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Green tea is the new " apple a day that will keep the doctor away." Drinking one cup of green tea has stupendous benefits.
Green tea contains anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that are beneficial for numerous health problems, and some diseases. Green Tea Polyphenols (GTP) are the chemicals that act as preventive medicine for cancer, headaches, heart disease, high cholesterol, the immune system,and infections.
Furthermore, green tea helps to remove toxins from the body. Green tea contains (EGCG)epigallocatechin gallate. EGCG is also related to weight loss when added to certain vitamins and teas.
Some Medical Research Conclusions:
From Japan, the "Ohsaki Study - Green Tea Consumption and Mortality Due to Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and all Causes in Japan" Concluded that Green Tea Polyphenols (GTP), is associated with reduced mortality due to all causes and due to cardiovascular, but not with reduced mortality due to cancer."
The "American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine" Concluded and reported in May 2008, that the chemical found in green tea may be able to fight off cognitive deficits that occur with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The chemical is green tea polyphenol.
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This keen knowledge is new and exciting.
I am inspired by two global Nobel Peace Laureate Prize winners, 2004 Professor Wangari - Maathai of Africa, and 2007 former Vice President Al Gore of the United States of America. Both recipients are working to make the world a better place to live.
One criteria for winning the the Nobel Peace Prize is: the candidate must make a difference in the world. The Nobel committee stated that Professor Wangari - Maathai "thinks globally, and acts locally."
Professor Wangari - Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist, was the first female African to be awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Moreover, Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa. The purpose of the organization is to plant trees, which provide fuel, food, shelter, and income to thousands of people, with the majority being women.
Wangari said" when we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and the seeds of hope." Over 30 million trees have been planted thus far. For more information on Professor Wangari - Maathai, and the Green Belt Movement check http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/.
Another organization, UNEP (The United Nations Environment Programme ) allows people from all over the world to pledge to plant a tree. Furthermore, UNEP is a great global resource for keen information, and scientific happenings all over the world. Check http://www.unep.org/.
Former Vice President Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work, which produced the documentary film, "An Inconvenient Truth." The film draws attention to the severe problem of the increasing global warming on Earth. Additionally, Gore's work keeps the Global Warming issue on a political agenda as well.
There is good news nonetheless. American toy manufacturing companies, and small toy shops are working to make safe toys for America.
The old adage of "eating an apple a day, will keep the doctor away" may be a way of decreasing the risk of cancer.
The news from Cornell University's research studies, and experiments state that eating one apple a day could reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by 17%. Moreover, eating three apples could decrease the risk by 39%, and eating six apples a day decrease the risk by 44%.
Researcher Rui Hai Liu, a Cornell associate professor of Food Science analyzed the peels of 230 lbs. of red delicious apples. He found many compounds. These compounds have "potent anti-proliferative activities against human breast, colon, and liver cancer." These compounds are "apple polyphenols."
Furthermore, the laboratory study on the rats that were given the apple polyphenols, showed, that the polyphenols, not only fought cancer cells, but decreased the number of tumors as well.
This is great news, and keen knowledge. If you think that you may find it difficult eating 3-6 apples a day, try a juicing machine. I have an old machine, but I am going to upgrade to Jack LaLanne's Power Juicer. LaLanne's Power Juicer allows you to put in whole fruit without cutting.