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VEGF Receptor Phosphorylation Status and Apoptosis is Modulated by a Green Tea Component, Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in B cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Source: Blood. 2004 Mar 2
     Benefits of green tea to health are beyond chemoprevention. Green tea can kill cancer cells. The study demonstrated: Component of green tea extract, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), destroys leukemia cells by interrupting the communication signals they need to survive.
Preventive effects of drinking green tea on cancer and cardiovascular disease: epidemiological evidence for multiple targeting prevention.
Source: Biofactors. 2000;13(1-4):49-54
     The epidemiological study with 8552 general residents in Japan revealed: drinking green tea (1) decreased relative risk of cancer incidence by 43~46%. (2)decreased relative risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 28%. (3)the benefits of decreased risks were for those consuming (green tea diet) over 10 cups a day, compared with those consuming below 3 cups
Green tea consumption and chronic atrophic gastritis: a cross-sectional study in a green tea production village
Source: J Epidemiol 2000 Sep;10(5):310-6
     A cross-sectional study on 636 persons in Japan found: High green tea consumption ((green tea diet) more than 10 cups per day) significantly reduces risk of chronic atrophic gastritis with odds ratio of 0.63. These results support the hypothesis that high green tea consumption prevents chronic atrophic gastritis
Relation between green tea consumption and the severity of coronary atherosclerosis among Japanese men and women
Source: Ann Epidemiol 2000 Aug;10(6):401-8
     Study on 512 patients found: benefits in men but not in women, odds ratios of significant stenosis for consumption of green tea (green tea diet) 4 or more cups per day was 0.4 (95% confidence interval 0.2-0.9), as compared with a consumption of green tea one cup per day or less
Chinese green tea lowers cholesterol level through an increase in fecal lipid excretion.
Source: Life Sci 2000;66(5):411-23
     The study demonstrated: green tea significantly lowered the serum cholesterol level. This benefit is achieved by increasing fecal bile acids and cholesterol excretion
Green tea consumption and serum lipid profiles: a cross-sectional study in northern Kyushu, Japan
Source: Prev Med. 1992 Jul;21(4):526-31
     Study of cross-sectional data on 1,306 males in Japan found: serum total cholesterol levels were inversely related to the consumption of green tea. Adjusted mean concentrations of total cholesterol were 8 mg/dl lower in men drinking (green tea diet) 9 or more cups of green tea per day than in those consuming 0 ~ 2 cups per day. 3 cups per day was the minimum for the green tea benefit.
Green tea and skin
Source: Arch Dermatol. 2000 Aug;136(8):989-94
     This is a literature based research paper on benefits of green tea to skin health: The outcome of the several experimental studies suggests that green tea possess anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic potential, which can be exploited against a variety of skin disorders
Weight reduction by Chinese medicinal herbs may be related to inhibition of fatty acid synthase
Source: Life Sci. 2004 Mar 26;74(19):2389-99
     Green tea may help weight loss by inhibiting fatty acid synthase of the body. Fatty acid synthase (EC 2. 3. 1. 85, abbr. FAS) is reported as a potential new therapeutic target for the treatment of obesity. 17 of 31 Traditional Chinese Medicine used in weight reducing prescriptions were found to inhibit FAS. Green tea leaf was 1 of the top 4 herbs with high inhibitory potencies.
Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans.
Source: Am J Clin Nutr 1999 Dec;70(6):1040-5
     How does green tea help weight loss?The clinical trial study the green tea's benefits concluded: Green tea has thermogenic properties and promotes fat oxidation beyond that explained by its caffeine content per se. The green tea extract may play a role in the control of body composition via sympathetic activation of thermogenesis, fat oxidation, or both.
Effects of green tea on growth, food utilization and lipid metabolism in mice.
Source: In Vivo. 2000 Jul-Aug;14(4):481-4
     The experiments indicated that green tea may benefit weight contral via suppressing lipid metabolism, and thereby the fatty accumulation and body weight increase was suppressed.

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