A Houston, Texas woman shared her secrets of longevity, and she’s an expert on the subject. Juanita Black just turned 105. “I don’t drink coffee or anything,” says Black. “I drink green tea. I love it!” During a news report at her birthday in October, Black shared tales of her youthful spirit, even her birthday [...]
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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 [...]
Choose your liquid calories carefully
Here are the basic nutrition facts from the average cappuccino mocha beverage. Calories 249 for 13 ounces. Total Fat 4.1g, Cholesterol 7mg, Sodium 131mg, Total Carbs. 45.6g, Sugars 42.8g 2006 American Society for Nutrition A new proposed guidance system for beverage consumption in the United States1,2,3 Barry M Popkin, Lawrence E Armstrong, George M Bray, [...]
Green Tea Helps Battle Leukemia
Science Daily reported Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a component in green tea helps kill cells of the most common leukemia in the United States. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia or CLL is a type of Leukemia in which lymphocytes in the bone marrow generate too many white blood cells invading the blood stream. It is [...]
Study: Green Tea Compound May Prevent Diabetes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A compound found in green tea could slow or even prevent the development of type 1 diabetes, new research in mice suggests. Green tea contains several antioxidants that have been shown to curb inflammation, prevent cell death, and possibly even ward off cancer. In the current study, Dr. Stephen D. [...]
25 Reason to Drink Green Tea
Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits. It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health. And if you’re not drinking 3 to 4 cups of green tea today, you’re definitely NOT doing your health a big favor. Here Are The 25 [...]
Green Tea – Good for Your Skin
With all the recent talk about anti-oxidants and their importance in protecting our health, nearly all of us have learned that we should be eating and drinking more foods and beverages with high anti-oxidant contents. But, what about skincare products that contain herbs and plants that are high in anti-oxidants? Can they help reduce aging [...]
Extensive Research on the Health Benefits of Green Tea
In laboratories around the globe, green tea is sparking tremendous excitement as new health applications keep being discovered. The most active green tea constituent is called epigallocatechin gallate. This unique flavonoid favorably alters pathways underlying pathological processes such as cancer,1-4 cardiovascular disease,5,6 diabetes,7 obesity,8 and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.9-11 All of this points to green [...]
Green Tea: A Simple Metabolism Booster
Drinking green tea throughout the day can help you to burn an extra 70 to 100 extra calories a day through an effect known as thermo genesis, which is the process of heat production in living organisms as well as providing numerous health benefits. Studies also suggest that the chemical EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) which is [...]