Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Centuries old beverage contains super antioxidant more powerful than Vitamins C & E

-by Mayur Vibhakar (c)Mayur Vibhakar - All rights reserved. http://www.innervibrance.com "If we do not find time to take care of our health, we will reluctantly have to find time for our illness" -Hippocrates Lately there's a lot of buzz in the news and online about green tea and its' health benefits, particularly the role of polyphenols in green tea. Polyphenols are chemical compounds found in fruits, vegetables and green tea and further divided into sub groups called catechins. There are 4 major catechins in green tea of which EGCG ((-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the most potent and found in abundance in green tea. This compound is dubbed the "super antioxidant" because it's more powerful than the popular antioxidants Vitamin E & Vitamin C. This super a View the rest of this article


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