Well we’ve had two recent news stories on caffeines health properties and they’ve been contrary to previous items suggesting caffeine is the 8th sin of the world.
Firstly we’re told caffeine can actually help to boost memory and helps focus. This was found after MRI scans were conducted on people shortly hafter drinking a caffeinated beverage such as coffee or tea.
The next story was one that linked liver-protectice properties to caffeine and this suggested 2-cups a day of either tea or coffee could help prevent liver disease.
So next time don’t feel guilty when someone ‘tuts’ at how many cups a day you have!
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Just found an interesting article regarding tea and its caffeine content. Summarry: Caffeine in tea is a good thing.
http://greentealovers.com/wordpress/
They found oral administration of green or black tea inhibited UVB light-induced complete carcinogenesis in the skin of SKH-1 mice(1). Green tea was a more effective inhibitor than black tea. Oral administration of decaffeinated green or black tea resulted in substantially less inhibitory activity than did administration of the regular teas, and in one experiment, administration of a high-dose level of the decaffeinated teas enhanced the tumorigenic effect of UVB. Oral administration of caffeine alone had a substantial inhibitory effect on UVB-induced carcinogenesis, and adding caffeine to the decaffeinated teas restored the inhibitory effects of these teas on UVB-induced carcinogenesis. In additional studies, topical application of a green tea polyphenol fraction after each UVB application inhibited UVB-induced tumorigenesis. The results indicate that caffeine contributes in an important way to the inhibitory effects of green and black tea on UVB-induced complete carcinogenesis.
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