This was a question that I really wanted to answer. I love a good sushi meal followed by a nice cup of green tea. What could be better than to find out that I aid my health with my own gluttony? So I searched for green tea in the medical database and hospital library and found 231 articles in the past year and a half. After leafing through reams of research, these were some of my favorite answers:
Catechin, an ingredient of green tea, protects murine microglia from oxidative stress-induced DNA damage and cell cycle arrest.
Green tea extract and epigallocatechin-3-gallate, the major tea catechin, exert oxidants but lack antioxidant activities.
Hepatoprotective effect of green tea (Camellia sinensis) extract against tamoxifen-induced liver injury in rats.
Protective effect of green tea polyphenols on the SHSY5Y cells against 6-OHDA induced apoptosis through ROS-NO pathway.
And:
Paris Hilton Thinks Green Tea is “Hot”!
Confused? The bottom line is that there are many claims that green tea consumption can reduce cancer risk, but the evidence is not abundantly clear. There is, though, more substantive evidence that it can help lower cholesterol. So we can safely say that green tea is certainly better for you than green beer on St. Patrick’s Day.
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"Is green tea really good for your health?" was posted on Sunday, January 27th, 2008 at 11:48 pm.
I do not know if green tea does even half the things the studies say it does. I do know that after replacing my morning juice and daily colas with green tea from http://www.tealaden.com I lost 20 pounds and feel a lot more energetic. I am hoping to lose another 30 pounds and this may let me stop taking my diabetes medication. I do not know if it is the tea or just being more healthy, but I feel great.