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March 2007

Businessweek.com: Coke and Nestle Hit with Lawsuit for "Negative Calories." The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest filed suit today against Coca-Cola and Nestl?for making fraudulent claims in marketing and labeling for Enviga, a new artificially sweetened green tea soft drink.
Ladowntownnews.com: Study Seeks to Determine Potential Benefits of Green Tea. Epidemiologist Anna Wu is trying to close in on another key to reducing breast cancer risk. After studying dietary habits of Asian-American women in the mid-1990s and finding soy played a significant role in reducing breast cancer risk when consumed from adolescence onward, Wu turned her attention to another common comestible: green tea.
Azcentral.com: Volunteers sought for study of green tea. The cancer center's Southeastern Arizona Tea Studies program has launched a study to investigate the impact of drinking green tea on the cell damage caused by smoking.
Latimes.com: Chew on this: It's for your health. The research is still in the early stages, but gums containing green tea, phytoestrogens and calcium are already available in Europe and Asia. In the United States, where, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American chews 1.8 pounds of gum a year, gums with added health-boosting ingredients are seen by food trend watchers as an obvious next step in the expansion of the category of candy, beverages and snacks containing herbs, minerals and other supplements.
Cbn.com: Reduce Your Heart Disease and Stroke Risk. Heavy green tea drinkers were also less likely to die of cardiovascular disease than people who drink only a little tea.

February 2007

Medgadget.com: Everyday Compounds Prevent Stroke Injury. A second study led by Ying investigated whether administration of the green tea extract gallotannin, or GT, can protect against post-ischemic brain damage.
Prnewswire.com: Hot Tea Can Help Millions of Americans Who Resolve to Lose Weight and Eat Healthier this New Year. Adding to the substantial body of evidence that tea may confer a wide array of potential health benefits, more than 100 research articles werepublished in 2006. These studies provide further support to the notion thattea can support a healthy cardiovascular system, may help the body fightcertain types of cancer, and may be helpful to combat the rising epidemicof type-2 diabetes. Several studies also showed that calorie-free green teamay play an important role in helping maintain a healthy weight and bodyshape through its unique effects on energy metabolism.
Contactomagazine.com: US Weight-Loss Pill Marketers Fined for False Claims. You won't find weight loss in a bottle of pills that claims it has the latest scientific breakthrough or miracle ingredient," said FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. "Paying for fad science is a good way to lose cash, not pounds.
Seniorjournal.com: Weight Loss Pills More Likely to Make Your Wallet Thinner Says FTC. The Bayer Corporation will pay a $3.2 million civil penalty to settle FTC allegations that advertisements for One-A-Day WeightSmart multivitamins violated an earlier Commission order requiring all health claims for One-A-Day brand vitamins to be supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence. Bayer ran a national advertising campaign for One-A-Day WeightSmart, which contains EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), a green tea extract."
Newscientist.com: Milk wrecks the health benefits of tea. German researchers have found that the relaxing effect of a few cups of ordinary black tea on the arteries is completely wiped out by milk.
Innovations-report.de: Cup of green tea to keep the bacteria away. Now researchers from the National institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, Slovenia discovered that the main ingredients of green tea are able to perform other tricks. They found out that green tea catechins inhibit essential bacterial enzyme DNA gyrase, which is the target of several existing clinically used drugs.
Foodproductiondaily.com: Albumin to boost
tea extract antioxidant activity in emulsions?
Green tea contains between 30 and 40 per cent of water-extractable polyphenols, while black tea (green tea that has been oxidized by fermentation) contains between 3 and 10 per cent.
Medicalnewstoday.com: Milk Eliminates Cardiovascular Health Benefits Of Tea. Their study showed that the culprit in milk is a group of proteins called caseins, which they found interacted with the tea to decrease the concentration of catechins in the beverage. Catechins are the flavonoids in tea that mainly contribute to its protection against cardiovascular disease.
English.donga.com: Prostate tea. A study suggests that green tea can prevent enlargement of the prostate, a common symptom for men in their 50s or older.

January 2007

Cosmeticsdesign.com: Tea extracts emerge as skin healer. Research has emerged that the anti-inflammatory properties of tea are extremely beneficial to damaged skin, and are creating innovative in roads into the after care of cancer patients suffering with skin ailments.
Themoneytimes.com: Tea can counter radiation damage. A recent study published in the open access journal states that the skin damage caused by radiation treatment in cancer patients can be treated with tea extracts and researchers believe that this might be due to anti-inflammatory properties of tea which are extremely beneficial to damaged skin.
Pr.com: Study Advises that Green Tea Benefits Include Controlling Acne. Recent results of a study presented to the American Academy of Dermatologists and conducted by Dr. Jennifer Gan-Wong of the Memorial Medical Center in the Phillipines find that green tea topically applied to the skin appears to work as well as benzoyl peroxide to control acne.
Cbsnews.com: Studies: Green Tea May Help Prolong Life. New studies have found that green tea is good for the skin and may even contribute to a longer life. The Early Show medical contributor Dr. Emily Senay the latest research adds to the growing body of evidence that green tea is good for you.

Cspinet.org: Calorie Burning" Enviga Tea Drink a Fraud, Group Says. The short-term studies being used to justify Enviga's claims are mostly small and short-term, and much of that research was paid for by the companies or another green tea company.
Today.reuters.co.uk: Tea extracts repair radiotherapy skin damage. Findings from a new study confirm that tea extracts applied to the skin promote the repair of damage from radiotherapy, and shed light on the mechanisms involved in the injury. The beneficial effects of the extracts are mostly from their ability to attenuate the body signals that trigger
inflammation.
Sciencenews.org: Red Heat Might Improve Green Tea. Most tea drinkers don't give much thought to how tea leaves are processed prior to arriving in a tin or tea bag. However, a Korean team of food scientists has. Realizing that many people are trying to consume more of certain tea-derived antioxidants—especially compounds called catechins—the researchers wondered whether concentrations of those chemicals might be affected by tea-leaf handling. They now report data confirming that indeed, concentrations of beneficial chemicals can vary dramatically, depending on how newly-harvested leaves are processed.
Keyetv.com: Cover Story: Coffee Drinks, Fats, Calories. A 16-ounce Starbucks Blackberry Green Tea Blended Creme may sound like a healthy alternative. But there's something in there besides green tea. Because it's packed with 560 calories, that's like eating four original recipe drumsticks from KFC.
Nutraingredients.com: Tea polyphenols - antioxidants or prebiotics? Polyphenols in tea may preferentially suppress the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the gut, but not the growth of 'friendly' bacteria, says a new study from Singapore.
Health24.com: Tea has anti-cancer potential. Teas, both green and black, have potent anti-cancer effects against a wide range of tumours, says a new study led by the US Department of Agriculture that adds to an ever-growing body of science behind the compounds.
Upi.com: Green tea extract may help after stroke. Administration of the green tea extract gallotannin, or GT, may protect against post-stroke brain damage, say researchers at San Francisco VA Medical Center.

December 2006

Cbs4boston.com: Understanding Health Benefits Down To A Tea.
"People who drink the most tea but are at a reduced risk for several forms of cancer heart disease maybe even osteoporosis,� said Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg of Tufts University. "The health benefits of tea have been attributed to their contents of flavinoids these are antioxidant compounds that are found in the tea leaf." While green tea has gotten a lot of publicity in recent years Dr. Blumberg says it's no better than the rest when it comes to health benefits.
Eurekalert.org: Research finds antioxidant therapies
do not interfere with radiation treatment.
The study, Effect of Concomitant Naturopathic Therapies on Clinical Tumor Response to External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer, was conducted by researchers at Cancer Treatment Centers of America and reviewed PSA levels of prostate cancer patients after receiving radiation therapy. Researchers found no difference between patients taking antioxidants and those who did not. Antioxidants used in the study included green tea extract, melatonin, high-potency multivitamins, vitamin C and vitamin E.
Allheadlinenews.com: Green Tea Could Block
Advancement Of HIV Infection.
A recent study compiled by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and University of Sheffield, U.K. revealed that consuming just two cups of green tea could block the advancement of HIV infection.
Nutraingredients.com: Polyphenol-enriched tea
may double cholesterol excretion
Drinking a cup of polyphenol-enriched oolong tea with a high fat meal may increase the amount of cholesterol excreted by the body by half, says a small study from Japan and Taiwan.
Npicenter.com: FDA Approves Special Green Tea Extract
as a New Topical Drug for Genital Warts.
Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a special extract of green tea as a prescription drug for the topical (external) treatment of genital warts caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV).
Foodnavigator.com: Green tea flavonoids:
Anti-browning additives for dairy?
Scientists in the US are looking into the potential of green tea polyphenols to stop the Maillard reaction in thermally processed dairy to prevent dark colours and off-flavours.
LATimes.com: Less than zero?
Raising metabolism is more complicated than simply ingesting a chemical that speeds up the heart rate, which often makes users jittery. Though scientists still aren't sure just how EGCG works, some suggest it triggers greater production of a neurotransmitter called norepinephrine, elevating metabolism. Caffeine also raises the metabolic rate, and early research suggests combining EGCG with caffeine is the key to a measurable increase.
Nutraingredients.com: Green tea improves
blood lipid levels, say scientists.
Regular consumption of the antioxidant rich green tea could reduce blood lipid levels and cut the risk of developing heart disease, suggests a small trial from Portugal.
Msnbc.msn.com: Green Tea: The Confusing Brew.
Headlines announcing a Journal of the American Medical Association study linked consumption of green tea with protection from stroke, but not cancer, caught many people by surprise. Tea provides a good example of why we need to consider both laboratory and population studies in choosing steps to lower cancer risk and promote overall health.
Drinksmediawire.com: Green Tea Library Website Launched.
Nadine Taylor, M.S., R.D., author of the popular book Green Tea: The Natural Secret to a Healthier Life, announces the launch of a new, free website, "The Green Tea Library" (www.GreenTeaLibrary.com). It's the only organized, simplified collection of scientific studies demonstrating the health benefits of this popular beverage.

November 2006

Nutraingredients.com: DSM explores anti-diabetic activity of green tea extract. The green tea extract, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), improved glucose tolerance in diabetic rodents, and "could potentially contribute to nutritional strategies for the prevention of type-2 diabetes," says a new study from DSM.
Prnewswire.com: Researchers Look to Solve
Mystery Behind EGCG & Probiotics.
New Ingredients May Have Broad Range of Health Benefits.
Cbc.ca: Dietitians skeptical of beverage's calorie-burning claim.
A green-tea based beverage that claims to burn calories won't be a magic bullet for dieters, nutrition experts say.
Post-gazette.com: Coke's Enviga isn't a cure for a bulging belly.
A soft drink that burns calories? Coca-Cola Co. has just introduced one. But don't throw away your Weight Watchers plan. Many nutritionists endorse drinking green tea, which naturally contains some caffeine, but some are skeptical about whether three cans a day of Enviga would be worth the effort and expense.
Msnbc.msn.com: Calorie-burning drink: Too good to be true?
Health experts Friday dismissed claims that a new green tea-based drink that claims to burn calories by speeding up the drinker's metabolic rate would help people lose weight.
Wcpo.com: Tea Tips
Tea and Health: Teas health benefits have long been known and acknowledged. High levels of antioxidants called flavonoids, along with fluoride, manganese, potassium, vitamin B6, carotene, vitamin C, and folic acid, to name a few, are found in tea.

October 2006

Dailymail.co.uk: Drinking juiced fruit & veg cuts Alzheimer's risk 76%
Drinking more than two cups of green tea a day has also been shown to halve the risk of mental decline in old age by up to a half.
Sunstar.com: Mang Julian's mind-robbing Alzheimer's disease curable?
An ingredient in green tea that researchers think might fight cancer may also protect the brain from the memory-destroying Alzheimer's disease.
Sunstar.com: The wonders of tea
Studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of The American Heart Association are supporting the idea that drinking tea may help in recovery after a heart attack.
Benecianews.com: Boost Metabolism With Ultrametabolism Ingredients
Studies have shown that green tea boosts metabolism and fat oxidation in the body.
Bestsyndication.com: Weight Loss In Green Tea
The first thing to make sure of when buying green tea products is to see if the manufacturer of the green tea extract follows strict GMP compliance, the manufacturing standard used throughout the world. Having GMP approval in green tea products assures you that you are getting a product of the highest quality.
Scientistlive.com: Huntington's Disease Slowed by Green Tea
According to research by German scientists, Green tea can apparently inhibit the formation of the lethal protein aggregates that are a characteristic feature of Huntington's disease.
Today.Reurters: Green tea shown to prolong life in Japanese study
The investigation by Dr. Shinichi Kuriyama and colleagues at the Tohoku University School of Public Policy, Sendai, Japan, found the beverage was particularly effective in fighting heart disease but did not reduce the death rate due to cancer, as some earlier animal studies had suggested.
Thestate.com: Green tea: Mixed review as health aid
Can drinking green tea really protect against two big killers, strokes and cancer? A huge study in Japan suggests yes and no: It might lower your stroke risk but won't save you from cancer.
Northjersey: Asian women in Bergen have nation's top life expectancy
Even the leader of a new Harvard University study on longevity was surprised to find that Asian-American women living in Bergen County have the longest life expectancy in the nation, typically reaching age 91.
Timesonline.co.uk: Green leaves better than British brews
The catechin antioxidants thought to account for the health-giving powers of green tea reduce coronary heart disease and ischaemic strokes by affecting the structure of the arterial wall, possibly causing some arterial dilation, and by making the blood less likely to clot.
Expertclick.com: Green tea will not necessarily lengthen your life, according to nutrition web site
Japanese green tea drinkers have a lower risk of death due to all causes, according to a study in the September 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. But Americans should not necessarily expect to increase their lifespan simply by increasing their consumption of green tea, according to a longtime observer of Japanese dietary patterns.
Market-day.net: Green Tea a Calorie-Burner Among Other Benefits
Evidence also suggests that green tea can help dieters, with the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition publishing results of a study at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, finding that men who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo.
Washingtontimes.com: To health:Tea, green and white
Raise a glass of green or white tea in a toast to better health, says Cynthia Finley, clinical dietitian specialist at the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center in Baltimore.

September 2006

Batesvilleheraldtribune.com: Is making your own tea therapeutic?
Green tea is also safe for children to drink. Sneed suggests mixing the tea with fruit juice for taste so they can enjoy the antioxidant benefits of the tea.
PR.com: Skin Care Finds a Partner in the Benefits of Green Tea
Recent studies in nutrition have found the benefits of green tea to be a breakthrough in healthcare and skin care.
Medicalnewstoday.com: Effects Of Green Tea On
Urinary Stone Formation: An In Vivo And In Vitro Study
These authors were able to show that green tea resulted in a 30% decrease in crystal formation and a 15% decrease in oxalate concentration.
Antara.co.id: Medicinal health drinks being overtaken by soft drinks
Green tea with catechin as well as drinks with amino acids, which are said to be good for reducing body fat, are the kinds of new soft drinks being promoted.
Thejournalnews.com: Iced tea is red hot.
The knowledge that tea is healthful has propelled tea from the periphery of beverages to the mainstream.
Newstarget.com: A Cup of Green Tea Per Day May Help Keep Skin Cancer Away
Green tea is reported to have antibacterial, antioxidant, and antitumor properties.

Nutraingredients-usa.com: Donors plug $15m into Hormel Institute
Its past cancer-related discoveries include showing how green tea targets an important cancer gene.
Xagena.it: Green tea: antioxidant protective effects of the polyphenolic EGCG
The evidence is strong that green tea consumption is a useful dietary habit to lower the risk for, as well as treat, a number of chronic diseases.
Nutraingredients.com: Do antioxidants make tea healthier than water?
The health benefits have been linked to the polyphenol content of the tea. Green tea contains between 30 and 40 per cent of water-extractable polyphenols, while black tea (green tea that has been oxidized by fermentation) contains between 3 and 10 per cent.
Foodconsumer.org: Drinking tea good for your health.
Scientists attributed the health benefits are associated with tea drinking to the antioxidants found in tea including epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), epigallocatechin, epicatechin gallate, and epicatechin. These polypheols are abundantly present in green tea (40% extractable). Black tea contains low levels of polyphenols (3 to 10 % extractable), according to Nutruingredients.com.

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