Tea & Health Archive
LA Times has an interesting article…
Posted: November 8th, 2005
What is interesting about this article to me is the FDA’s input. Research with tea and it’s findings can be slanted in so many ways. If you go to the FDA’s website there are many labeling claims that relate to green tea that the FDA doesn’t dispute. The research with green tea starting with the Japanese about twenty-five years ago has been very positive in general, and there are volumes of it.
I had a science professor in college, whenever we would finish an experiment and asked what the results meant, he would always reply that we needed to do more experiments. I’ll keep experimenting on myself.
EGCG binds and blocks cancer protein
Posted: August 18th, 2005
New breakthrough in identifying anti-carcinogenic agent in green tea appears first in Canadian media.
Discovery explains green tea’s health benefits
Green Tea & Diabetes
Posted: August 8th, 2005
Blood sugar ailments such as diabetes are a serious issue in the Gulf States and neighboring Middle Eastern nations.
Green Tea: What It Is and Why It’s Studied
Posted: August 2nd, 2005
Possibly sparked by the FDA’s decision on labeling of green tea as an anti-carcinogenic agent, the American Institute for Cancer Research has been pumping out quite a bit of information for the general consumer as well as pointing out cases of solid research.
Green Tea: What It Is and Why It’s Studied
Controversy over green tea as anti-carcinogenic
Posted: July 27th, 2005
. . . the continuing controversy that is. See earlier post - FDA Decision: Lots of anti-oxidants, but anti-carcinogenic? - to read new releases following the US Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision.
Studies Show Green Tea May Prevent Cancer
Let Us Count The Ways II
Posted: July 26th, 2005
Benefits of Green Tea from the Boston Globe:
What are the health benefits of green tea?
Tea Protects Teeth & Gums
Posted: July 21st, 2005
Infectious smiles: True Tea Protects Teeth & Gums
Green Tea & Autoimmune Disorders
Posted: July 13th, 2005
Stephen Hsu’s work continues to receive attention:
Green tea could fight autoimmune disorders
Dr. Hsu is a researcher at the Medical College of Georgia - School of Dentistry. His research inquires into whether green tea makes an impact on autoimmune disease as well as its well-known anti-carcinogenic effects.
Green Tea May Protect Against Autoimmune Diseases
Friday, June 17
[Health Day News]
Doctor finds new green tea benefit may help with autoimmune diseases
June 28, 2005
[Augusta, Georgia, USA]
Green Tea Found To Help Autoimmune Disorders and Cancer
June 22, 2005
[Atlanta, Georgia, USA]
Green Tea May Protect Against Autoimmune Diseases
Wednesday June 22, 2005
[Pakistan]
MCG researcher studies green tea’s protective role in autoimmune disease
June 19, 2005
Dr. Hsu’s faculty page at Medical College of Georgia – School of Dentistry
FDA Decision: Lots of anti-oxidants, but anti-carcinogenic?
Posted: July 6th, 2005
The FDA reviews the scientific literature and fails to find a good case for green tea being an anti-carcinogenic agent. Oh boy.
Cancer Pathologist Ignites the First Green Tea Health Claim Discussion with FDA;
Sin Hang Lee, M.D. Advocates Quality Green Tea Standard for Health Benefits
Business Wire
FDA Rejects Green Tea Cancer Claims
WebMD via FOX News
Anti-cancer claims for green tea ‘unlikely’, says FDA
News-Medical.Net
Green tea fails as cancer fighter
myDNA
Dark Chocolate & Green Tea
Posted: June 29th, 2005
The incidence of cancer in today’s human population is on such an alarming increase that the word “exponential” barely does it justice. It’s no surprise then that medical researchers are continuously on the look-out for food which has the greatest potential for disarming the environmental, dietary and genetic dispositions that lead to cancer. Why are they focusing on food? Because food is medicine that you take everyday.
Fine Chinese tea and high-quality dark chocolate are two of those foods that you should be consuming on a daily basis say some research journal articles. Just as green and white tea have had a lot of press lately, it would appear that dark chocolate is getting more press than other chocolates. This makes sense since dark chocolate is the most unadulterated, most commonly palatable form of cacao - the South American fruit which is the actual source of the good stuff. Less is more, yet again. In fact, if you must have a twist of lemon with your morning Tai Ping Hou Kui, might I recommend you have it along with your dark chocolate instead. And maybe make it a lime.
What the media is saying:
Green Tea, Dark Chocolate Make Healing Foods List
Tea And Chocolate Beneficial For Heart Health, Studies Suggest
Dark chocolate may be good source of flavonoids, but other sources are better, says dietician
Is chocolate good for you? Flavanoids in cocoa may protect the heart, but don’t overdo it
We know Dark Chocolate like we know fine Chinese tea!
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