Recent Posts Tagged With 'green tea'

• Drink White or Green Tea for Bone Health

  Posted on Wednesday July 9th, 2008 at 15:04 in tea, green tea, bones, osteoporosis

  More good news for tea drinkers. A recent study has found that drinking tea--especially white or green--is good for the bones.The research, which was published in the Journal of American College of Nutrition, found that regular tea drinkers had high...

• Green Tea Rejuvenates Damaged Brain Cells

  Posted on Monday February 4th, 2008 at 09:32 in green tea, antioxidants, alzheimer's disease, parkinson's disease

  An antioxidant found in green tea may help restore damaged brain cells, claims a recent Israeli studyResearchers gave mice, which were induced with Parkinson's disease, EGCG (epigallocatchein gallate)--about the equivalent of what is in two to four c...

• Boost Green Tea's Antioxidants with Lemon

  Posted on Wednesday January 9th, 2008 at 13:17 in green tea, antioxidants

  To get the most health benefits out of a cup of green tea, make sure to squeeze a slice of lemon into your brew to help retain more if its antioxidant power.If you drink your green tea unadulterated, you'll only reap 20 percent of its antioxidant cat...

• Reduce Holiday Stress With Calming Amino Acid

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 14:10 in anxiety, insomnia, stress, green tea, gaba

  When you're on overload this holiday season (or any time of the year) and feeling very anxious, it could be because you're brain is short on its main calming neurotransmitters.GABA, an amino acid also known as gamma-aminobutyric acid, helps the brain...

• New Reason to Drink Green Tea: Fights Colds & Flu

  Posted on Tuesday November 13th, 2007 at 13:21 in green tea, antioxidants, cold and flu

  The reasons for consuming green tea continue to pile up. In addition to preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease, lowering bad cholesterol, and aiding with weight loss, a new study has found that it can help prevent the common cold and flu.The re...

• Green Tea Better than Drug for Fighting Diabetes

  Posted on Thursday October 18th, 2007 at 14:07 in diabetes, green tea

  Diabetics looking for a safer and more natural alternative to the controversial diabetes drug Avandia may be able to find it in a cup of green tea. Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute found that the antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate...