Alzheimer's & Cancer Vs. Green Tea. Does Green Tea Work?

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"Can drinking several cups of green tea keep the doctor away? This certainly seems so, given the popularity of this practice in East Asian culture and the increased interest in green tea in the Western World.
"Several ...studies have shown beneficial effects of green tea in cancer, cardiovascular, and neurological diseases 'as Alzheimer's Disease & Parkinson's Disease.]

"The health benefits associated with green tea consumption have also been corroborated in animal studies of cancer 'prevention, and with high cholesterol and artherosclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other aging-related disorders.

"However, the use of green tea as a cancer 'preventer] or for 'cardiovascular, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other health benefits] has been confounded by the low oral 'availability] of its active 'ingredient, EGCG.]" *

*All true, in our view. However, many people who drink green tea, whether as a cancer preventive, or against heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or others, use tea bags, often one to a cup. Considering the low absorption rate of EGCG in the body, it might seem prudent to either use two tea bags per cup and having three or more cups per day, or even better, using loose green tea, a tablespoon per mug.
 

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Life Science, Jan. 27, 2006. By: Dr. N. T. Zaveri, Drug Discovery Program, SRI Int., 333 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.