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Home Remedies for Toothache - Easy and Safe (April 02, 2008)
Tea Tree Oil: Use cotton tip to apply tea tree oil to effective teeth area. It is not good in taste, but help in easing the toothache pain. Tea tree oil is safe and effective home remedy for toothache. Nick Mutt,LA Chronicle
GREEN TEA
Green tea antioxidants are extremely powerful. It is the root of various green tea health benefits claim, ranging from reducing cancer risks, keeping blood pressure low, aiding weight loss to helping to prevent diabetes.
Let´s take a look at what these antioxidants are, and how they can help us.
EGCG
All tea is chock full of polyphenols. These are antioxidants, compounds that attack free radicals. It is the unchecked production of free radicals that leads to cancer.
Free radicals are molecules with single electrons. They bond with other molecules, in effect "stealing" electrons. This begins a chain reaction, creating more and more free radicals, leaving cells vulnerable to damage.
Antioxidants bind to these free radicals, effectively neutralizing them. Epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, is one of the most powerful antioxidants know to science. Green tea has higher concentrations of this miraculous compound than either spinach or broccoli!
Weight Loss and Diabetes
When polyphenols combine with caffeine, the result is a powerful fat burner. Studies have shown that the consumption of green tea leads to decreased blood levels of lipids, glucose and cholesterol. This means good news for dieters, and also those at risk for diabetes. Keeping blood glucose levels low may prevent the onset of diabetes.
Youth-ing
Green tea antioxidants have become prized as ingredients in anti wrinkle creams and moisturizers. Applied to the skin, antioxidants work in several different ways. First, they "clean up" the free radicals that cause wrinkling and sagging. Next, they bring increased blood flow and oxygen to the skin, keeping it fresh and young looking.
Green Tea Versus Others
Green tea has higher concentrations of antioxidants than black tea. This has to do with the way tea is processed. Black tea is fermented, which causes the loss of some of these beneficial compounds.
Oolong tea is processed slightly, meaning that it probably contains higher antioxidant levels than black. Green tea is hardly fermented at all, so that the levels of EGCG are very high.
Bottom Line
We don´t yet know all of the amazing health benefits of green tea antioxidants. But what we know so far leads us to recommend 3-6 cups per day for better health!
Julian Tai, American Chronicle
A fresh ways to boost your energy now
Boost your energy with white tea, which has a delicate flavor that requires little sweetening. "Of all the teas, white tea goes through the least processing," says Iman Hakim, M.D., Ph.D., a professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona in Tucson and a leading researcher on the benefits of tea. As a result, white tea has the highest concentration of L-theanine, an amino acid that, according to recent research, stimulates alpha brain waves to boost alertness while producing a calming effect. And because a cup of white tea contains less caffeine (15 milligrams) than other teas (up to 50 mg) and coffee (120 mg), it's more hydrating, another key for sustaining energy. CNN.com/health