Healthy aging

10 ways tea keeps you young — References & further reading

¹ Suekoa, N., et al. 2001. A new function of green tea: Prevention of lifestyle-related diseases. Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 928, 274–280. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11795518 (accessed 11.11.2009).

“These data suggest that green tea has preventive effects on both chronic inflammatory diseases and lifestyle-related diseases (including cardiovascular disease and cancer), resulting in prolongation of life span.”

² Steptoe, A., et al. 2007. The effects of tea on psychophysiological stress responsivity and post-stress recovery: A randomised double-blind trial. Psychopharmacology (Berl)., 190 (1), 81-89. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17013636 (accessed 11.09.2009).

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  Daniells, S. 2006. Black tea may speed up recovery from stress. URL: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Black-tea-may-speed-up-recovery-from-stress (accessed 11.09.2009).

“…Although [tea] does not appear to reduce the actual levels of stress we experience, [it] does seem to have a greater effect in bringing stress hormone levels back to normal.”
—Lead researcher Professor Andrew Steptoe, University College, London

³ Hozawa, A., et al. 2009. Green tea consumption is associated with lower psychological distress in a general population: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 90 (5), 1390–1396. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19793850 (accessed 11.09.2009).

⁴ Niu, K., et al. 2009. Green tea consumption is associated with [less] depressive symptoms in the elderly. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 90 (6), 1615–1622. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19828710 (accessed 12.02.2009).

⁵ Hozawa, A., et al. 2009.

⁶ Bryans, J., et al. 2007. The effect of consuming instant black tea on postprandial plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in healthy humans. J. Am. Coll. Nutr., 26 (5), 471–477. URL (abstract): http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/26/5/471 (accessed 11.09.2009).

⁷ Hosoda, K., et al. 2003. Antihyperglycaemic effect of oolong tea in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 26 (6), 1714–1718. URL: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/6/1714.full (accessed 11.10.2009).

⁸ Wolfram, S., et al. 2006. Anti-obesity effects of green tea: From bedside to bench. Mol. Nutr. Food Res., 51 (2), 176–187. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16470636 (accessed 11.10.2009).

⁹ Maki, K. 2009 Green tea catechin consumption enhances exercise-induced abdominal fat loss in overweight and obese adults. J. Nutr., 139 (2), 264–270. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074207 (accessed 11.10.2009).

¹⁰ Ikeda, I. 2008. Multifunctional effects of green tea catechins on prevention of the metabolic syndrome. Asia Pac. J. Clin. Nutr., 17 (Suppl. 1), 273–274. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18296354 (accessed 11.11.2009).

¹¹ Bruno, R., et al. 2008. Green tea extract protects leptin-deficient, spontaneously obese mice from hepatic steatosis and injury. J. Nutr., 138 (2), 323–331. URL: http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/138/2/323 (accessed 11.10.2009).

¹² Chow, H–H., et al. 2007. Modulation of human glutathione S–transferases by polyphenon E intervention. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., 16 (8), 1662–1666. URL: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/16/8/1662.long (accessed 12.02.2009).

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  Halliday, J. 2007. Green tea spurs detox chemical production. URL: http://www.beveragedaily.com/Industry-Markets/Green-tea-spurs-detox-chemical-production (accessed 12.02.2009).

¹³ Chow, H–H., et al. 2007.

  Halliday, J. 2007.

¹⁴ Rowe, C., et al. 2007. Specific formulation of Camellia sinensis prevents cold and flu symptoms and enhances gd T cell function: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. J. Am. Coll. Nutr., 26 (5), 445–452. URL: http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/26/5/445 (accessed 11.10.2009).

¹⁵ Rowe, C., et al. 2007.

¹⁶ Wikipedia. 2009. Gyokuro. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyokuro (accessed 12.02.2009).

¹⁷ Seely, D., et al. 2005. The effects of green tea consumption on incidence of breast cancer and recurrence of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Integr. Cancer Ther., 4 (2), 144–155. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15911927 (accessed 11.11.2009).

¹⁸ Song, J., et al. 2005. Antiviral effect of catechins in green tea on influenza virus. Antiviral Res., 68 (2), 66–74. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16137775 (accessed 11.10.2009).

¹⁹ [No author listed.] 2006. Green tea could fight autoimmune disorders. URL: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Green-tea-could-fight-autoimmune-disorders (accessed 11.10.2009).

  Mikuls, T., et al. 2002. Coffee, tea, and caffeine consumption and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the Iowa Women’s Health Study. Arthr. Rheum., 46 (1), 83–91. URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/89015541/HTMLSTART (accessed 11.10.2009).

²⁰ Kassem, M., et al. 2008. Influence of green tea on the antimicrobial activity of some antibiotics against multiresistant clinical isolates. Presented at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting, March 31, 2008, Edinburgh, Scotland.

  [No author listed.] 2008. Green tea shows superbug-battling potential. URL: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Green-tea-shows-superbug-battling-potential (accessed 11.10.2009).

²¹ American Society for Microbiology. 2004. White tea beats green tea in fighting germs. Science Daily. URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040526070934.htm (accessed 11.10.2009).

²² Fujiki, H. 1999. Two stages of cancer prevention with green tea. J. Cancer Res. Clin. Oncol., 125 (11), 589–597. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10541965 (accessed 11.11.2009).

²³ Deandra, S., et al. 2009. Is temperature an effect modifier of the association between green tea intake and gastric cancer risk? Eur. J. Cancer Prev. [Epub ahead of print.] URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19864955 (accessed 11.11.2009).

²⁴ Naganuma, T., et al. 2009. Green tea consumption and hematologic malignancies in Japan. The Ohsaki Study. Am. J. Epidem., 170 (6), 730–738. URL: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/170/6/730 (accessed 11.10.2009

²⁵ Seely, D., et al. 2005. The effects of green tea consumption on incidence of breast cancer and recurrence of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Integr. Cancer Ther., 4 (2), 144–155. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15911927 (accessed 11.11.2009).

²⁶ Song, YJ, et al. 2008. Coffee, tea, colas, and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev., 17 (3), 712–716. URL: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/17/3/712.long (accessed 12.02.2009).

  Steevens, J., et al. 2007. Tea and coffee drinking and ovarian cancer risk: Results from the Netherlands Cohort Study and a meta-analysis. Br. J. Cancer, 97 (9), 1291–1294. URL: http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v97/n9/full/6604008a.html (accessed 12.02.2009).

²⁷ Larsen, C., et al. 2009. Tea catechins inhibit hepatocyte growth factor receptor (MET kinase) activity in human colon cancer cells: Kinetic and molecular docking studies. J. Med. Chem., 52 (21), 6543–6545. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19839593 (accessed 12.02.2009).

  Park, I., et al. 2009. Green tea catechin controls apoptosis in colon cancer cells by attenuation of H2O2-stimulated COX-2 expression via the AMPK signaling pathway at low-dose H2O2. Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 1171, 538–544. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19723101 (accessed 12.02.2009).

  Lu, J., et al. 2009. PCR differential display-based identification of regulator of G protein signaling 10 as the target gene in human colon cancer cells induced by black tea polyphenol theaflavin monogallate. Eur. J. Pharmacol., 601 (1-3), 66-72. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18992738 (accessed 12.02.2009).

  Kumar, N., et al. 2007. Green tea polyphenols in the prevention of colon cancer. Front. Biosci., 12, 2309-2315. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17127241 (accessed 12.02.2009).

²⁸ Shin, D. 2009. Oral cancer prevention advances with a translational trial of green tea. Cancer Prev. Res., 2 (11), 919-921. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19892661 (accessed 11.11.2009).

²⁹ Shin, D. 2009.

³⁰ Haque, A., et al. 2008. Green tea catechins prevent cognitive deficits caused by a-beta-1-40 in rats. J. Nutr. Biochem., 19 (9), 619–626. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18280729 (accessed 11.10.2009).

³¹ Tan, C., et al. 2007. Differential effects of black versus green tea on risk of Parkinson’s disease in the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Am. J. Epidem., 167 (5), 553-560. URL: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/167/5/553 (accessed 11.10.2009).

³² Levites, Y., et al. 2003. Neuroprotection and neurorescue against Abeta toxicity and PKC-dependent release of nonamyloidogenic soluble precursor protein by green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate. FASEB, 17 (8), 952–954. URL: http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/reprint/02-0881fjev1 (accessed 11.10.2009).

³³ Suzuki, E., et al. 2009. Green tea consumption and mortality among Japanese elderly people: The Prospective Shizuoka Elderly Cohort. Ann. Epidemiol, 19 (10), 732-739. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19628408 (accessed 11.10.2009).

³⁴ Widlansky, M., et al. 2007. Acute EGCG supplementation reverses endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. J. Am. Coll. Nutr., 26 (2), 95-102. URL: http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/26/2/95 (accessed 11.10.2009).

³⁵ Chen, Z., et al. 2003. Habitual tea consumption and risk of osteoporosis: A prospective study in the women’s health initiative observational cohort. Am. J. Epidemiol., 158 (8), 772–781. URL (accessed 11.11.2009).

³⁶ Widlansky, M., et al. 2007. Acute EGCG supplementation reverses endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease. J. Am. Coll. Nutr., 26 (2), 95-102. URL: http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/26/2/95 (accessed 11.10.2009).

³⁷ Ko, C.H., et al. 2009. Effects of tea catechins, epigallocatechin, gallocatechin, and gallocatechin gallate, on bone metabolism. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 57 (16), 7293–7297. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19653629 (accessed 11.11.2009).

³⁸ Ko, C.H., et al. 2009.

  Daniells, S. 2009. Green tea extracts linked to healthier bones: Study. URL: http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Green-tea-extracts-linked-to-healthier-bones-Study (accessed 11.10.2009).

³⁹ Zhang, B., et al. 2008. Orally administered epigallocatechin gallate attenuates retinal neuronal death in vivo and light-induced apoptosis in vitro. Brain Res., 1198, 141–152. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18255049 (accessed 12.02.2009).

  Zhang, B., et al. 2007. Epigallocatechin gallate, an active ingredient from green tea, attenuates damaging influences to the retina caused by ischemia/reperfusion. Brain Res., 1159, 40–53. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17573045 (accessed 12.02.2009).

  Zhang, B., et al. 2006. Oxidative-induced retinal degeneration is attenuated by epigallocatechin gallate. Brain Res., 1124 (1), 176-87. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17084820 (accessed 12.02.2009).

⁴⁰ Kushiyama, M., et al. 2009. Relationship between intake of green tea and periodontal disease. J. Periodontol., 80 (3), 372-377. URL: http://www.joponline.org/doi/abs/10.1902/jop.2009.080510 (accessed 12.02.2009).

 

References regarding tea and arthritis

^a Mikuls, T., et al. 2002. Coffee, tea, and caffeine consumption and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: Results from the Iowa Women’s Health Study. Arthr. Rheum., 46 (1), 83–91. URL: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/89015541/HTMLSTART (accessed 11.10.2009).

^b Daniells, S. 2007. EGCG from tea may prevent arthritis — study. URL: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/EGCG-from-tea-may-prevent-arthritis-study (accessed 11.10.2009).

 

 

References regarding tea and lung health

^a Chan, K.H., et al. 2009. Chinese green tea ameliorates lung injury in cigarette smoke-exposed rats. Resp. Med., 103 (11), 1746–1754.URL (abstract): >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19487113 (accessed 11.11.2009).

^b Daniells, S. 2008. Green tea extracts show promise for sleep-disordered breathing. URL: http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Green-tea-extracts-show-promise-for-sleep-disordered-breathing (accessed 11.11.2009).

^c Banerjee, S., et al. 2007. Black tea prevents cigarette smoke-induced apoptosis and lung damage. J. Inflamm., 4 (1), 3. URL: http://www.journal-inflammation.com/content/4/1/3 (accessed 11.11.2009).

 

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