Green Tea Benefits?

[Guest guest]

I've started drinking green tea lately. No particular reason other

than it was in the cupboard. So today, I decided to do a search to see

what the health benefits were. (I was bored.) I was surprised to see

liver information pop up. I know there are a lot of claims about

health benefits from green tea, so you can take this any way you want.

But I thought it was worth sharing.

Here are some tid bits of what I found:

Green tea has been shown to prevent heart disease by preventing LDL

cholesterol circulating in the blood from oxidizing. When LDL

cholesterol doesn't oxidize, it cannot harden into plaque and stick to

arterial walls.

Green tea has been shown to regulate blood sugar naturally.

Researchers believe that it has potential to help control Type II

diabetes.

It's possible that green tea may increase the chances of success in

liver transplants, as well. In the past, studies have shown that green

tea's anti-oxidants might be effective in treating several forms of

liver disease.

One common complication in liver transplants is ischemia, or

restricted blood flow. When blood flow is restricted after a

transplant, the chances are greater that the patient will develop

complications or reject the organ. In another study, some mice were

fed EGCG, the most significant anti-oxidant in green tea, while others

were not. They were all then subjected to surgeries resulting in

ischemia that threatened to injure their livers.

The mice that were fed green tea had a 100% survival rate, while those

that were not fed green tea had only a 65% survival rate. When the

mice that were fed green tea underwent tissue analysis, they were

found to have far less liver cell death and far more viable liver

tissue than the mice who did not receive green tea.

In addition, the study showed that green tea has the ability to reduce

the fat content of fatty livers by as much as 55%, while protecting

the liver tissue.

I can't attest to how scientific the study was, but I guess it can't

hurt to drink. :-)

MaC

[Guest guest]

And white tea contains even more of the good stuff. I've found green tea

supplements, but not yet white tea supplements. And white tea has even less

of the caffeine.

Where do you do your researching, Mac? I go to PubMed at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed

These are scientific studies reported in peer reviewed journals. There's a

lot to be found there. Using the search terms " green tea liver " I got a

return of 299 articles. There may be more than one article on the same

study.

Sally

Green Tea Benefits?

I've started drinking green tea lately. No particular reason other than it

was in the cupboard. So today, I decided to do a search to see what the

health benefits were. (I was bored.) I was surprised to see liver

information pop up. I know there are a lot of claims about health benefits

from green tea, so you can take this any way you want. But I thought it was

worth sharing.

Here are some tid bits of what I found:

Green tea has been shown to prevent heart disease by preventing LDL

cholesterol circulating in the blood from oxidizing. When LDL cholesterol

doesn't oxidize, it cannot harden into plaque and stick to arterial walls.

Green tea has been shown to regulate blood sugar naturally. Researchers

believe that it has potential to help control Type II diabetes.

It's possible that green tea may increase the chances of success in liver

transplants, as well. In the past, studies have shown that green tea's

anti-oxidants might be effective in treating several forms of liver disease.

One common complication in liver transplants is ischemia, or restricted

blood flow. When blood flow is restricted after a transplant, the chances

are greater that the patient will develop complications or reject the organ.

In another study, some mice were fed EGCG, the most significant anti-oxidant

in green tea, while others were not. They were all then subjected to

surgeries resulting in ischemia that threatened to injure their livers.

The mice that were fed green tea had a 100% survival rate, while those that

were not fed green tea had only a 65% survival rate. When the mice that were

fed green tea underwent tissue analysis, they were found to have far less

liver cell death and far more viable liver tissue than the mice who did not

receive green tea.

In addition, the study showed that green tea has the ability to reduce the

fat content of fatty livers by as much as 55%, while protecting the liver

tissue.

I can't attest to how scientific the study was, but I guess it can't hurt to

drink. :-)

MaC

[Guest guest]

I read from a variety of sites universities etc and do general internet

inquiries. The site you posted is a great source. I haven't heard of white tea.

I'll have to check that out. Thank Sally,

MaC

SHines wrote: And white

tea contains even more of the good stuff. I've found green tea

supplements, but not yet white tea supplements. And white tea has even less

of the caffeine.

Where do you do your researching, Mac? I go to PubMed at:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed

These are scientific studies reported in peer reviewed journals. There's a

lot to be found there. Using the search terms " green tea liver " I got a

return of 299 articles. There may be more than one article on the same

study.

Sally

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