Jun 20
Green tea is not only good tasting, it also contains many health benefits from lowering risks for cancer, stroke and periodontal disease.
Good news! Green tea drinkers appear to have a reduced risk for a wide range of diseases, from simple bacterial or viral infections to cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, periodontal disease, glaucoma and osteoporosis. Might it be due to the fact one cup of green tea provides 10-40 milligrams of polyphenols and has antioxidant effects greater than a serving of broccoli, spinach, carrots, or strawberries? Tea contains antioxidants that mop up the free radicals before they trash the Temple like an attention-seeking rock star.
Jun 16
Regular consumption of green tea can greatly reduce the number of cancer cells in patients with leukemia.
Research showing a supplement containing a concentrated extract of green tea can reduce the number of cancer cells in patients with a certain type of leukemia is being closely monitored by a Vancouver hematologist.
BC Cancer Agency clinician Dr. Cindy Toze said Monday the Mayo Clinic study on 42 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia is highly intriguing and “if a multi-centre trial opportunity comes up, we’d seriously look at participating in it.”
Tagged with: cancer
Jun 15
Black tea has been shown to be effective in weight control and suppression, which is good news to many who struggles with their weight.
Like green tea, extracts from black tea may also help reduce weight gain and cut body fat levels, says a new study from Japan with rats and mice.
Supplementing the diet of lab animals fed a high-fat diet with black tea extracts suppressed body weight gain and body fat levels, with the benefits linked to reduced fat absorption, according to findings published in Nutrition.
Interest in tea and its constituents has bloomed in recent years, with the greatest focus on the leaf’s polyphenol content. Green tea contains between 30 and 40 per cent of water-extractable polyphenols, while black tea (green tea that has been oxidized by fermentation) contains between 3 and 10 per cent. Oolong tea is semi-fermented tea and is somewhere between green and black tea. The four primary polyphenols found in fresh tealeaves are epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin gallate (ECG), and epicatechin (EC).
Jun 13
Tea, especially green tea has so many health benefits, which includes enhanced immunity and longevity.
Lengthen your years, starting with this one simple tip: drink more tea. Delicious, low-calorie and brimming with antioxidants, tea is one of the most commonly enjoyed beverage by centenarians around the world, second only to water. Even in the US, its popularity is rapidly growing. With the healthy longevity benefits you stand to gain, you too will want to drink up.
Jun 12
Red wine and green tea are not only tasty beverages, a recent study suggests they can be effective in preventing prostate cancer.
Researchers have explained how antioxidants in red wine and green tea produce a combined effect to disrupt an important cell signaling pathway necessary for prostate cancer growth.
The finding is important because it may lead to the development of drugs that could stop or slow cancer progression, or improve current treatments.
“Not only does SphK1/S1P signaling pathway play a role in prostate cancer, but it also plays a role in other cancers, such as colon cancer, breast cancer, and gastric cancers,” said Dr. Gerald Weissmann, editor-in-chief of The FASEB Journal .
Tagged with: Prostate cancer
Jun 07
The health benefits of green tea continues to grow; the latest finding is green tea can help slow chronic lymphocytic leutemia. DAAN carries a variety of green tea products, this is one of the more popular products.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic are now in the second phase of trials with early-stage, asymptomatic patients to explore the potential of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) to strike a blow against this type of leukemia.
“The benefits we have seen in most CLL patients who use the chemical suggest that it has modest clinical activity and may be useful for stabilizing this form of leukemia, potentially slowing it down,” lead author Dr. Tait Shanafelt, a Mayo Clinic hematologist, said in a news release.
Tagged with: Leukemia
Jun 05
A recent Australian study suggests that drinking tea, black, green, or (surprisingly, herb) tea may help reduce your risk of cancer.
Now investigators from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, led by Dr. Christina Nagle from the Institute’s Gynaecological Cancer Group, report on their work, which supports “the idea that the antioxidants in tea may be beneficial against cancer in humans.”
Approximately 2,700 Australian women, half who had ovarian cancer and half who did not, were surveyed about their dietary habits, including tea consumption. Nagle noted that “Our results indicate that drinking more than four cups a day of black, green or herbal tea may reduce ovarian cancer risk by almost 30%.”
Previous research that has focused on green tea suggests that it may be healthier than more processed teas, including black and oolong teas. In this current study, Nagle pointed out that although her team’s work did not find a stronger benefit for green tea, “combining all of the evidence worldwide suggests that drinking one or more cups green tea per day may reduce your risk of developing ovarian cancer by 40%.”
Tagged with: Tea
May 28
If you are not a green tea drinker, you should consider making it a beverage that you consume regulary because of its enormous health benefits.
It’s difficult not to gush about green tea.
More than a decade’s worth of research about green tea’s health benefits — particularly its potential to fight cancer and heart disease — has been more than intriguing, as have limited studies about green tea’s role in lowering cholesterol, burning fat, preventing diabetes and stroke, and staving off dementia.
“I believe in green tea based on everything written about it,” says Katherine Tallmadge, RD, LD, a nutritionist and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. “Green tea, white tea, black tea — I like all of them.”
Still, real-world evidence is lacking; most of the consistent findings about green tea’s health benefits have come out of the lab.
The few large-scale human studies that have focused on green tea’s impact on heart disease and cancer are promising, but many of those were conducted in the East, where green tea is a dietary mainstay. The outcomes are likely influenced by other lifestyle factors such as high consumption of fish and soy protein, says cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, MD, a spokeswoman for the American Heart Association and medical director of the New York University Women’s Heart Center.
May 08
Green tea and pomegranate can help you lose weight especially after menopause; these are indeed superfoods!
Latest Research Shows that Green Tea and Pomegranate are Helpful in Losing Weight after Menopause, according to Dr. Ershadi
Dr. Ershadi, an expert in the area of treating menopause-related symptoms, believes that with the help of an herbal menopause treatment it is possible to lose weight once menopause is over. Some natural ingredients, such as green tea and pomegranate are proven to be helpful in losing weight gained during menopause.
Beverly Hills, CA (PRWEB) May 6, 2010 — Dr. Ershadi, an expert in the area of treating menopause-related symptoms, believes that with the help of an herbal menopause treatment it is possible to lose weight once menopause is over. Some natural ingredients, such as green tea and pomegranate, are proven to be helpful in losing weight gained during menopause. Weight gain is a common side effect of menopause, and one that most women would rather avoid. This is bound to be welcome news to women who are currently experiencing menopause, who are nearing menopausal age or who have completed menopause but are still dealing with a few stubborn extra pounds.
Tagged with: Weight Loss
