Green Tea EGCG Privilege In Heart Disease Controlling


  1. As our society is becoming richer, people are more health sensible nowadays. In term of drink, green tea is treated as the healthiest drink as it is not only has the rehydrate ability, but it is also flavonoid rich that can defend our body from heart disorder.

    Research on green tea drinkers disclose that they are significantly little vulnerable to a wide range of sickness, from bacteria infection to chronic degenerative ailment like stroke, cancer, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.

    Research indicates that green tea has extremely high concentration of flavonoids (antioxidant) which consist of catechins and their derivatives. Antioxidant is the biological process that prevents the oxidation which will yield highly reactive free radicals. Flavonoids substance comprises of more than 30% of the green tea dry weight. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the largest prolific catechin in all green tea. It has the greatest antioxidant activity of all green tea's catechins and therefore is believed to play the most important role in the green tea's anticancer and antioxidant effect. Green tea EGCG is so abundant that a cup of green tea may have 20-35mg of it.

    In our arteries, there is a one cell thick lining that works as the boundary layer between the bloodstream and the wall of the artery where blood plaques will form, this is known as arterial endothelium. When cardiovascular disease happens, a kind of enzyme will quicken the production of free radicals in the artery endothelium, thus escalates the level of free radicals in arteries intensely. Green tea EGCG will inhibit the enzymes required in the production of the free radicals and thus protects the endothelium from injured by free radical. Because of this green tea is acting a pivotal role in controlling cardiovascular disease.

    EGCG also serves in preventing the death of heart muscle cells after ischemia/reperfusion injury, by blocking the stimulation of inflammation compounds (STAT-1) that will induce oxidative injury which kills cardiovascular cell in reperfusion injury.

    Besides, cancer cells require enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) to create DNA and multiply. EGCG will interfere with the DHFR and is practically stopping the spread of cancer cells.

    Furthermore, EGCG could also accelerate the recovery of damaged heart cells, and hence allowing fast recovery of tissues and attenuating organs injury.

    In conclusion, green tea EGCG has outstanding benefit in helping heart disease prevention as well as in heart illness damage recovery. Therefore for those who are suffering from heart disease and those who are health conscious, green tea is the perfect choice of beverage for them. Drinking few cups of green tea, primarily decaf green tea a day instead of decaffeinated coffee will certainly guarantee our long term health.
     
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