Does Green Tea Protect Against Dental Caries?

According to the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Yes, green tea protects against bacterial induced dental caries.  A considerable amount of research has been done by this school.

They further their study by noting that higher oral peroxidases activity upon green tea drinking may provide an extra protection against oxidative stress in the oral cavity.  Oral peroxidases consist mainly of salivary peroxidase and myeloperoxidase and are involved in oral defense mechanisms.

Green tea is superior to black tea for cardiovascular disease

 

Green tea has been found to be superior to black tea in terms of antioxidant activity owing to the higher content of epigallocatechin gallate, says Department of Medicine at the The George Washington University Medical Center.  Green tea may also have measurable acute effects on energy metabolism and fat oxidation and in particular during physical activity, states Unilever Research and Development.

In general, the antioxidant properties of green tea extracts are stronger than those of black and herbal teas.

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Green tea contains anticancer properties

 

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the most effective cancer chemopreventive polyphenol in green tea, according to the the Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research at the University of Chicago Department of Biochemistry.  Aligarh Muslim University confirms that it is believed that anticancer and apoptosis inducing properties of green tea are mediated by it's polyphenolic constituents particularly catechins.  Catechins are a type of natural phenol and antioxidant often considered to belong to the family of flavonoids.  Also belonging to the family of flavonoids are chocolate and alcohol.


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