BENEFITS OF DRINKING TEA
In addition amount of caffeine in tea, refreshing and alert, through folk experience and research documents of universities in the US and Japan, China, tea is also a miraculous remedy for health. (In China, for example, tea was first used as a medicine before it became the drink it is today).
POLYPHENOL IN OOLONG TEA:
As for oolong tea, in addition to the ingredients like in green tea, based on the fermented semi-production process, the polyphenol amount in oolong tea is very abundant and has a very high effect on health as the results show. research below.
a. CHEMICALS CAUSING DISEASES: (FREE RADICALS)
Every day the human body must always regulate to resist the pressure of harmful factors from the environment as well as from living habits. In the process of regulation, the body produces substances (free radicals) including chemicals that are harmful to health to protect itself from these agents. For example, due to UV exposure, stress, food additives, cigarette smoke, or overexertion and the older you get, the more they are produced. . These substances act on simple lipids and convert them into excess lipid (lipid peroxide), putting the body at risk of dangerous diseases: arteriosclerosis, diabetes, cancer. For women, it is really an enemy because these chemical radicals will convert pigmentation under the skin into freckles or melasma, moreover the lipid layer under the skin instead of having the function of helping young skin turn into excess lipid. The oxide accelerates the aging process of the skin, namely the formation of wrinkles.
b. ENZYM SOD AND POLYPHENOL IN Oolong TEA:
Our bodies are equipped with a system to minimize the harmful effects of the above mentioned chemical bases. That’s based on enzyme called superoxide dismutate (SOD). When these enzymes perform fully, they can completely eliminate the harmful chemical radicals in the body. However, the amount of this enzyme exists only in a certain amount in the body and cannot be replenished like other minerals (eg, vitamine, Fe, Ca). The only way is to use catalysts to enhance their performance. And polyphenols (substances containing hydroxyl compounds in molecules) in Oolong tea have been shown an important role in this field.
c. BENEFITS OF POLYPHENOL:
Through experiments, the scientists have confirmed the benefits of polyphenols in Oolong tea, which is to enhance the activity of SOD enzyme and eliminate harmful chemical radicals. In this experiment, the scientists asked participants to drink Oolong tea twice a day for three months and closely monitored changes in SOD enzyme function before and after drinking tea. The results are summarized as follows:
1. Drinking oolong tea regularly is very effective for enhancing the effectiveness of SOD enzyme in the body.
2. Drinking oolong tea regularly slows down the aging process of the skin, prevents the formation of wrinkles, pigmentation and freckles, by promoting the activity of the SOD-copper-zinc enzyme that acts in skin cells.
3. Oolong tea is also very effective in preventing kidney and spleen failure according to Chinese traditional remedy.
4. According to research by Osaka University – Japan, drinking Oolong tea helps to significantly reduce tooth decay and dental diseases.
5. According to research results of Shiga University – Japan, Oolong tea is also very effective in treating skin inflammation (70% possibility).
6. Especially, Oolong tea is very effective in reducing the obesity rate. This has been demonstrated in the book Bencao Shiyi (The Compendium of Materia Medica) and in the experiments of Shiga University of Pharmacy in Japan.
d. Oolong tea and obesity:
In nowadays medicine, obesity is not merely “oversized”, but obesity occurs when the amount of body fat accumulates beyond the allowed limits (the ratio of fat to body weight does not exceed 15 – 20% in men and 20-25% in women). In the process of energy conversion of the body, sugars and fats are synthesized into triglycerides in the liver and small intestine which then belong the blood throughout the body to provide energy for sustaining life as well as the movement of the body. Undigested triglyceride (excess) will accumulate in fat cells and exceeding the limit will cause obesity.
– Polyphenols in Oolong tea have been shown in experiments to promote the activity of enzymes that break down triglycerides and thus are very effective in preventing and controlling obesity.
· Thus, based on the abundant source of polyphenols, Oolong tea not only prevent cancer, inflammation, heart disease, diarrhea … like in green tea but also can prevent kidney, spleen and worm failure. teeth, while helping to keep skin youthful and reduce obesity
Source: Tea studies on health (December 1, 2005)
