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In a preliminary animal study, it has been shown that epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a compound found in green tea, may help treat severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection.
In the latest study, Dr. Wang’s group gave a substance in green tea called EGCG to mice in the throes of severe sepsis. […]
Picked this one up from the Cancer Commentary: drinking five cups of green tea a day may reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 48%.
The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC Study) studied 49,920 Japanese men aged from 40 to 69. The participants completed a questionnaires at the start of the study to identify […]
Score another point for green tea. Aside from the growing number of health benefits of drinking tea that I’ve pointed out in the past, a preparation that consists of concentrated green tea catechins has also been found to boost the body’s production of enzymes believed to be crucial to the body’s production of detoxification enzymes. […]
Soon, green tea is going to be a panacea for all diseases, I think. Because of its epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) content, green tea has been demonstrated to have potentials in preventing or treating autoimmune diseases, HIV infection, cancer, and others.
A new study also suggests that EGCG may also provide therapeutic benefits to people with rheumatoid […]
Results from an animal trial suggest that green tea may help prevent autoimmune diseases such as Sjogren’s Syndrome, a chronic disease in which white blood cells attack the moisture-producing glands that produce tears and saliva.
Researchers studied the salivary glands of the water-consuming group and a green tea extract-consuming group to look for inflammation […]
A flavonoid compound found in green tea, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), may have potentials into beign developed as an HIV drug. The authors said that “physiological levels” of EGCG equivalent to the amount in just a cup or two of green tea inhibited HIV binding by 40 percent.
This was discovered by Japanese scientists in 2003, […]
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