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Showing posts with label Herbal Medicine. Show all posts

Beauty Benefits of Green Tea

Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Green Tea Beauty BenefitsMore Than Words ~ Every woman always wants to look beautiful. One of the most frequently taken to maintain her beauty is diligently drinking green tea. That is believed to have many benefits.

Green tea or a lot known as the Green Tea comes from the leaves of tea (Camellia Sinensis) that had at least oxidation. Anti-oxidants was contained in green tea is Thearubigns, Epicathecins and catechins which serves to maintain the beauty of skin from the effects of free radicals. In addition, polyphenols and caffeine content is very good for to overcome obesity because it will induce thermogenesis and stimulates the oxidation of fat.

Apart from that extremely beneficial polyphenol content, green tea also contains epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), Carotenoids. Tocopherol, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), various kinds of minerals such as Chromium, Manganese and Selenium / Zinc and many other phytochemical components that serves to regulate the balance of the body's metabolism and maintain cardiovascular health.

Some say that beauty tips to keep skin beauty, it is advisable to drink green tea at least once a day mixed with honey and lemon juice. This is very useful to maintain skin smoothness and prevent cancer by blocking the collection of skin cells is excessive.

In addition to maintaining skin care, green tea is also good for your diet and loses weight. It is recommended to drink green tea regularly day and night before bed. On the packaging of certain products, green tea has been blended with teak leaves the Netherlands. Both components are synergistic-ally able to prevent fat deposits and reduce levels of fat in the body.

Green tea is also able to relieve stress and emotion in a completely chaotic state. Drink green tea while you are in a situation that makes you depressed. Green tea is now available in handy packs of bottles and boxes that can be taken anywhere.

Although stated many benefits you also must guard against the adverse effects thereof when taken continuously. According to the latest research and has published in the Journal of Nutrition in October 2010 the consumption of green tea also give adverse effects to health and human bone growth. (What Girl Needs)
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Vertigo are Signs of Specific Diseases

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Many consider attacked by vertigo can cause death. But according to medical so far, the assumption has not been proven.
from the side of medical science, vertigo is actually just a symptom of a particular disease.

For example vertigo can be a marker of the disturbances on the brain. For example, lesions in the brain stem, tumors or brain cancer.

In addition, the vertigo is also a symptom signs of blockage of blood to the brain. Blockage of blood vessels in the brain causes the brain deprived of oxygen.

Impaired blood circulation in the vessels can also be characterized by vertigo. Impaired circulation can be triggered by many factors, among others, the occurrence of plaque in blood vessel walls, increasing blood viscosity, or hardening of blood vessel walls.

"Disorders of blood circulation is due to some diseases, such as blood sugar or diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure or hypertension, and high cholesterol," said Suhanto Kasmali, General Practitioners Mediros Hospital, East Jakarta.

Impaired blood circulation can also be caused ooleh unhealthy lifestyle. Like cigarettes and consume beverages containing alcohol. Other causes, never exercise, and often eat fatty foods, like fried foods, fast food or junk food aliases.

When blood circulation is not smooth, then the intake of oxygen to the organ was not perfect. This can lead to dangerous complications. Because, all the organs of the body require oxygen.

Seretnya blood circulation becomes fatal when the disorder is a blood vessel leading to vital organs like heart, brain, kidneys. Impaired circulation to the brain can cause stroke, disorders of the blood vessels to the kidneys causing kidney failure, and disruption of the blood vessels of the heart can cause heart failure. Well, this is what can lead to death, so it was not vertigonya.

Disorders of the ear also could be something disturbing. For example, disorders of the ears is because there is a bacterial infection of the organ in the inner ear labyrinthitis alias. These infections can make a person vertigo accompanied by vomiting and a high body temperature. This condition needs serious handling. Because, if not handled properly, infection can affect the other organs and may lead to complications.

Vertigo can also be a marker of tumor on the auditory nerve or the nerve of balance, which lies between the ears and brain.

If this happens, the necessary treatment such as surgery. Leaving the tumor certainly fatal to the sufferer death also affected by smoke.

Besides being a physical disorder, vertigo attacks can also be caused by psychological disturbance. If you stress, tension, lack of sleep, or stand for long periods, can also get vertigo



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Green Tea: An Antioxidant Power House

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Green tea unlike black tea is high in polyphenols, which have powerful cancer fighting antioxidant properties. These beneficial compounds will vary from season to season along with the climate the plant is located in so not all green tea supplements are the same. Also, harvesting processes will determine how much healing polyphenols are left in the herb at time of encapsulation. Many studies have come out on the benefits of green tea and a few on black teas, with all this research, scientists still believe green tea is better than black tea as an antioxidant and cancer prevention herb.

With all the research pointing to the positive benefits of green tea, more than 4 times the amount of black tea is consumed in the United States and around the world as apposed to green tea. With in the next few years green tea is expected to grow in popularity by leaps and bounds. Many gourmet coffee shops have added green tea to their menu, along with grocery stores. At gas stations, bottled green tea can be purchased as well in the United States.

Ninety percent of all the research done on green tea has been done on its ability to fight cancer. Green tea has a greater Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) then both vitamin C and vitamin E, this means green tea can fight free radical damage better than either vitamin. Green tea not only has a great ORAC value, it also helps improve the body’s natural antioxidant activity as well. Studies have shown that green tea inhibits the creation of nitrosamines and carcinogens that cause cancer in the body, as well as helps detoxify other cancer causing agents. Green tea has shown to be effective against breast, colon, lung, pancreas, stomach, and small intestine cancers.

Another recent study suggested that green tea can protect the skin from the damaging effects of the sun. Green tea, when ingested or rubbed on the skin externally in both tea or extract form, showed skin protection from the sun. Green tea is good for sensitive skin and can help sooth irritations offering relief to those individuals with sensitive skin. Many cosmetic companies are adding green tea as their main ingredient to help reduce fine lines. Green tea can safely be used with facial steaming and herbal baths to help sooth the skin.

Green tea does contain small amounts of caffeine, but the caffeine does not exhibit the same stimulating effects as other caffeinated beverages. To date, there have not been any significant side effects reported so daily consumption is safe for most individuals. Some individuals need to stay away from all caffeinated products; supplement manufactures now offer caffeine free green tea as well.

For centuries third world countries have been benefiting from the consumption of green tea, don’t you think its time we start to as well? Green tea in regular or decaf can be found at your local or internet health food store.

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