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How About Some Green Tea For Dessert?

By: Kevin Agrawal Home | Health-and-Fitness | Supplements


More than 5000 years ago ancient sages in the Far East began concocting a brew from the tender leaves of the tea plant (camellia sinensis) which they began to believe gave them strength, vigor and countless benefits to their health including the power to live long. No one knows where they received such mystical knowledge, but thus began the ritual of green tea drinking in the Far East. Till today, this ritual is practiced in the East and has become a wise tradition.

Centuries later we, in the Far West, are just discovering the positive effects of Green Tea for a number of health issues. Research is on its way to proving what the ancient sages had only just begun to know. Scientific studies now strongly indicate Green Teas potential to help:

  • Thermogenic properties, which means it nutritionally helps the body burn fat faster.
  • Topical application of Green Tea extract helps to protect the skin against damage caused by the suns UVA and UVB rays, which usually result in accelerated aging, typically known as photoaging. Green Tea extract also nutritionally aids the body in the repair of DNA helping to reduce the replication of mutated skin cells thereby reducing the risk of carninogenesis1-8
  • Supports your body in regulating blood sugar levels9-10
  • Helps to nutritionally boost the immune system because of powerful antioxidants found in Green Tea called epigallocatechin gallate 11

The recommended intake of Green Tea is 10-12 cups a day in order for Green Tea to provide significant health value. All this is great news but for many of us brewing cups and cups of Green Tea a day can be a tedious process which is an instant put-off. Our busy lifestyles dont accommodate tea times but we can now have the full powerful antioxidant value of Green Tea in a variety of ways that combines Green Tea with convenience and great taste!

Green Tea Plus is a concentrated form of freshly brewed, pure and natural Green Tea. It can easily help you achieve the recommended intake being 6 times more powerful than a cup of freshly brewed Green Tea. Just one serving of Green Tea Plus is equal to drinking 6 cups of Green Tea! The ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) of just one serving of Green Tea Plus is 7,800 units. The ORAC value is a measurement of antioxidant power. Think about it this is equivalent to the total ORAC value of 70 pears!

Green Tea Plus can be used in a variety ways to add spice to your lifeadd it to any beverage, make a batch of healthy brownies, cakes or jello dessert. The variety is as limitless as your imagination!

CocoPure is chocolate tea combined with the added antioxidant benefits of Green Tea, Resveratrol and fibera unique combination of ingredients making CocoPure uniquely beneficial for health.

Pure cocoa contains high levels of epicatechins, and is rich in antioxidant value. Cocoa nutritionally supports immune health and provides added energy and stamina. The Harvard University Gazette (Feb 2007) featured an article presenting Cocoa as the next wonder drug. The consumption of plain cocoa or dark chocolate is recommended for:
  • Supporting cardiovascular heatlh.12-13
  • Elevating the flow of nitric oxide in the blood, which relaxes the blood vessels thus improved blood flow and oxygen to the heart, brain and other organs of the body. 14
  • Reducing blood pressure15
  • Lowering cholesterol levels16

CocoPure will thoroughly quench the cravings of any chocolate lover and will do it with added health benefits! It contains no fat, no milk, no sugarsjust the pure goodness of cocoa in a powerhouse of antioxidant energy.

Resveratrol contains high levels of polyphenols and is also a powerful antioxidant known to benefit cardiovascular health.17

With the combined antioxidant power of cocoa, green tea and resveratrol, CocoPure has an ORAC value of 5,250 per 7.4 grams! The ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) is the measurement of antioxidant power. It is a chocolate lovers pure delight. Mix it in hot water or in your favorite smoothie for a great tasting healthy snack.

So how about it? Anyone for a Green Tea dessert?

References:
  1. Katiyar S, Elmets CA, Katiyar SK (2007). "Green tea and skin cancer: photoimmunology, angiogenesis and DNA repair". J. Nutr. Biochem. 18 (5): 28796. doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2006.08.004. PMID 17049833.
  2. Morley N, Clifford T, Salter L, Campbell S, Gould D, Curnow A (2005). "The green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate and green tea can protect human cellular DNA from ultraviolet and visible radiation-induced damage". Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 21 (1): 1522. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0781.2005.00119.x. PMID 15634219.
  3. Luo D, Min W, Lin XF, Wu D, Xu Y, Miao X (2006). "Effect of epigallocatechingallate on ultraviolet B-induced photo-damage in keratinocyte cell line". Am. J. Chin. Med. 34 (5): 91122. PMID 17080554.
  4. Wu ZH, Wang MR, Yan QC, Pu W, Zhang JS (2006). "[UV-induced DNA damage and protective effects of antioxidants on DNA damage in human lens epithelial cells studied with comet assay]" (in Chinese). Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 42 (11): 10027. PMID 17386139.
  5. Sevin A, Oztas P, Senen D, et al (2007). "Effects of polyphenols on skin damage due to ultraviolet A rays: an experimental study on rats". J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 21 (5): 6506. doi:10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02045.x. PMID 17447979.
  6. Zhu J, Luo D, Shen CH, Xu J (2007). "[Photo-protection of epigallocatethi-3-gallate on aging and gene mutation of human skin fibroblasts caused by ultraviolet radiation: an in vitro experiment]" (in Chinese). Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 87 (20): 1398401. PMID 17785060.
  7. Yang SW, Lee BR, Koh JW (2007). "Protective effects of epigallocatechin gallate after UV irradiation in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells". Korean J Ophthalmol 21 (4): 2327. doi:10.3341/kjo.2007.21.4.232 (inactive 2008-06-21). PMID 18063889.
  8. Bae JY, Choi JS, Choi YJ, et al (2008). "(-)Epigallocatechin gallate hampers collagen destruction and collagenase activation in ultraviolet-B-irradiated human dermal fibroblasts: Involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase". Food Chem. Toxicol. 46 (4): 1298307. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2007.09.112. PMID 18226437.
  9. Venables MC, Hulston CJ, Cox HR, Jeukendrup AE (2008). "Green tea extract ingestion, fat oxidation, and glucose tolerance in healthy humans". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 87 (3): 77884. PMID 18326618.
  10. Dulloo AG, Duret C, Rohrer D, et al (1999). "Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans". Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 70 (6): 10405. PMID 10584049.
  11. Drinking Tea May Boost Immune System. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/21/health/main550409.shtml
  12. Kris-Etherton P, Keen CL. Evidence that the antioxidant flavonoids in tea and cocoa are beneficial for cardiovascular health. Curr Opin Lipidol 2002;13:419.
  13. Adamson GE, Lazarus SA, Mitchell AE, et al. HPLC method for the quantification of procyanidins in cocoa and chocolate samples and correlation to total antioxidant capacity. J Agric Food Chem 1999;47:41848.
  14. Heiss C, Dejam A, Kleinbongard P, Schewe T, Sies H,KelmM.Vascular effects of cocoa rich in flavan-3-ols. JAMA 2003;290:1030 1.
  15. Effect of cocoa and tea intake on blood pressure: ...[Arch Intern Med. 2007] - PubMed Result
  16. Cocoa flavanol-enriched snack bars containing phytosterols effectively lower total and low-density lipoproteins cholesterol levels. PMID: 17081832
  17. Belguendouz L, Fremont L, Gozzelino MT. Interaction of transresveratrol with plasma lipoproteins. Biochemical Pharmacology 55:811-816, 1998.





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