Research on green tea proves that the it contains the components as a powerful antioxidant that can counteract the free radical attacks that causes of degeneration disorders in human organs, including the incidence of various cancers, including the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, colon, rectum, bladder, prostate and even lung and breast.
In general, the benefits of green tea are:
1. Antioxidant
Antioxidant properties of green leaf tea can protect the DNA from the cells of oxidation damage of free radicals attack and thus the growth of wild cells or benign tumors can be prevented.
2. Beneficial to prevent cardiovascular disease & heart disease.
Epidemiological studies indicate that those who drink four cups of green tea per day or more have a smaller risk for affected atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) and heart disease green koroner. The lowering LDL (bad cholesterol) and raise HDL ( good cholesterol) and lower total serum cholesterol and total triglycerides.
3. Stimulates weight loss
Green tea increases the body's fat burning ability and plays an important role in controlling weight in the human body.
4. Prevent bacteria Helicobacter pylori, the cause of abdominal pain.
H. pylori is a deadly bacterial disease causes gastritis and other digestive tract, including cancer. Components of green tea, ECGC particularly healing effect against H. pylori infection is. Polyphenols from green tea stimulates the growth of beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium are shown to increase immunity. In addition, reducing the growth of pathogenic bacteria such as Clostridium perfrigens, Clostridium difficle, even bacteria Escherichia coli.
5. Renal protection from the formation of toxins.
Metilguanidin is the cause of kinds of diseases such as anorexia (loss of appetite), ulcers (peptic ulcers), neuropathy (nervous system disorder) and anemia (lack of red blood). Polyphenols in green tea suppress the production of metilguanidin visible metilguanidin decreasing serum levels in the blood after drinking green tea for some time.
6. Deodorisasi effect in the mouth.
Sulfur compounds formed in the mouth like methylmercaptan and some sulfide as a result of protein breakdown by enzymes and bacteria cause bad breath (halitosis) after every meal. Green leaf tea could reduce significantly the symptoms of this halitosis.
7. Pemburaman slowing in the process of eye lens cataract.
Cataracts allegedly arising from the formation of peroxide oxidant reactive species (such as free radicals) that attack the cells so that the lens gradually becomes opaque. Components of ECGC in green tea was able to stop this process by pressing pemburaman increased formation of peroxides.
8. Anti-virus and anti-microbial.
Green tea was able to affect the virus biosintesa with cells of human proteins, which can be useful to prevent or treat various disorders resulting viruses, including pathogenic DNA viruses: adenovirus, herpes, smallpox, as well as RNA viruses: retroviruses (HIV causes / AIDS). Several types of retroviruses and herpes are also stimulating the growth of cancer. Common symptoms of viral infection caused the fever, weakness, loss of appetite and poisoning. In addition to the prevention of DNA and RNA synthesis above, green tea extract is also antivirals against influenza viruses, herpes simplex, Coxsackie virus B6 and polio. Concluded that green tea showed the ability against the "bacterial
cytotoxicity "(toxicity in a cell by bacteria) and the ability to fight viruses and bacteria.
9. Prevent damage to cells through a chemical process.
Eating habits and life styles that interfere with health such as eating lots of fat, spices that stimulate and also smoking, drink alcohol and eat less vegetables and fruits cause various health problems due to degeneration. These disorders include hypertension (high blood pressure), heart problems, stroke and cancer. Term Prevention Chemical (Chemoprevention) Cancer Treatment different because its main goal here is to reduce the risk of the possibility of cancer. Therefore in a healthy lifestyle, foods and supplements that contain substances antikarsinogen must exist in the daily diet.
10. Protect the skin against ultraviolet light.
Content of polyphenols in green tea can prevent cancer and inflammation in the skin. If applied to the skin, he was able to protect the skin from ultra-violet rays and substances that stimulate tumor on the skin. These benefits are also obtained when green leaf tea was drunk. At this time the existing protective skin cream for ultra-violet rays that green tea contains components called epigallo.
11. Prevent damage to the lungs by tobacco.
Drinking green leaf tea prevents tumors in the lungs caused by carcinogens in tobacco content, the various compounds nitrosamines.
12. Protecting the heart
As an antioxidant that fight free radicals that cause damage
cells, green tea increases the activity of defense enzymes superoksid body dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase and catalase to protect the liver, lungs, skin, mammary glands and digestive system.
13. Protects against acute pancreatitis.
Controlled study of a large number of residents in Shanghai showed reduced risk of colon cancer, rectal and pancreatic. After giving polyphenols from green tea as much as 500 mg / kg body weight per day, there was a decrease in their number of pancreatic cancer.
14. Keeping healthy esophagus
Oesophageal cancer is number 9 of the many cancers occur in the world. Some 300,000 new cases are reported each year, while 80% of them occur in developing countries. As for other types of cancer, green tea can prevent it if taken regularly.
15. Protecting the skin layer of the stomach.
Epidemiological studies also showed that those who drank green leaf tea regularly low risk of getting cancer in the skin layer of the stomach. This is because the ability of EGCG to prevent cancer in the gastric glands.
16. Prevent the growth of prostate and breast tumors.
Reports from several countries in Asia showed low cases of prostate and breast cancer in an area that has a habit of drinking green tea daily.
17. Protect memory
Green tea also seems to keep the brain remain 'sharp' from danger of dementia. Adults who drink 2 cups of green tea a day seems to have no serious cognitive problems than those who drank tea less than that amount. Why? Once again because of the high doses of antioxidants contained in tea to fight free radicals that damage the brain's neurons as they appear in people with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
