenols: Health Effects,Metabolism, and Antioxidant Functions Jane V. Higdon and Balz Frei*Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 ABSTRACT: Increasing interest in the health benefits of tea has led to the inclusion of tea extracts in dietary supplements and functional foods. However, epidemiologic evidence regarding the effects of [...]
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Medicinal benefits of green tea
THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINEVolume 11, Number 3, 2005, pp. 521–528 Medicinal Benefits of Green Tea: Part I. Review of Noncancer Health Benefits RAYMOND COOPER, Ph.D.,1 D. JAMES MORRÉ, Ph.D.,2 and DOROTHY M. MORRÉ, Ph.D. ABSTRACT Tea, in the form of green or black tea, is one of the most widely consumed [...]
green tea consumption and chronic disease
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green tea and weight loss among obese
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Green Tea and Bone Metabolism
NUTRITION RESEARCH Volume: 29 Issue: 7 Pages: 437-456 Published: JUL 2009; Shen CL, Yeh JK, Cao JJ, et al. Abstract: Osteoporosis is a major health problem in both elderly women and men. Epidemiological evidence has shown an association between tea consumption and the prevention of age-related bone loss in elderly women and men. Ingestion of [...]
EGCG and Weight Loss
The Major Green Tea Polyphenol, Epigallocatechin-Gallate, Inhibits Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Fatty Liver Disease in High-Fat–Fed Mice. Journal of Nutrition. 2008 September; 138(9): 1677-1683 In this study, we investigated the effects of the major green tea polyphenol, (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), on high-fat–induced obesity, symptoms of the metabolic syndrome, and fatty liver in mice. In mice fed [...]
green tea, EGCG and weight loss
Effects of Catechin Enriched Green Tea on Body Composition Obesity (2009) doi:10.1038/oby.2009.256 Hongqiang Wang1, Yibo Wen1, Yaping Du1, Xiuyuan Yan1, Hongwei Guo2, Jane A. Rycroft3, Niels Boon4, Eva M.R. Kovacs4 and David J. Mela4 Received 30 October 2008; Accepted 2 July 2009; Published online 13 August 2009. Obesity is a major health problem in the developed and developing world. Many “functional” foods and ingredients are advocated for their effects on [...]
Protecting your skin: an inside out approach with EGCG
Skin photoprotection by green tea: antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects. Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord. 2003 Sep;3(3):234-42.Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Because of a characteristic aroma and health benefits, green tea is consumed worldwide as a popular beverage. The epicatechin derivatives, commonly called polyphenols, present in [...]
EGCG and Pancreatic Cancer
Front Biosci. 2008 Jan 1;13:440-52 EGCG inhibits growth, invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis of pancreatic cancer.Shankar S, Ganapathy S, Hingorani SR, Srivastava RK.Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas 75703, USA. We have shown that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a polyphenolic compound from green tea, inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in human [...]
GreenTea HP and nutrient decline from fruits/veggies
Published in HortScience 44: 15-19 (2009)American Society for Horticultural Science Declining Fruit and Vegetable Nutrient Composition: What Is the Evidence? Donald R. Davis Biochemical Institute, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712; and Bio-Communications Research Institute, 3100 North Hillside Avenue, Wichita, KS 67219 “Three kinds of evidence point toward declines of some nutrients in [...]