Green Tea facts | Herbal Concentrate | Weight Loss | Antioxidants | Health Benefits

Green Tea (GT) has been found to promote weight loss, reduce the risk of heart attack, prevent against cancer, protect your teeth and gums and offer relief for arthritis. Not bad for a leaf! These traits are due to a super concentration of antioxidants called catechins known for their outstanding health benefits.

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A study led by Dr. Dulloo at the University of Geneva, published in the December 1999 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that men given a combination of both caffeine and Green tea extract burned more calories than those given caffeine or placebo alone.

Results found that the men taking GT extract had a significant increase in their measured energy expenditure (the number of calories used in a 24 hour period). A significant decrease in the respiration quotient and the body's utilization of carbohydrates, proteins and fats over a 24 hour period compared to those taking just caffeine or placebo. The GT extract men also burned more fat calories than the placebo group.

The scientists believed that catechin flavonoids (potent antioxidants) may alter the body's use of norepinephrine, a chemical transmitter in the nervous system, to increase the rate of calorie burning. They concluded, GT has thermogenic properties and promotes fat oxidation beyond that explained by its caffeine content per se. The Green tea extract may play a role in the control of body composition via sympathetic activation of thermogenesis, fat oxidation, or both.”

Healthy Heart, the cholesterol-lowering effects of Green tea have been confirmed in countless studies. The ‘French Paradox’, namely the French high fat diet with comparably low rates of heart disease, is believed to be due to the flavonoid resveratrol found in wine.

In 1997, researchers from the University of Kansas found catachin EGCG to be twice as powerful as resveratrol, which may explain why heart disease rates among Japanese men is quite low despite around 75 per cent of them being smokers.

In one 25 year study (the Zutphen Elderly Study; Hertog, M., et al., 1993), those who drank more than 8.5 ounces per day had a much lower risk of experiencing or dying from heart attacks than those drinking less. Test tube studies have also found that GT decreases the clumping of blood cells, reducing the risk of clotting associated with heart attacks and strokes.

Cancer Protective: Human and animal studies suggest GT may be preventive against a variety of cancers including bladder, colon, esophageal, breast, pancreas, rectum, and stomach. In 1994 the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published a study that indicated drinking green Tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent!

Aid For Arthritis: The anti-inflammatory action of GT, due to its flavonoid content, has shown promise for arthritis relief. Research by scientists at Case Western University (Haqqi et al., 1999), suggests that antioxidants serve to postpone the onset and decrease the severity of one type of arthritis in mice.

Tea for your Teeth:

Green Tea is touted for oral health by Asian practitioners and recent scientific research supports this use. Studies in animals and humans have shown how GT can effectively combat the bacteria that causes cavities in teeth. It also contains fluoride that is protective for teeth.

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