Earlier China was the only country in the world where Tea cultivations was practiced. But these days there are so many countries with adequate climatic conditions which are engaged in this business. Major Tea producers of recent world are India, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, Mauritius, the Democratic Republic […]
Posted on February 4th, 2008 by sauravgr
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Tea , one of the most famous beverages has a very interesting History which any one would like to know. Tea was first ever evolved in the year 2737 B.C in China. It so happened that the Chinese emperor Shen Nung was taking a tour of his kingdom with his servant. After few hours of […]
Posted on February 4th, 2008 by sauravgr
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It is interesting that green tea may help protect against autoimmune disease according to Medical College of Georgia researchers. Researchers studied an animal model for type I diabetes and primary Sjogren’s Syndrome, which damages the glands that produce tears and saliva.
They found significantly less salivary gland damage in a group treated with […]
Posted on October 28th, 2007 by EGCG
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Doctors are more likely than patients to use internet to get access to information. According to Manhattan Research, ‘Physician and the Web 2.0’, doctors are using Web 2.0 technologies — podcasting, social media networks, online video, blogs. It has been mentioned that more than 25,000 doctors are reading or posting blogs and about 80,000 engage […]
Posted on October 14th, 2007 by EGCG
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I gather that about 40 percent of people interact with their doctors after looking for information online and it is nearly half.
And 78 percent of them take action within a month’s time accordig to the information what they found online.
To read more, visit google blog
www.google-health-ads.blogspot.com/2007/06/going-online-for-health_18.html
Posted on October 13th, 2007 by EGCG
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Prospectiv’s “2007 Pharmaceutical Marketing CPI” poll was carried out in June and it was found that 75% of 800 consumers said Internet is their most trusted source for health information. It was also the most reliable place to research drug information, and it was much more than other sources like broadcast media (15%) and magazines […]
Posted on October 13th, 2007 by EGCG
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If you got diabetes, you may either drink plenty of green tea or take green tea extract. It is possible that green tea is as effective and much safer than widely used anti-diabetes medication called Avandia (rosiglitazone).
Green tea contains plenty of antioxidants and one of them called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is most well known […]
Posted on October 13th, 2007 by EGCG
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Drinking about five cups of green tea a day may reduce the risk of prostate cancer by about 48 percent according to the reports a new study from Japan. The news from the researchers from Japan’s National Cancer Center added to the growing list of benefits linked green tea which includes lower risk of certain […]
Posted on October 12th, 2007 by EGCG
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The antioxidants obtained from green tea boosted production of detoxification enzymes in people according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center.
The findings were published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal of the American Association for Cancer Research in August and it was suggested that a green tea concentrate might help some people improve the metabolic […]
Posted on August 18th, 2007 by EGCG
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Regularly drinking antioxidant rich green tea may halve the risk of colon and rectal cancer according to a study carried out in China.
There are many studies showing green tea’ benefits of lowering risk of certain cancers, helping weight loss, and protection against dementia.
There are four primary polyphenols found in green tea and they are […]
Posted on June 9th, 2007 by EGCG
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