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Article by KHALEEJTIMES.com
6-10 cups of
tea a day keeps chronic diseases away
March 6 2006 NEW DELHI — Drinking
how much is too much? The question has for long baffled tea lovers but experts
say six to 10 cups per day can help in lowering the risk of a number of chronic
diseases, claims a book.
"Six to 10 cups per day may be a useful dietary habit to assist in lowering the
risk of a number of chronic diseases, especially as part of a health promoting
nutritional diet, low in total fat and salt, with adequate vegetables and
fruits, bran cereal insoluble fibre and sources of soluble fibre," says Dr N
Ghosh Hajra, Project Director, Darjeeling Tea Research and Development Centre in
his book Tea and Health — Science behind the myths.
"Total fluid intake in adults might be about 2.5 litres, of which tea can
contribute 0.7 to 1.4 litres," says Dr Hajra.
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Article by INT.IOL.co.za
Green tea may
protect the ageing brain
February 24 2006 New York -
People who regularly drink green tea may have a lesser risk of mental decline as
they grow older, researchers have found.
Their study, of more than one thousand Japanese adults in their 70s and beyond,
found that the more green tea men and women drank, the lower their odds of
having cognitive impairment.
The findings build on evidence from lab experiments showing that certain
compounds in green tea may protect brain cells from the damaging processes that
mark conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
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Article by STLTODAY.com
Time for tea
Feb. 15 2006 A beverage steeped
in tradition is the choice of more and more Americans
Pam Folli is standing near the stove in her St. Louis County home, carefully
monitoring a pot of water. On the counter in front of her sits a clear glass
teapot, a double-insulated glass cup and a thimble-sized green bulb with tiny
pink flowers peeking from beneath its feathery folds. Just before the water
reaches a boil, she removes the pot from the burner. She carefully places the
bulb into the teapot, then fills it to the top with water.
"Watch this," she says to her daughter Kati, pointing to the teapot.
Slowly, the bulb begins to unfurl in the shape of a flower, perfuming the air,
as it does, with jasmine.
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Article by TELEGRAPH.co.uk
Superfoods: green
tea
Feb. 13 2006 Judith Woods looks
at the health-giving benefits of some of our most common foods. This week: green
tea
What's so super about it?
Green tea has special health-giving properties because of the way it's
processed. The leaves of black tea are fermented, but the green version is
steamed, which makes it rich in antioxidants.
Green tea
Green tea prevents cancer on a number of fronts: by protecting against damage to
DNA, the trigger for cancer, and by shutting down a key molecule in the body
that plays a significant role in the development of cancer. Swedish research has
shown it inhibits the formation of new blood vessels that help spread tumours.
Green tea also repairs damage to livers caused by alcohol, protects against
diseases such as Parkinson's and rheumatoid arthritis, and restricts the
build-up of cholesterol in the blood. Female tea drinkers have stronger bones
than non-tea drinkers, and this reduces the risk of osteoporosis.
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Article by THEAUSTRALIAN.NEWS.com.au
Cuppa
tip to cut cancer
December 13, 2005 DRINKING two or
more cups of tea a day appears to cut a woman's risk of contracting ovarian
cancer by almost half, according to one of the biggest studies yet conducted
into the restorative's cancer-fighting properties.
Even women who drink less than one cup of green or black tea per day have a risk
of ovarian cancer 18 per cent lower than those who do not drink tea.
The risk is 24 per cent lower for women who drink one cup per day, and 46 per
cent lower for two cups or more.
Each addditional cup of tea is believed to further lower the risk of ovarian
cancer, according to the authors of the study published yesterday in the
Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Tea
Quotations and Poems
November 22, 2005 Each cup of tea
represents an imaginary voyage.
~Catherine Douzel
Steam rises from a cup of tea
and we are wrapped in history,
inhaling ancient times and lands,
comfort of ages in our hands.
~Faith Greenbowl
I'm sending you love and tea,
To warm your winter's day.
Think of me as you pour your cup
And all the good things we would say.
If we could be together now
Instead of miles apart,
We'd sip our teas and memories,
The sweet warmth fills the heart.
~Susan Young
I wish we could sit down together,
And have a cup of tea,
But since we can't
When you have this one,
I hope you'll think of me.
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if
you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are exhausted, it will calm you.
~William Gladstone Tea
Poetry
http://www.nobleharbor.com/tea/poetry/poetry.htm
Anthology of Tea Poems
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Article by ARGUSLEADER.com
Green tea: a drink that offers benefits
November 1, 2005
Green tea always was popular in Asia. Now, however,
scientists are discovering health benefits that are getting the
attention of other societies as well.
I'm referring to the real tea that comes from Japan and China - tea that
has a real kick to it - and not the kind that comes diluted in tea bags
whose flavor can barely be detected.
Research from Rochester University has found two chemicals in green tea
that might play a key role in stopping the development of cancer. These
chemicals are similar to those found in broccoli, cabbage, grapes and
red wine.
In the United Kingdom, the results of a major research
project suggest green tea has properties that help reduce the risk of
rheumatoid arthritis as well as lower cholesterol levels.
Internet research indicates the green tea legend in China goes something
like this: The Emperor Shen Nung, in about 2,700 B.C., ordered his
subjects to boil their water before drinking it. Although he had no
technical knowledge of parasites or bacteria, he knew people were
healthier and lived longer when they drank water that had been boiled.
As the legend goes, a leaf from a bush next to him fell into the hot
water one day. He enjoyed the smell and the taste, which was the
beginning of green tea.
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Article by MEDINDIA.com
Catechins in green tea show antiviral effect on influenza virus
November 1, 2005
Green tea is produced from the leaves of the evergreen
plant Camellia sinensis . The major active ingredients of green tea are
polyphenolic compounds, known as catechins. Catechins of green tea
leaves account for about 10% of dry ht, including (-)-epigallocatechin
gallate (EGCG), (-)-epigallocatechin (EGC), (-)-epicatechin gallate (ECG)
and (-)-epicatechin (EC), where EGCG accounts for approximately 50% of
the total amounts of catechins in green tea.
The biochemical studies conducted so far on the anti-influenza effects
of green tea polyphenols have focused on EGCG. Recently, a research
group from the Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering,
Yonsei University, South Korea, investigated the antiviral effects of
various catechin compounds, EGCG, ECG and EGC, on influenza virus with a
view to investigate the structure-activity relationships of the green
tea polyphenolic compounds. The catechins were evaluated for their
ability to inhibit influenza virus replication in cell culture and for
potentially direct virucidal effect.
Among the test compounds, the EGCG and ECG were found to be potent
inhibitors of influenza virus replication in MDCK cell culture and this
effect was observed in all influenza virus subtypes tested, including
A/H1N1, A/H3N2 and B virus. EGCG and ECG exhibited hemagglutination
inhibition activity, EGCG being more effective. However, the sensitivity
in hemagglutination inhibition was widely different among three
different subtypes of influenza viruses tested.
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Article by NYTIMES.com
Ginseng May Reduce Number and Severity of Colds
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Published: November 1, 2005
Ginseng, long recommended as a treatment for colds by proponents of
herbal medicine, has gained some support in a controlled scientific
experiment. Canadian researchers tested North American ginseng extract
against a placebo and found that it had a small but significant effect
in reducing the number and intensity of colds.
The study, published in the Oct. 25 issue of The Canadian Journal of
Medicine, tested 323 subjects. Volunteers were randomly assigned either
to a group that took 200-milligram tablets of a commercial product with
a known quantity of North American ginseng extract or to a group that
took identical tablets of rice powder. An independent company randomly
assigned the subjects, and neither the researchers nor the volunteers
knew which pills were given to which participants.
The subjects were asked to note their symptoms - runny nose, fever,
headache, sore throat and six others - and to rank them on a scale from
0 (no symptom) to 3 (severe symptom). The participants also kept logs of
their symptoms, and the researchers called each volunteer once a month
in the four-month study to make sure that they were taking their
medicine.
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Article by TELEGRAPH.co.uk
Ginseng can help keep you clear of colds, say scientists
Oct.25 2005
People who take ginseng suffer
substantially fewer colds, research published yesterday showed.Only one in 10 of those given daily doses of North American
ginseng root extract suffered two or more colds during four months including
winter, compared with almost a quarter of those taking placebos.
While a range of health benefits have been claimed for the
herb, including combating flu and colds, many previous attempts to test such
claims scientifically have been of poor quality.
Publication of the research in the Canadian Medical Association
Journal follows a Meteorological Office warning a week ago that this winter is
likely to be significantly colder than average.
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Article by AZCENTRAL.COM
For
drinking or cooking, green tea has many benefits
Aug. 13, 2005
Increasingly, it seems, there's evidence that green tea is good for us,
as well as pleasing to the taste.
Research presented at a recent American Institute for Cancer Research
conference on food, nutrition and cancer explains that an active
substance in green tea targets a specific stage in the cancer process
more effectively than current cancer drugs do, the AICR says.
The AICR also points out that studies conducted in Asia, where green tea
consumption is widespread, have found that regular consumption of green
tea is associated with a lower risk of many different cancers.
Whether or not you're fond of your cup of tea, remember that green tea
can be added to your diet in a variety of other ways.
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Article by CNANEWS.COM
GREEN TEA DRINKS MOST POPULAR IN TAIWAN: SURVEYS
Monday, June 13, 2005
Taipei, May 27 (CNA) Green tea drinks have replaced energy and juice
drinks as the most popular drink in Taiwan, with its market scale
amounting to NT$5.4 billion (US$171 million) for 2004, according to
industry sources and public opinion surveys. The figure accounted for
about 25 percent of the total tea drinks market last year, thanks to the
perceived health effects of green tea, such as helping weight loss and
reducing fat in the blood, a survey by AC Nielsen shows. Retail sales of
hot green tea drinks were twice the value of packaged hot coffee drinks.
Eyeing the potential green tea market, the famous Lipton Tea brand,
which has long enjoyed the largest tea bag market share in Taiwan with
its Indian tea, has also marketed a variety of new exotic green tea
flavors mixed with lemon, mint and others in tea bags.....
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Article by VVDAILYPRESS.COM
Healthy Eating by Nancy Berkoff
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Green tea is good for you, and it tastes good, too
If you haven't heard the story of how tea got its start as a beverage,
today is your lucky day.
Legend has it that Chinese Emperor Shen Nung was in his garden, boiling
water to cool and drink, as people believed that boiled water was
healthier than water pulled from a well or a stream. Some leaves from a
nearby camellia bush (camellia sinensis, to be exact) fluttered into his
pot. The aroma was enticing, and the emperor drank the infusion. He
declared it "invigorating to the body, bringing contentment to the mind
and giving a determination of purpose."
Turns out the emperor may have been ahead of his time: Green tea — that
is, unfermented tea — has been used by Asian herbalists as a medicine
for more than 4,000 years, and current research is providing evidence
for the health benefits of drinking green tea. In 1994, the Journal of
the National Cancer Institute published the results of a study
indicating that drinking green tea reduced the risk of esophageal cancer
in Chinese men and women by nearly 60 percent. University of Purdue
researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the
growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking
green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the
ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.
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Article by MEDICALNEWSTODAY.COM
Tea
may help prevent diabetes and cataracts
Monday, April 18, 2005
Add another line to the list of benefits from drinking tea: New research
in animals suggests that tea may be a simple, inexpensive means of
preventing diabetes and its ensuing complications, including cataracts.
The report, scheduled to appear in the May 4 print issue of the American
Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, was
published March 31 on the journal's Web site. ACS is the world's largest
scientific society.
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Article by FORBES.COM
Health Tip: The Power of Green Tea
Friday, March 11, 2005
(HealthDay News) -- Although the health benefits of tea drinking have
been described for centuries, only recently have its medicinal
properties been investigated scientifically.
Studies have found an association between drinking green tea and a
reduced risk for several cancers, including those of the skin, breast,
lung, colon, esophagus and bladder. And research has shown that the
antioxidants in green, black and oolong teas can help block the
oxidation of LDL (bad) cholesterol, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, and
improve artery function.
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Article by TEENINK.COM
Green Tea
by Katie N., Middletown, CT
Thursday, March 7, 2005
Chow mein, vegetable egg rolls, Kung Pao chicken, Mu Shu pork, wonton
soup ... ” I stand in a Washington, D.C. food court with my family,
scanning the menu at the City Lights of China. My eyes fall upon the
beverage category and spot green tea ... that sounds like a good
experiment.
My mom and I order, then sit down with my dad and my brother. I am
excited to try my tea, but it’s too hot. My mom explains that tea is an
acquired taste.
Finally, the tea in the Styrofoam cup cools enough, yet the steam is
still warm on my face when I hold it close. I take my first sip of the
green tea, something my tongue will recognize from that moment on. The
taste is incredible, invigorating and soothing at the same time. Before
I know it, the cup is empty and my family goes back into the scorching
heat of our nation’s capital in summer
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Article by FOXNEWS.COM
Researchers: Green tea helps fight cancer, preserves healthy cells
(National-NBC) Feb. 16, 2005 - New lab research shows
green tea helps fight cancer while also preserving healthy cells.
The UCLA test tube study on bladder cancer cells found extract from
green tea targeted the cancer cells while leaving the healthy cells
intact.
Previous studies have shown green tea extract works by inducing death to
cancer cells as well cutting off needed blood supply to make the cancer
continue to develop and spread.
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Green Tea's Record Against Cancer Grows
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Green tea’s reputation as a powerhouse against cancer keeps growing.
Now, scientists have new insights on how green tea thwarts cancer.
Green tea extract has shown promise against cancer in numerous studies.
Those findings came from animal studies and epidemiologic research,
which tracks a disease’s occurrence in a large population of people.
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Green tea can be a memory booster; new study is latest pointing to
beverage's healthful effects
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
A new European study gives more evidence that green tea is, definitely,
a healthy drink. A team of British researchers found that a steady diet
of green tea led patients to have fewer, and less active, enzymes
associated with memory loss and Alzheimer's disease. The study compared
the tea to coffee, which had seemed to have no effect on the enzymes.
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Article by DAILYILLINI.COM
Students turn to tea for alternative health benefits
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
It's that time of year again. Students are scurrying to class for final
exam review sessions bundled up in full winter regalia: heavy coats,
scarves, hats and gloves. With the temperature dropping, students'
susceptibility to illness is rising.
The combination of cold weather and the stress of finals is leading many
students to the natural and health food store Natural Gourmet. The store
sells a variety of food and supplements, and they also carry a wide
variety of teas, many of which claim to prevent cold-related ailments.
Tea is one of a variety of alternative health methods to which people
turn in order to prevent disease. Alternative health methods often are
ways to modify diets or behaviors to remedy or prevent sickness and
avoid the traditional method of visiting a doctor.
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Drinking tea can improve memory, say scientists
Friday, November 12, 2004
Drinking regular cups of tea may help improve memory and could be used
to treat Alzheimer's, according to researchers at the University of
Newcastle Upon Tyne in the UK.
The team of scientists have found that both green and black tea inhibit
the activity of certain enzymes in the brain that are associated with
memory. The team also tested coffee, but found that it had no
significant effect.
Both teas inhibited the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AchE),
which breaks down the chemical messenger (or neurotransmitter)
acetylcholine. Alzheimer's disease is characterised by a drop in levels
of acetylcholine. Researchers also found both teas to slow down the
activity of the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), which as been
found in protein deposits on the brain of Alzheimer's sufferers.
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Article by EPOCHTIMES.com
Green Tea: A Long and Flavorful History
Sunday, September 29, 2004
Scientists have long known that drinking green tea has immense health
benefits because it contains many micronutrients vital for keeping
bodies healthy. An article in the Journal of Science of Food and
Agriculture, Vol. 26, from 1975 entitled, “The Nutritional and
Therapeutic Value of Tea” has this to say about green tea:
“Green tea contains vitamin C in amounts comparable to lemon; vitamins K
and P (bioflavonoids) comparable to green vegetables… comparable to
spinach and beta-carotene found in carrots. It strengthens the blood
vessels, has anti-inflammatory properties and the polyphenols (essential
micronutrients) act synergistically with ascorbic acid (vitamin C),
improve resistance to infection. Green tea is also high in folic acid.”
The article continues:
“Green tea is the cup that cheers, for aiding digestion, normalizing
thyroid function, protects against leukemia after exposure to
radiation.”
The latest research finding suggests that green tea consumption
forestalls development of prostate cancer and inhibits tumor growth.
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Tea's health benefits in fore
Sunday, September 19, 2004
TUCSON - It aids in digestion and is rich in antioxidants. It promotes
cardiovascular health. Research indicates it can prevent cancer and
osteoporosis. It's inexpensive.
It's tea, and an increasing number of Americans are drinking it.
"I never used to drink tea," said Dr. Victoria Maizes, executive
director of the University of Arizona's program in integrative medicine.
But after reading the growing amount of research on the positive effects
of tea, she has not only added it to her diet but recommends that it be
consumed daily.
The varieties of tea can be broken down into six categories, says
Zhuping Hodge, a certified tea master and co-owner of Seven Cups
teahouse with her husband, Austin: white (or yellow), black, green,
oolong, aged tea called puer (pronounced poo-air) and scented teas such
as jasmine. Green-tea varieties number 138
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Tea may help cancer sufferers
Friday, September 17, 2004
A REGULAR cup of green tea could be the key to dramatically extending
the lives of women with ovarian cancer, a new study has revealed.
Following up a previous study that showed green tea helped to prevent
ovarian cancer, researchers at Perth's Curtin University of Technology
examined 254 Chinese women with the potentially fatal disease.
The study found that women who drank green tea had half the risk of
dying of the cancer than non-tea drinkers.
It also showed women who drank the tea regularly had their risk of dying
of ovarian cancer reduced by 60 per cent.
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Tea drinkers and the
healthy heart
Thursday, 29 July 2004
NEW YORK A Taiwanese study has found that people who drink tea regularly have
lower blood pressure than those who do not.
The authors of the new study, in the Archives of Internal Medicine, noted that
their study did not prove any cause-and-effect relationship. And they
acknowledged that research into diet and disease risk is notoriously subject to
what are called confounding effects: If all of the tea drinkers were also
vegetarians who exercised strenuously, for instance, it would be difficult to
say that their beverage was the factor that made a difference.
While in some countries, like the Netherlands, Japan and the United States, tea
drinking has been shown to be associated with healthier lifestyles, in others,
like Scotland, it is not, the study said.
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Drinking Tea Keeps Blood
Pressure Down -- Study
Monday, 26 July 2004
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drinkers of green and oolong tea are less likely to
develop high blood pressure than nondrinkers, a Taiwanese study said on Monday.
The risk of hypertension, a condition that can lead to heart disease and stroke,
declined the more green or oolong tea was consumed regularly, the study by
researchers from National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, said.
Some varieties of tea contain 4,000 chemical compounds, including flavonoids
that help protect against heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure, study
author Yi-Ching Yang wrote in the report published in The Archives of Internal
Medicine.
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Tea Drinkers Reap Blood
Pressure Benefits
Monday, 26 July 2004
Drinking as little as a half-cup of green or oolong tea per day may lower the
risk of high blood pressure by nearly 50%, according to a new study of Chinese
tea drinkers.
Researchers found that men and women who drank tea on a daily basis for at least
a year were much less likely to develop hypertension than those who didn't, and
the more tea they drank, the bigger the benefits.
Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world. Water is first.
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Here's the lowdown on tea
Wednesday, 14 July 2004
ATLANTA - All real tea comes from the plant Camellia sinensis (from the same
family as ornamental camellias). Where it is grown (mostly in China, Japan and
India), when the leaves are picked and how they are processed determines how it
will look, smell and taste.
Green teas are not fermented; the leaves are quickly sun-dried, pan-roasted and
rolled into graceful shapes and sizes.
Oolong teas are partially fermented; the leaves are left long and whole, then
bruised and oxidized to a brownish color, which is why oolong is sometimes
called brown tea.
Black teas are fully fermented; the leaves undergo a long process of oxidation
and drying, and the size of the leaves varies greatly.
Scented teas are made by adding natural oils or flower petals, such as jasmine
or rose, to green, brown or black teas.
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Black Tea May Help Get Blood Circulating
Wednesday, 23 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cup of black tea may give a quick boost to blood
flow to the heart, the results of a small study suggest.
In an experiment with 10 healthy men, Japanese researchers found that blood-flow
in the coronary arteries improved two hours after the men drank black tea. The
same was not true of a caffeinated drink used for comparison.
Numerous studies have suggested that tea drinking may do a heart good, with
effects on cholesterol, blood clotting and blood vessel function being among the
proposed mechanisms.
The new study, reported in the American Journal of Cardiology, suggests it also
has a more immediate beneficial effect. The authors suspect that black tea
improved the dilation of the men's blood vessel, allowing better blood flow
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It's 100 years for iced
tea, too
Tuesday, 16 June 2004
June is National Iced Tea Month, and this year, it's turning 100.
Back in 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis, a plantation owner - steaming hot
himself - poured the brewed beverage over some ice, creating a refreshing
potable that would soon become a phenomenon.
Usually when we're talking tea, China or England immediately come to mind. But
in Europe's early days, around 1635, Holland's people were the first lips pursed
before a steaming cup of tea. England was actually the last place on Earth to
adopt the drink.
Whodathunk that the refreshing thirst quencher would rise to such ranks. More
than 37 billion glasses of iced tea are consumed every year in the United
States. Tea is the second most popular beverage in the world. (Water is the
first.)
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Tea types & timing
Tuesday, 16 June 2004
Teas and the infusion types necessary to get the most health benefit (in
descending order of potency)
type of teainfusion time
White tea - comes from the mountains of China, picked two days a year. Retains
the highest level of polyphenols.
Infuse 1 tea bag per 5 ounces. Steep for only 1 minute. Do not allow brewing
water to exceed 180 degrees.
Benefits - Doctors say it has 10 times the antioxidants found in vitamin E, and
20 times those in vitamin C.
Green tea - leaves are plucked, steamed, rolled, and then dried.
Infuse 1 tea bag per 5 ounces. Steep for only 2 minutes. Do not allow brewing
water to exceed 180 degrees.
Benefits - strong antioxidants, good for cardiovascular health, oral hygiene,
limits mutation of some carcinogens.
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Research suggests a
connection between drinking tea regularly and a variety of potential health
benefits
Tuesday, 25 May 2004
The quintessential English tradition of "taking tea" was forever changed 100
years ago, when plantation owner Richard Blechynden was inspired to pour brewed
tea over ice at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, creating an American
phenomenon. It was a particularly hot summer day and customers were uninterested
in the hot tea Blechynden was serving, so he poured the delicious beverage over
ice. Since then, people around the world have delighted in tasty, refreshing
iced tea and have made it one of America's favorite beverages.
Today, iced tea continues to be one of the country's most beloved beverages,
especially among those looking for a refreshing antioxidant boost. Drinking a
tall glass of iced tea may offer more than just a thirst quencher. Many
population studies and other scientific research suggest a connection between
drinking tea regularly and a variety of potential health benefits, including:
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White tea beats green tea in fighting germs
Tuesday, 25 May 2004
NEW ORLEANS – May 25, 2004 -- New studies conducted at Pace University have
indicated that White Tea Extract (WTE) may have prophylactic applications in
retarding growth of bacteria that cause Staphylococcus infections, Streptococcus
infections, pneumonia and dental caries. Researchers present their findings
today at the 104th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
"Past studies have shown that green tea
stimulates the immune system to fight disease," says Milton Schiffenbauer,
Ph.D., a microbiologist and professor in the Department of Biology at Pace
University's Dyson College of Arts & Sciences and primary author of the
research. "Our research shows White Tea Extract can actually destroy in vitro
the organisms that cause disease. Study after study with tea extract proves that
it has many healing properties. This is not an old wives tale, it's a fact."
White tea was more effective than green tea at inactivating bacterial viruses.
Results obtained with the bacterial virus, a model system; suggest that WTE may
have an anti-viral effect on human pathogenic viruses. The addition of White Tea
Extract to various toothpastes enhanced the anti-microbial effect of these oral
agents.
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Green tea: Dr Toby
Friday, 30 April 2004
Tea is good for you right? Yes, not only to drink but now a new use has been
found.
The health properties of tea are becoming increasingly well known but Dr Toby
has found a story that shows the potentially remarkable benefits of using humble
green tea to treat pressure sores and chronic ulcers.
A study has been carried out comparing saline solution with green tea in the
treatment of ulcers.The researchers chose a group of elderly people who had
chronic pressure sores that were also infected with MRSA, the strain of bacteria
resistant to all antibiotics.
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Tea's Health Benefits
Thursday, April 8, 2004
Tea has been linked with many health benefits in the last several years because
of the antioxidants it contains.
All varieties of tea come from the leaves of a single plant, Camellia sinensis.
This evergreen contains some of the most powerful antioxidants known.
What can tea do for you?
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Green Tea Component
Kills Leukemia Cells
Thursday, April 8, 2004
A component of green tea helps kill cells of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
(CLL), the second most common leukemia in American adults, according to new
research.
Mayo Clinic researchers found that the component, called
epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), destroys leukemia cells by interrupting the
communication signals they need to survive. The research appears online in the
journal Blood.
CLL is most often diagnosed in people in their mid-to-late 60s. Chemotherapy is
used to treat the most severe cases, but there is no cure for CLL.
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Green Tea Confuses Cancer Cells
Thursday, April 1, 2004
(CBS/AP) Research at the Mayo Clinic shows that a component in green tea helps
kill cells of the nation's most common form of leukemia.
The scientists say the green tea component -- EGCG -- helps kill the cancer
cells by cutting off the communication signals they need to survive.
The cells used in the study were from patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic
leukemia, or CLL. It's most often diagnosed in patients in their mid-to-late 60s
-- and currently, there is no cure. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society says
symptoms usually develop gradually. Patients tire more easily and may feel short
of breath when physically active. They may lose weight. They may experience
frequent infections of the skin, lungs, kidneys or other sites.
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How does green tea work?
Finding suggests that just two to three cups provide
benefit
Monday, March 29, 2004
Japanese scientists may have explained why green tea stops the progression of
cancer. They report that the active component epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)
binds to a receptor thought to be behind the spread of cancer.
An extract in green tea called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) has been found to
protect against a range of cancers, including lung, prostate and breast cancer
but the mechanism behind this has been unclear.
A research team at Kyushu University in Japan report that EGCG inhibits tumour
cell growth by binding to a receptor on cells called the 67-kDa laminin
receptor. A variety of tumours produce abnormally high levels of 67 LR, and the
receptor is thought to be involved in the spread of cancers through the body.
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Green Tea Cancer Target Found
Finding suggests that just two to three cups provide
benefit
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
A component of green tea has been found to bind a protein on tumor cells,
supporting the drink's role in cancer prevention and suggesting that just two to
three cups are enough to see benefits.
Led by Hirofumi Tachibana at Kyushu University in Japan, researchers have shown
why the green tea antioxidant epigallocatechin gallate—EGCG for short—has
protective effects against several types of cancer.
Cancer is a general term for any of a number of different diseases where some of
the body's own cells divide in an uncontrolled manner.
Previous studies have shown that green tea helps protect against a variety of
cancers and heart disease, but researchers are just beginning to understand how.
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Black Tea May Lower Heart Disease
Risks
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2003
ISLAMABAD: That tea bag soaking in your cup could be brewing up a
longer, healthier life, researchers report.
A study of over 3,400 adults in Saudi Arabia--a country of tea-lovers--found
that those who drank more than 6 cups per day of the brown beverage had a more
than 50% lower risk of coronary heart disease compared to tea abstainers, even
after adjusting for other factors such as smoking, diet and obesity.
Antioxidants called flavonoids, found in both green and black teas, are thought
to be potent weapons in the fight against heart disease.
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Tea's Health Benefits
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2003
Tea has been linked with many health benefits in the last several
years because of the antioxidants it contains.
All varieties of tea come from the leaves of a single plant, Camellia sinensis.
This evergreen contains some of the most powerful antioxidants known.
What can tea do for you? Heart Disease, Cancer, Dental Health, Stroke,
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Weight Loss
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Brewing Ailments Away Using Tea
Monday, Feb 23, 2003
Many people love to drink tea, but did you know it can be used as
a medicine? Tea is one of the most ancient forms of medication that can be used
for many problems, WBAL-TV 11 News Health Alert reporter Donna Hamilton
reported.
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Tea: Relaxer and Disease-Fighter?
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003
THE PRODUCT AND ITS USES. For thousands of years, tea has seduced
people the world over with its seeming ability to calm things down and, perhaps,
even to heal. The beverage has even played a part in American history.
The Japanese have an entire ceremony that revolves around tea. The English
worship their cream teas - a meal, really, consisting of scones, clotted cream,
fruit jams and tea.
And here at home, it was an act of defiance against unfair British taxation of
tea sold in the colonies that led to the Boston Tea Party and, eventually, the
American Revolution.
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Tea may may help fight AIDS: study
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2003
WASHINGTON : A compound found in tea could be the key to stop the
spread of the AIDS-causing HIV throughout the body, according to Japanese
researchers.
In laboratory trials, the scientists found that the molecule epigallocatechin
gallate or EGCG could adhere itself to the molecular doorways, called CD4
receptors, that the AIDS virus uses to enter cells.
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Tea drinkers beat cancer, WA study
finds
Tuesday, Nov 04, 2003
MEN who drink tea, particularly green tea, can greatly reduce
their risk of prostate cancer, a landmark WA study has found.
The findings from Curtin University are expected to attract worldwide interest
and come a year after the researchers found that drinking tea could reduce the
risk of ovarian cancer in women.
They say men who drink green tea daily have only one-third the risk of prostate
cancer compared with non-tea drinkers, while men who drink tea in big amounts or
over many years can reduce their risk by even more.
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The green tea treatment
Friday, October 31, 2003
New research provides more evidence to back green tea’s anti-cancer effects in
humans. The tea’s active agent Epigallocatecin-3-gallate, already thought to
lower cholesterol, prevent heart disease, fight bacteria and dental cavities,
and possibly aid weight loss, may also slow tumour growth in breast and liver
cancers, suggests research presented this week.
"Laboratory studies have suggested that green tea consumption may produce many
health benefits, including the prevention of cancer, but the beneficial effects
in humans are not clearly known," said Dr CS Yang from Rutgers University, N.J
at this week’s Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in the US.
"Research is now showing how this novel
chemopreventive agent might work at the molecular level and in the human
population," he added. Green tea polyphenols (GTP), highly effective agents in
inhibiting a variety of cancer-induced tumours in different models, may be
valuable in preventing and helping the early detection of liver cancer,
suggested researchers from the Texas Tech University System. The team reported
on recent research showing how GTP reduced the risk factors represented by two
biomarkers for liver cancer, aflatoxin markers and urinary excretion of
8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG).
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Green tea studied as anti-cancer
agent
Thursday, October 23, 2003
BC Cancer Agency researchers will conduct the world's first double-blind study
on green tea's ability to prevent lung cancer.
"This is the first placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial on the effect of
drinking 10 to 15 cups of decaffeinated green tea in reversing pre-cancerous
lesions in the lung," says Stephen Lam, principal investigator of the new
four-year, $4-million US clinical trial.
"Previous studies showed a benefit in some, no effect or even harm in others but
these [were] epidemiological/observational studies," Lam says.
Epidemiological studies are useful for suggesting relationships, but do not
necessarily indicate cause and effect. So while drinking green tea has been
widely linked with cancer prevention, double blind studies such as Lam's are
needed for dependable findings.
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Tea on top
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Tea has become a way of life in Russia. The beverage, which was first imported
to Russia nearly four centuries ago at the time of Mikhail Romanov, has woven
itself into the fabric of everyday Russian life.
This perception is reinforced by the findings of a recent study from consultant
firm Market Advice. At the present time, tea is drunk by some 98 per cent of the
Russian population, despite the growing influence of coffee.
Market Advice also identifies an increase in the domestic production of tea, and
a tea packing sector in robust health. In 1998, Russian-packed tea made up
between 1 and 5 per cent of the market. Today Russian-packed tea makes up a
third of all tea sold.
The increase in Russian production is partly due to the introduction of customs
duty for packed tea. It became more profitable for companies to import bulk tea
in bales exceeding three kilograms and to pack it in the country.
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TenRen's Tea and Coca-Cola tea commercial
TenRen's Tea and Coca-Cola, have released a recent TV
commercial of they're new
beverage drinks, Oolong tea and Green tea.
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Coca-Cola moves into tea
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Wednesday, Aug 13, 2003
Seeking to attract young and health-conscious consumers, US soft drink giant
Coca-Cola has ventured into Taiwan's growing cold-tea beverage market.
Coca-Cola began selling two bottled tea drinks this week under the brand of
its Taiwanese partner Ten Ren's Tea, Jason Wu, president of Coca-Cola's
Taiwan branch, said yesterday.
Ten Ren's Tea is the nation's biggest producer and retailer of tea leaves.
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Ten Ren's Tea and Coca-Cola brewing new instant-tea drinks
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Swire Coca-Cola Taiwan Ltd yesterday signed a preliminary agreement with the Ten Rens Tea Co. to market Ten Ren brand instant-tea beverages
The agreement calls for Coca-Cola to manage manufacturing and sales while Ten Ren will supply the raw materials and its trademark, starting this summer.
The oolong and green tea drinks will be packaged in 500cc bottles to appeal to the younger generation.
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Tea bags a healthy reputation
COFFEE IS COOL. Tea is ... sissy?
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
In this country's golden age of coffee bars, when executives and construction workers feel comfortable slamming espressos and sipping house java blends, tea is perched on the periphery.
Except in the lab. Researchers are loving the stuff. The latest scientific study: Ordinary black tea, the kind most Americans drink when they drink tea, has a component that primes the immune system.
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