Green Tea Is The Fountain Of Youth
As an oasis is to the dessert, or a cool breeze to a hot summer night, so is green tea to cholesterol.
If you are approaching middle age and found out that you have high cholesterol, your answer might be green tea. The Internet has a wealth of information about cholesterol and green tea.
As modern science discovered cholesterol, apoB protein, LDLs, and triglycerides, green tea emerged as a surprising solution. As crazy as it sounds that a drink thousands of years old can help lower cholesterol, new scientific research suggests exactly that. The next 10 years will continue to reveal more facts about the world’s oldest beverage: green tea.
More good news is it is not just green tea and cholesterol; it is also green tea and cancer. Several studies have shown that the antioxidants are present in green tea. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute published the results of an epidemiological study indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in Chinese men and women by nearly sixty percent. Another research done by the University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. In another study by the University of Kansas determined that EGCG may explain why the rate of heart disease among Japanese men is quite low, even though approximately seventy-five percent are smokers.
And more good news! It is not just green tea and cholesterol or green tea and cancer; it is also green tea and high blood pressure. Habitually drinking 5 to 10 cups a day of green tea lowers high blood pressure.
The Chinese have been using green tea for thousands of years to treat everything from body aches to depression.
There are more studies underway to determine if green tea is helpful for treating or preventing cardiovascular disease, infection, impaired immune function, and even rheumatoid arthritis.
Researchers have found that catechin polyphenols, especially epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is what lowers the risk of cancer. Polyphenols have also been found to limit the negative effects of a fatty diet and of smoking.
Green tea has also been shown to help with weight loss. In a study done by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it was found that men who were given green tea burned more calories than those who were given only caffeine.
There are also studies being done on green tea and tooth decay. Green tea has bacteria killing compounds that help prevent tooth decay.
Why is it that it is green tea and cholesterol not oolong tea or black tea? As we all know there are 3 types of tea, green, oolong and black. All of these come from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. But why green? Green tea leaves are steamed, which prevents the EGCG compound from being oxidized while black and oolong tea leaves are made from dried or fermented leaves, which causes loss of EGCG.
We should have learned to speak Mandarin or Fukien a long time ago and got to know green tea and cholesterol lowering the Chinese way.
Do not stop your research into the health benefits of drinking green tea. Search the web for many more fascinating articles on this subject and let me know what you find.
