| Is any other food or drink reported to
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| | kills cancer cells without harming
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| have as many health benefits as green
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| | healthy tissue. It has also been
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| tea? The Chinese have known about the
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| | effective in lowering LDL cholesterol
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| medicinal benefits of green tea since
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| | levels, and inhibiting the abnormal
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| ancient times, using it to treat
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| | formation of blood clots. The latter
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| everything from headaches to depression.
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| | takes on added importance when you
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| In her book, Green Tea: The Natural
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| | consider that thrombosis (the formation
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| Secret for a Healthier Life, Nadine
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| | of abnormal blood clots) is the leading
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| Taylor states that green tea has been
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| | cause of heart attacks and stroke. Links
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| used as a medicine in China for at least
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| | are being made between the effects of
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| 4,000 years.Today, scientific research in
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| | drinking green tea and the "French
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| both Asia and the west is providing hard
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| | Paradox." For years, researchers were
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| evidence for the health benefits long
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| | puzzled by the fact that, despite
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| associated with drinking green tea. For
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| | consuming a diet rich in fat, the French
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| example, in 1994 the Journal of the
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| | have a lower incidence of heart disease
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| National Cancer Institute published the
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| | than Americans. The answer was found to
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| results of an epidemiological study
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| | lie in red wine, which contains
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| indicating that drinking green tea
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| | resveratrol, a polyphenol that limits the
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| reduced the risk of oesophageal cancer in
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| | negative effects of smoking and a fatty
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| Chinese men and women by nearly sixty
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| | diet. In a 1997 study, researchers from
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| percent. University of Purdue researchers
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| | the University of Kansas determined that
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| recently concluded that a compound in
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| | EGCG is twice as powerful as resveratrol,
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| green tea inhibits the growth of cancer
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| | which may explain why the rate of heart
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| cells.There is also research indicating
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| | disease among Japanese men is quite
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| that drinking green tea lowers total
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| | low.Other Benefits New evidence is
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| cholesterol levels, as well as improving
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| | emerging that green tea can even help
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| the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to
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| | dieters. In November 1999, the American
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| bad (LDL) cholesterol. To sum up, here
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| | Journal of Clinical Nutrition published
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| are just a few medical conditions in
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| | the results of a study at the University
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| which drinking green tea is reputed to be
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| | of Geneva in Switzerland. Researchers
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| helpful:1) cancer
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| | found that men who were given a
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| 2) rheumatoid arthritis
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| | combination of caffeine and green tea
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| 3) high cholesterol levels
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| | extract burned more calories than those
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| 4) cardiovascular disease
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| | given only caffeine or a placebo. Green
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| 5) infection
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| | tea can even help prevent tooth decay!
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| 6) impaired immune functionWhat makes
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| | Just as its bacteria-destroying abilities
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| green tea so special? The secret of green
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| | can help prevent food poisoning, it can
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| tea lies in the fact it is rich in
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| | also kill the bacterium that causes
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| catechin polyphenols, particularly
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| | dental plaque.Last is that Green Teas are
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| epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is
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| | better in its original form and not
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| a powerful anti-oxidant: besides
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| | altered and industrialized as to be sold
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| inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it
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| | in Tea bags.
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