Professor Mike Williamson, of Sheffield University said: “It could reduce the risk of infection and help slow the spread of HIV.”

But he added: “It is not a cure or safe way to avoid infection. It could be used to improve quality of life for those infected.”

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea And Aids

Dr. Stephen Hsu from the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry said:

“Since it is an autoimmune disease, Sjogren’s Syndrome causes the body to attack itself and produce extra antibodies that mistakenly target the salivary and lacrimal glands.”

However, Dr. Hsu said that green tea drinkers had significantly fewer lymphocytes and auto-antibodies, which are protein weapons produced when the immune system attacks itself.

The results indicate that green tea reduced the inflammation, as many other studies have found.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea And Autoimmune Disease

Àngels González-Lafont and colleagues at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain have modeled the chemical reaction that allows green tea catechins to zap free radicals.

The reaction involves the catechins losing a hydrogen atom to a reactive free radical. The scientists found that in this process the radical and catechins were bound together tightly, leading to very small energy changes as the reaction proceeds.

Tunneling makes the hydrogen transfer much faster than the free radical’s reaction with the body’s vulnerable lipids so the radicals are trapped before they can do harm.

‘It’s really astounding what this [research] has done for the rest of us,’ said Vinson. ‘We had a problem understanding how polyphenols work at such low concentrations.’

‘This paper gives theoretical credence to a large amount of experimental evidence of polyphenols as in vitro and in vivo antioxidants.’

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source:
Green Tea Antioxidant’s Tunneling Secret

“We discovered that catechins found in green tea protected both normal and cancerous bladder cells from inflammation when we exposed the cells to hydrogen peroxide.”

“Although further studies are needed, these results indicate herbal supplements from green tea could be a treatment option for various bladder conditions that are caused by injury or inflammation,” said Michael B. Chancellor, M.D., professor of urology and gynaecology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea And Bladder Diseases

A study was jointly conducted by Michael Widlansky from Boston University School of Medicine and DSM Nutritional Products, maker of the Teavigo supplement.

Measurements were taken after an initial dose of EGCG (300 milligrams), 2 hours later, and after 2 weeks of supplementation with EGCG (two 150 milligrams per day).

EGCG was found to improve blood flow measure Flow Mediated Dilation (FMD) by 21% 2 hours after the initial 300 milligram dose. However, similar improvements were not observed after the end of the 2 weeks period.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source:
M.E. Widlansky, N.M. Hamburg, E. Anter, M. Holbrook, D.F. Kahn, J.G. Elliott, J.F. Keaney, Jr., and J.A. Vita (2007). Acute EGCG Supplementation Reverses Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of the American College of Nutrition Volume 26, Number 2, Pages 95-102.

The study monitored 70,000 Chinese women aged 40 to 70 years for 6 years.

Another 2007 American study discovered that drinking 4 to 6 cups of green tea a day may dramatically reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in humans.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source:
Green Tea and Colon Cancer and Green Tea Protect Against Colon Cancer

SCLC represents 15 to 20 percent of all lung cancer cases. It is so fatal that more than 85 percent of the patients die within 5 years.

A breakthrough study conducted by Dr. Sadava of Keck Science Center, California, discovered that green tea antioxidant EGCG slow cancer growth by blocking enzyme telomerase.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea and Lung Cancer

Researchers from The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have been studying the therapeutic powers of dozens of Chinese herbal compounds in reversing this fatal immune response that kills 225,000 Americans every year.

They found that an ingredient in green tea rescued mice from lethal sepsis – and the findings could pave the way to clinical trials in patients.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea And Severe Sepsis

Dr. Maheshwari discovered that green tea causes cancer cells to commit suicide and block their growth.

The study will be published in the Journal of Cancer Biology and Therapy, December 2007, Volume 6, Issue 12.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source: Green Tea And Breast Cancer

Dopamine is a brain chemical that coordinates body movement. As these cells deplete, a Parkinson’s disease patient find it increasingly difficult to carry out everyday activities such as walking, talking and eating.

Benefits of Drinking Green Tea Source:
Shuhong Guo, J.Yan, T. Yang, X. Yang, E Bezard and B. Zhao (2007). Protective effects of green tea polyphenols in the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson’s disease through inhibition of ROS-NO pathway. Biological Psychiatry 2007; 62 (12): 1353-1362.