Tea is the most consumed drink in the world after water. Green tea is a 'non-fermented'tea,
and contains more catechins, than black tea or oolong tea. Catechins are in vitro and in vivo …

Increasing interest in the health benefits of tea has led to the inclusion of tea extracts in
dietary supplements and functional foods. However, epidemiologic evidence regarding the …

People have been consuming brewed tea from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant for
almost 50 centuries. Although health benefits have been attributed to tea, especially green …

Tea is an important dietary source of flavanols and flavonols. In vitro and animal studies
provide strong evidence that tea polyphenols may possess the bioactivity to affect the …

Certain dietary antioxidants such as vitamin E and vitamin C are important for maintaining
optimum health. There is now much interest in polyphenolic products of the plant …

Scientific advances in this field have not only given us a better understanding of what is an
optimal diet, but has allowed food and nutraceutical companies to market products with …

Foods and beverages rich in phenolic compounds, especially flavonoids, have often been
associated with decreased risk of develo** several diseases. However, it remains unclear …

Tea remains the most consumed drink in the world after water, well ahead of coffee, beer,
wine and carbonated soft drinks. An accumulated number of population studies suggests …

Important progress has been made in the past five years concerning the effects of green and
black tea on health. Experimentation with new accurate tools provide useful information …

Objective: To compare the effects of supplementation of green tea beverage or green tea
extracts with controls on body weight, glucose and lipid profile, biomarkers of oxidative …