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June 9, 2003

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Health, Nutrition and Supplements
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Brew Up Some Health!

The Benefits of Green Tea

Green tea has received a lot of attention lately, as scientists
begin to identify its benefits in warding off heart disease,
cancer, obesity, and other illnesses.

Long valued for its miraculous medicinal properties in China,
the widely recognized health benefits of Green tea are now
being touted in many newspapers and journals including CNN,
USA Today, New York Times, Chinese Daily News, and the
Journal of National Cancer Institute.

The growing evidence suggests that green tea is more than just
a tasty beverage. Studies suggest that increasing consumption
of green tea -- either through increased beverage intake or
adding a dietary supplement to a healthy diet -- can trigger
biochemical mechanisms that affect our health.

Some of the findings that have been established are:

• Green tea as an anti-cancer compound:
  • Green tea can help reduce the risks of
    esophageal (the tube through which food passes
    from the pharynx to the stomach), skin and many
    other forms of Cancer, mainly by its highly
    significant antioxidant properties.
    (National Cancer Institute 1-800-4-Cancer).
  • Purdue University researchers Dorothy
    Morre and D. James Morre found that EGCg, a
    compound in green tea, inhibits an enzyme
    required for cancer cell growth and can kill
    cultured cancer cells with no ill effect on
    healthy cells.
    "Our research shows that green tea leaves are
    rich in this anti-cancer compound, with con-
    centrations high enough to induce anti-cancer
    effects in the body," says Dorothy Morre,
    professor of foods and nutrition in Purdue's
    School of Consumer and Family Sciences.
    The findings suggest that drinking more than
    four cups of green tea a day could provide
    enough of the active compound to slow and
    prevent the growth of cancer cells, she says.
  • Researchers from The University of Kansas
    measured the antioxidant content of green
    tea and found that it is 100 times more effec-
    tive than vitamin C and 25 times better than
    vitamin E at protecting cells from damage
    believed linked to cancer, heart disease
    and other illnesses.
  • Studies at the Universities of Califor-
    nia and Texas have found that green tea appears
    to inhibit the rapid spread of certain breast
    cancer cells and decrease the density of tumor
    vessels. Now, a new study appears to show that
    green tea inhibits the development of new blood
    vessels ("the antiangiogenic effect") that help
    to spread breast cancer cells.
  • A study by Erba and colleagues, published
    in the Journal of Nutrition, evaluated the
    effect of green tea compounds on oxidative
    damage caused by iron treatment in cultured
    human leukemia cells. Results showed that
    green tea protects cells from injury. Increas-
    ing intake of green tea may help reduce oxida-
    tive damage associated with various disease
    processes.
    "This is exciting news for the health and nu-
    trition community. As scientists identify
    specific components in foods and beverages
    that affect human physiology, we gain an
    understanding of the function of foods
    beyond meeting known nutrient requirements
    and providing energy," says Sheri Zidenberg
    -Cherr, Ph.D., a representative of the Public
    Information Committee of The American Society
    for Nutritional Sciences and The American
    Society for Clinical Nutrition.
• Green Tea as an anti-oxidant:
  • Green tea can help to lower cholesterol
    and cuts the risk of stroke in men. (American
    Medical Association).
  • Green tea contains polyphenolic compounds
    which have antioxidant properties. Researchers
    at the Monash University now report that green
    tea (Chinese and Japanese) is superior to
    vitamin C in protecting the blood's low-density
    -lipoprotein (LDL) fraction against oxidation.
    This oxidation plays a critical role in the de-
    velopment of atherosclerosis and heart disease.
    The researchers evaluated the effect of equi-
    molar concentrations (0.5 micromol/L) of green
    tea, vitamin C and vitamin E in protecting LDL
    against oxidation (in-vitro). They found that
    vitamin C increased the time it took for oxida-
    tion to begin from 79 minutes to 95 minutes.
    Vitamin E increased the lag time to 213 minutes
    while green tea increased it to 211 minutes.
    The researchers point out that one cup of green
    tea contains 50-100 mg of polyphenols and
    estimate that as little as one cup per day may
    be sufficient to provide an adequate intake of
    polyphenolic antioxidants.
• Green Tea increases energy expenditures (calories):
  • Green tea can help suppress and reverse
    aging, and refreshes the body with it's high
    Vitamin B content that helps the human body
    better deal with stress, and release more
    energy.
  • Recent research has indicated that green tea
    can help with obesity control. One study showed
    that men taking green tea extract three times
    a day burned 266 more calories a day than those
    in the placebo group.
  • A study by Dulloo and colleagues, published
    in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,
    found that green tea extract can increase the
    utilization of energy beyond the effects of
    caffeine alone. Consumption of green tea pro-
    duced thermogenesis and increased energy expen-
    diture and fat oxidation in humans.
  • Studies have suggested that tea may increase
    metabolism, and perhaps promote weight loss.
    One study from the U.S. Department of Agricul-
    ture found that men who drank five cups of oo-
    long tea burned 2.9 percent more calories in
    a 24-hour period than when they drank plain
    water (they burned 3.4 percent more calories
    when they drank five cups of water laced with
    caffeine). Another study, from Switzerland
    found that men who took green tea extract plus
    caffeine burned 3-4 percent more calories than
    those who took caffeine alone or a placebo.
• Green tea can help restrain the growth of various
  bacteria that cause disease.
• Green tea can help stop cavities because of it's
  rich Fluoride content present in it's natural
  form, and can help prevent bad breath.
• Green Tea helps eliminate constipation and/or
  diarrhea.

Although all teas come from the same botanical source, green
tea differs from black tea or other teas because of the way
the tea leaves are processed after they are picked. For black
tea, freshly picked leaves are "withered" indoors and allowed
to oxidize. With green tea, the leaves are not oxidized, but
are steamed and parched to better preserve the natural active
substances of the leaf.

Green tea , dried without fermentation, contains a higher
value of Catechin Polyphenols that have antioxidant properties
against cancer. Each cups of Green tea contains a total of
1.5 gram (150 mg) of epigallocathechin-3gallate (EGCG) that
acts against urokinase, which is often found in large amount
in human cancers. EGCG attaches to it and prevents it from
spreading cancer in humans, and reduces the size of the cancers
already formed.

Green tea also contains Polysaccahrides, Flavonids, Vitamin B
complex, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, r-Amino Butyric, Fluoride, and
significantly less caffeine than black teas.

It's the Phytochemicals!

What are phytochemicals?
Phytochemicals are nonnutritive plant chemicals that contain
protective, disease-preventing compounds. More than 900
different phytochemicals have been identified as components
of food, and many more phytochemicals continue to be discovered
today. It is estimated that there may be more than 100 different
phytochemicals in just one serving of vegetables (6).
As early as 1980, the National Cancer Institute Chemoprevention
Program of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control began
evaluating phytochemicals for safety, efficacy, and applica-
bility for preventing and treating diseases. Researchers have
long known that there are phytochemicals present for protection
in plants, but it has only been recently that they are being
recommended for protection against human disease.

How are they beneficial?
Although phytochemicals are not yet classified as nutrients,
substances necessary for sustaining life, they have been
identified as containing properties for aiding in disease
prevention. Phytochemicals are associated with the prevention
and/or treatment of at least four of the leading causes of
death in the United States -- cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, and hypertension (7). They are involved in many
processes including ones that help prevent cell damage, prevent
cancer cell replication, and decrease cholesterol levels.

Here is an excellent website to find out more about the
benefits of Green Tea:
http://www.teahealth.co.uk/indexth1.htm

A Tip:

Iced Green tea: Never brew Green Tea with hot water and
cool it down to prepare iced Green tea. Instead, double the
amount of tea leaves or bags to brew it with cold water, in
order to keep the aroma without bitter flavor. Brewing time
for a cup is 30 minutes, and for 10 cups an hour and a half.
I usually do half Green Tea and half black tea, just because
the flavor is better.

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Tips for Frugal Living
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• Purchasing a meat grinder is a good small
  investment. It can be used to make your own ground
  beef, which can mean quite a savings! At our local
  grocery store this week, ground round is on sale for
  $2.29 per pound, while round roast or steak is only
  $1.38 per pound. Save some money, and give your
  family ground beef that is lower in fat!
• Want to save some money on a Father's Day gift?
  Just click on the link below! I have gotten paid for shopping
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Bible Verse
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Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the
works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I
said unto you.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow
me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no
man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
I and my Father are one.
John 10:25-30

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Remarkable Quote
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Nothing is so potent as the silent influence
of a good example.
      - James Kent

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