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Green Tea: Performance Secret?
CBS News ^ | Jan. 28, 2005

Posted on 03/03/2005 1:33:46 PM PST by nickcarraway

The amount of green tea eaten by the mice would work out to about 4 cups of green tea a day for a 165-pound human athlete. That's a little less than a liter of tea a day.

Probably not. But green tea extract does make mice stronger swimmers, Japanese researchers report. Ten weeks of green tea supplements plus strenuous exercise made mice swim longer and stronger than mice that swam their laps without performance enhancement.

"We have shown that green tea extracts are beneficial for improving endurance capacity, and that this effect is accompanied by a stimulation of [fat] metabolism," Takatoshi Murase, PhD, writes. "Although the clinical efficacy of green tea extract has not yet been confirmed in human studies, our results suggest that green tea extract may be a useful tool for improving endurance capacity."

Even better news: The mice got stronger because the green tea made them burn fat more efficiently, suggests Murase and colleagues at the Biological Sciences Laboratories of Kao Corp., Tochigi, Japan. Kao Corp. is a maker of green tea products.

The findings appear in the online edition of the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, published by the American Physiology Society.

Mice — even mighty mice — are not men. But Murase calculates that the amount of green tea eaten by the mice would work out to about 4 cups of green tea a day for a 165-pound human athlete. That's a little less than a liter of tea a day.

Green tea does contain caffeine. But evidence indicates that the performance enhancement comes from green tea chemicals called catechins and not caffeine. The main catechin in green tea is called EGCG. Taken by itself, EGCG did enhance mouse performance. But this effect is "weak," Murase says, compared with the effect of whole green tea extract.

Sources: Murase, T. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, online edition, January 2005. News release, American Physiology Society.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: greentea; health
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To: nickcarraway

"No, I am familiar with white tea. I drink it all the time."

Just don't eat the yellow snow.


21 posted on 03/03/2005 4:26:18 PM PST by FastCoyote
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To: nickcarraway

Which white teas do you drink, and where do you get them? (I had a source a couple of years ago, but it was bought out by someone who doesn't appreciate white teas.)


22 posted on 03/03/2005 4:48:36 PM PST by Renfield (Philosophy chair at the University of Wallamalloo!!)
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To: Renfield

I've only found white tea mixed with green tea on the super maket shelf.


23 posted on 03/03/2005 5:15:39 PM PST by Duke Nukum (King had to write, to sing the song of Gan. And I had to read. How else could Roland find the Tower?)
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To: nickcarraway

I find green tea seems to help settle my stomach on days it's acting up, like today.


24 posted on 03/03/2005 5:16:35 PM PST by Duke Nukum (King had to write, to sing the song of Gan. And I had to read. How else could Roland find the Tower?)
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To: Duke Nukum
These aren't too bad
25 posted on 03/03/2005 5:33:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Thanks! I'll check it out.


26 posted on 03/03/2005 7:16:54 PM PST by Duke Nukum (King had to write, to sing the song of Gan. And I had to read. How else could Roland find the Tower?)
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

HA - cool!


27 posted on 03/04/2005 6:06:22 AM PST by Rutles4Ever (Warning: may eat own)
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To: Renfield

Try a nice Chun Mee


28 posted on 03/04/2005 6:07:57 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: nickcarraway

try http://www.uptontea.com


29 posted on 03/04/2005 6:08:58 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: nickcarraway
Ten weeks of green tea supplements plus strenuous exercise made mice swim longer and stronger than mice that swam their laps without performance enhancement.

Isn't this like saying if you DIET and EXERCISE and take Cortislim, you will lose weight?

30 posted on 03/04/2005 6:15:12 AM PST by JoeGar
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To: AppyPappy

Thanks for the lead!!! I've been looking for a good site like this since my former supplier crapped out.


31 posted on 03/04/2005 6:16:53 AM PST by Renfield (Philosophy chair at the University of Wallamalloo!!)
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To: oswegodeee
Ping!

Leni

32 posted on 03/04/2005 6:19:34 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: nickcarraway
Ancient Chinese secret, huh?"


This response has been brought to you by Calgon!
33 posted on 03/04/2005 6:26:58 AM PST by TheForceOfOne (Social Security – I thought pyramid schemes were illegal!)
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To: nickcarraway

I believe Trim Spa's main ingredient is Green Tea extract? Not 100% sure, but check the bottle next time you are in the drug store.


34 posted on 03/04/2005 6:29:39 AM PST by NYCRebublican (No more Slimes)
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To: nickcarraway

Plus strenuous exercise...sure they got stronger; the mice were in TRAINING!


35 posted on 03/04/2005 6:29:41 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: nickcarraway

Plus strenuous exercise...sure they got stronger; the mice were in TRAINING!


36 posted on 03/04/2005 6:30:12 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: nickcarraway

Plus strenuous exercise...sure they got stronger; the mice were in TRAINING!


37 posted on 03/04/2005 6:30:22 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: JimRed

My first EVER triple post! (sorry!)


38 posted on 03/04/2005 6:31:09 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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Tea in general is considered to have several good properties - http://www.internet-articles.com/health/tea.php


39 posted on 03/08/2005 7:29:37 PM PST by Aaron_A
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To: nickcarraway
I drink at least a liter and a half per day of green tea here at work.

I'm gonna live forever!

40 posted on 03/08/2005 7:31:23 PM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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