Category Archives: Green Tea

Green Tea May Improve Your Rat’s Memory

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Owning a rat with poor memory is not a common problem. Rats age relatively rapidly and so as their memories decline with advancing years they are already on borrowed time and long-term care is not likely to be a problem. … Continue reading →

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Antioxidant: Useful Food Preservatives

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Lipid peroxidation is the cause of rancidity in oils and fatty foods are therefore prone to rancidity. Lipid peroxidation occurs when the fatty acids in food are chemically oxidised through loss of electrons, and this can often cause the generation … Continue reading →

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Common Herbs with Insulin-Like Activity

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Green Tea Protects From Metabolic Syndrome

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Effects of Green Tea on Metabolic Syndrome

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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How Does Tea Affect Mental Ability?

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Caffeinated drinks are commonly drunk for their central nervous system stimulatory effects. Coffee is often used as a stimulant and this relates primarily to its caffeine content. Tea is considered by many to be similar to coffee as it also … Continue reading →

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Is Chocolate a Weight Loss Food?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The flavan-3-ols are a subgroup of flavonoids. The flavan-3-ols are found as monomeric units in green tea mainly as catechin, epicatechin gallate, epigallocatechin and epigallocatechin gallate. In black tea the main flavan-3-ols are theaflavins and thearubigins. The monomeric flavan-3-ols are … Continue reading →

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Flavan-3-ols And Insulin Resistance

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Flavan-3-ols are a subgroup of flavonoids. Flavan-3-ols are sometimes called catechins as they include the chemicals catechin and epicatechin and their gallate conjugates. Flavan-3-ols are found in high concentrations in tea as monomeric units, and their presence may explain the … Continue reading →

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Cayenne Pepper, Catechins and Caffeine: Fat Burners

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Robert Barrington

A number of herbs have traditionally been used for weight loss. Of these cayenne pepper and green tea are two of the most commonly used. Green tea contains a number of components that may induce weight loss including caffeine and … Continue reading →

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Green Tea Reverses Insulin Resistance

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Caffeine is known to cause a transient increase in the plasma levels of free fatty acids. This likely results from a concomitant increase in plasma levels of adrenaline, which increases the lipolysis rate of adipocytes and thus increases circulating levels … Continue reading →

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