NutraIngredients-usa.com – Montpellier, France

By Stephen Daniells

The heart healthy reputation of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the main extract from green tea, may be due in part to improvement in blood flow through the vessels, suggests a clinical trial from the US.

“EGCG acutely improves endothelial function in humans with coronary artery disease, and may account for a portion of the beneficial effects of flavonoid-rich food on endothelial function,” wrote the authors in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

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CBS News – New York City, NY, USA

By Miranda Hitti; Reviewed by Louise Chang

Compound, Called Epicatechin, May Work Better With Exercise, Lab Tests Show

(WebMD) It may be possible to boost memory with a plant compound called epicatechin, which is found in foods and drinks including blueberries, grapes, tea, and cocoa.

That’s according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. The researchers included Fred Gage, PhD, of the genetics lab at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif. In a series of lab tests, Gage’s team studied epicatechin, which is a type of antioxidant called a flavonol, in female mice.

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WIS – Columbia, SC, USA

Posted by Chantelle Janelle

NATIONAL (NBC) – Most of us know the best way to protect yourself against skin cancer is to cover up and wear sunscreen. But you may be able to drink your way to safer skin.

To protect yourself from sun damage and skin cancer, dermatologist Doctor Bryan Chen says there’s steps you should take. “The use of sunscreens to cover up the best that you can from the sun, the use of hats during the day, and try to avoid the sun during the hours of 10 in the morning to two in the afternoon when the sun intensity is the greatest outdoors – that in combination with drinking tea – I think would be useful.”

Drinking just one cup of tea a day will lower your risk of getting the two most common types of skin cancer – squamous and basal cell carcinoma. That’s according to a report from the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

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BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland

The traditional way of making tea in a pot is healthier than dunking a bag in a cup, according to scientists. Previous research found antioxidants in tea could help protect against things like cancer and heart disease.

Now scientists in Aberdeen have shown that a cuppa only gets the maximum amount of these chemicals when the tea is given proper time to brew.

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Online Clinic

By writher

Through the process of oxidation, oxygen starts the process of burning glucose and fat to provide heat and energy in the body. Although this is an inevitable and naturally occurring process which gives our bodies the energy we need; the process of oxidation creates some by-products that have negative effects to our body.

During the process of oxidation, highly reactive by-products called free radicals are produced. These free radicals act on other molecules, turning them into free radicals like themselves, thus disrupting their normal functioning. This could eventually lead to massive cell destruction, tissue damage, and even cause degenerative diseases, like cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis among others.

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Times Online – UK

By Ruairi O’Kane

GRANDMOTHER did know best. Scientists have established that tea left to brew in a pot is better for your health. The traditional way of making a cuppa releases more cancer-fighting chemicals than simply dunking a tea bag in a mug of boiling water.

Researchers at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen found that the concentration of antioxidants, which soak up damaging free radicals linked to cancer and heart disease, reaches its peak after five minutes’ brewing in a pot. Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON: Sipping tea is far better than drinking water, researchers said. There are strong grounds to suggest that taking three or more cups of tea can reduce the risk of heart attacks. According to researcher Dr Carrie Ruxton from King’s College London, it is a wrong belief that tea leads to dehydration.

“Tea is better than water as it contains antioxidants. It does not dehydrate you,” Mirror quoted Ruxton, as writing in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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American Chronicle – Beverly Hills, CA, USA

By Alien Sheng

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