Recent Benenfits Of Tea …

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Recent Benenfits Of Tea …

 

We've all seen positive research results about the benefits of green

tea. Well now there's a study documenting positive benefits resulting

from drinking both green or black tea.

 

Dr. Lenore Arab, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Dept of

Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

explained, " This Meta analysis suggests that daily increase in

consumption to three cups of tea per day could lower the risk of

ischemic stroke by 21 per cent. " Stroke is the second most common

cause of death globally, claiming 5.4 million lives per year. It is a

major cause of disability and has a significant impact on quality of

life. Of the two types of stroke - ischemic and hemorrhagic -

ischemic stroke accounts for around 83 per cent of all

stroke cases.

 

 

The study results indicated that drinking three or more cups of green

or black tea a day may reduce the risk of stroke by 21 per cent. And

the more you drink, the greater the cuts in stroke risk, according to

this meta-analysis conducted at UCLA on nine studies involving 4,378

strokes among 194,965 individuals.

 

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 tea leaves are epigallocatechin

gallate (EGCG), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin gallate (ECG),

and epicatechin (EC). Though no one is certain which compounds in tea

are responsible for this effect, researchers have speculated that the

antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) or the amino acid

theanine may be what helps. Antioxidants are believed to help prevent

coronary artery disease.

 

" And we do know that theanine is nearly 100-percent absorbed, " the

head of the research team reported. " It gets across the blood-brain

barrier and it looks a lot like a molecule that's very similar to

glutamate, and glutamate release is associated with stroke. " It could

be that theanine and glutamate compete for the glutamate receptor in

the brain, " .

 

" In recent years, a body of scientific evidence has shown that

regular tea drinking can have an important role in healthy fitness, "

says Douglas Balentine, Ph.D., Lipton Institute of Tea. " This new

study provides further support that regular tea drinking may be one

of the most actionable lifestyle changes a consumer can make to help

maintain heart health. "

 

All these studies continue to contribute to our belief in the power

of tea as an ingredient in AdvoCare products.

 

 

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