Cup of [esp. Green] tea may help boost memory

[Skankster]

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Im suprised that the news hogs at this site missed this one!
This was quite good news as the aging student of engineering Skankster sips his 'Macha/Genmai Rokucha' in Japan.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1076650,00040001.htm

It seems that Green Tea is much more potent than its black tea rival.

Cup of tea may help boost memory
BBC News, UK - Oct 25, 2004
A team from Newcastle University found green and black tea inhibit the activity of key enzymes in the brain associated with memory. ...


Alzheimer's disease is associated with a reduced level of a chemical called acetylcholine in the brain.

In lab tests, the Newcastle team found that both green and black tea inhibited the activity of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which breaks down this key chemical.


Green tea went one step further in that it obstructed the activity of beta-secretase, which plays a role in the production of protein deposits in the brain which are associated with Alzheimer's disease.


The Newcastle University researchers are now seeking funding to carry out further tests on green tea, which they hope will include clinical trials.


Professor Clive Ballard, director of research, Alzheimer's Society, said: "This interesting research builds on previous evidence that suggests that green tea may be beneficial due to anti-oxidant properties.


Black tea - traditional English breakfast tea - is derived from the same plant as green tea, Camellia sinensis, but has a different taste and appearance because it is fermented.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3951003.stm

That last comment above however makes me think they might be talking of another non-Japanese green tea?!
But I am quite sure that Japanese green tea also has beneficial anti-oxidants.

Enjoy!! Your not that Fucked after all!!

[Taro Toporific]

Im suprised that the news hogs at this site missed this one!
This was quite good news as the aging student of engineering Skankster sips his 'Macha/Genmai Rokucha' in Japan.

Even though I've been autistic news hog since the age of six, I've become burned out by pushing agitprop for Japanese Macha lobby. Now Hello Kitty or Triumph Bras I'll gladly shill for....
Old FG threads
Tea -- Drink it or wear it!
Green Tea: Even Healthier Than Marijuana.
' you have to gargle with tea'
Green tea for you and me
The way of the tea
Do dogs dig green tea ice cream?

[Andocrates]

Too freaking natural for me, I get my memory boosts the old fashioned way, I take adrug.

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[Taro Toporific]

Too freaking natural for me]

Ok How 'bout somethun' freaking super-natural?




Reading between tea lines
Green Tea to Go
By Leza Lowitz
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....Coming to Japan was really liberating for me," she says. "Everything was new and completely baffling, and completely frustrating. There's a process you have to go through where you break down your ego,...

[Skankster]

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here is a fantastic article on the [possible] benifits of Green Tea

http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/nutsupdrugs/gre_0319.shtml

More specifically catechin

[Taro Toporific]

here is a fantastic article on the [possible] benefits of Green Tea
http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/nmdrugprofiles/nutsupdrugs/gre_0319.shtml
More specifically catechin

I won't ever listen to green tea hype from Japan Inc.... but if the PDRPhysicians' Desk Reference likes catechin, I'm listenin'.