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The Green Tea Book
Discover the ancient Chinese secret to a long, healthy life-with just three cups of green tea per day.
The Green Tea Book has been a trusted resource for almost a decade. Now, chemist Lester A. Mitscher and health writer Victoria Dolby Toews update their ground-breaking work with the latest scientific information. The "natural medicine" in green tea is polyphenols. These phytonutrients are powerful antioxidants, and Dr. Mitscher and Toews explore the research on green tea, explaining its many healing properties. You'll learn how drinking as few as three cups of green tea day a day may
- reduce the risk of certain cancers and mitigate the side effects of cancer treatment;
- promote a healthy heart;
- boost immunity and detoxify the body;
- support the body's natural antiaging processes;
- prevent inflammation of teeth and gums, aid digestion, and so much more.
The Green Tea Book guides readers to those teas highest in polyphenols, offering suggestions on choosing teas that one will savor and enjoy. This one- stop resource will have readers taking one's medicine has never tasted so good.
The Green Tea Book has been a trusted resource for almost a decade. Now, chemist Lester A. Mitscher and health writer Victoria Dolby Toews update their ground-breaking work with the latest scientific information. The "natural medicine" in green tea is polyphenols. These phytonutrients are powerful antioxidants, and Dr. Mitscher and Toews explore the research on green tea, explaining its many healing properties. You'll learn how drinking as few as three cups of green tea day a day may
- reduce the risk of certain cancers and mitigate the side effects of cancer treatment;
- promote a healthy heart;
- boost immunity and detoxify the body;
- support the body's natural antiaging processes;
- prevent inflammation of teeth and gums, aid digestion, and so much more.
The Green Tea Book guides readers to those teas highest in polyphenols, offering suggestions on choosing teas that one will savor and enjoy. This one- stop resource will have readers taking one's medicine has never tasted so good.
- GenresTea
240 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1997
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January 30, 2022
I've started getting more into tea these days as a potentially healthier alternative to other drinks such as soft drinks. This book seemed like a good book to better understand the health benefits of drinking tea.
The book is well organized. The introductory chapter sums up the main point of the book and lists a lot of the health benefits. One chapter explains what free radicals are, how they are generated, how the body fights against them, and how anti-oxidants help. The health benefits of tea seems to primarily come from these anti-oxidants. It's quite informative.
However, as the book says "the best free-radical protection is a diverse intake of anti-oxidants." It's not just tea. Fruits and vegetables contain "a great many unique anti-oxidants in addition to the variety of vitamins, minerals, and fiber."
Since the whole purpose of this book is to make health claims, the book has a reference section at the back of the book to cite the research supporting its claims. Since there seems to be over 100 references, I didn't check all of them. However, I did check some. Some studies were in-vitro. Others used rodents. At least two were unpublished (ex: chapter 7, citations 30 and 31). Some were epidemiological. The references seem to be a mix of many different types. I'm not a medical expert, but overall the references did seem to generally support the idea of at least some health benefits to green tea consumption. If you are planning to start drinking green tea for a particular health benefit mentioned in this book, I would recommend to check the references for that specific claim in more detail to see how much and how strong the available evidence is.
The big takeaways I got from this book:
1. As the book says, "the best free-radical protection is a diverse intake of anti-oxidants". This would be not just tea but also fruits and vegetables.
2. After reviewing many of the articles in the reference section, I got a better understanding of the different types of studies that can be done to determine the effects of nutrition on health and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each.
The book is well organized. The introductory chapter sums up the main point of the book and lists a lot of the health benefits. One chapter explains what free radicals are, how they are generated, how the body fights against them, and how anti-oxidants help. The health benefits of tea seems to primarily come from these anti-oxidants. It's quite informative.
However, as the book says "the best free-radical protection is a diverse intake of anti-oxidants." It's not just tea. Fruits and vegetables contain "a great many unique anti-oxidants in addition to the variety of vitamins, minerals, and fiber."
Since the whole purpose of this book is to make health claims, the book has a reference section at the back of the book to cite the research supporting its claims. Since there seems to be over 100 references, I didn't check all of them. However, I did check some. Some studies were in-vitro. Others used rodents. At least two were unpublished (ex: chapter 7, citations 30 and 31). Some were epidemiological. The references seem to be a mix of many different types. I'm not a medical expert, but overall the references did seem to generally support the idea of at least some health benefits to green tea consumption. If you are planning to start drinking green tea for a particular health benefit mentioned in this book, I would recommend to check the references for that specific claim in more detail to see how much and how strong the available evidence is.
The big takeaways I got from this book:
1. As the book says, "the best free-radical protection is a diverse intake of anti-oxidants". This would be not just tea but also fruits and vegetables.
2. After reviewing many of the articles in the reference section, I got a better understanding of the different types of studies that can be done to determine the effects of nutrition on health and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each.
March 17, 2022
Light educational read. I'll definitely be adding more green tea into my diet.
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April 22, 2012I just began reading this one. I've been a green tea junky for the past 3 months. I've lost 8 pounds since drinking it habitually and trading grandualated sugar for alternative sweeteners in my tea, coffee and cereal/oatmeal.
I figured this book I checked out at the library would benefit me. More on the book following my completion of reading it.
I figured this book I checked out at the library would benefit me. More on the book following my completion of reading it.
January 11, 2019
If you are interested in the health benefits of tea, this is the book to go. Well researched and with lots of details, the authors explain the advantages (and disadvantages) of regular tea consumption.
Not always an easy read, though highly informative.
Not always an easy read, though highly informative.
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