Vital Green Tea EGCG Benefit In Cardiovascular Attack Prevention


As our society is becoming richer, people are more health awake today. In term of drink, green tea is treated as the healthiest drink as it is not only has the rehydrate effect, but it is also flavonoid rich that can defend our body from cardiovascular syndrome.

Study on green tea drinkers suggest that they are far less vulnerable to a lot of ailment, from bacteria infection to chronic degenerative ailment like stroke, cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis.

Research indicates that green tea has really high concentration of flavonoids (antioxidant) including catechins and their derivatives. Antioxidant is the biological event that curbs the oxidation which will develop highly reactive free radicals. Flavonoids substance comprises of larger than 1/3 of the green tea dry weight. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the largest prolific catechin in all green tea. It has the greatest antioxidant activity of all green tea's catechins and hence is thought to play the most critical role in the green tea's anticancer and antioxidant effect. Green tea EGCG is so rich that a cup of green tea can have 20-35mg of it.

In our arteries, there is a one cell thick lining that acts as the boundary layer between the bloodstream and the wall of the artery where blood plaques could form, this is called arterial endothelium. When heart disease occurs, a form of enzyme will hasten the production of free radicals in the artery endothelium, thus boosts the level of free radicals in arteries sharply. Green tea EGCG will inhibit the enzymes needed in the production of the free radicals and thus shields the endothelium from damaged by free radical. And so green tea is playing a vital role in controlling cardiovascular disease.

EGCG also helps in preventing the death of heart muscle cells following ischemia/reperfusion injury, by stopping the activation of inflammation compounds (STAT-1) that will cause oxidative damage which kills cardiovascular cell in reperfusion injury.

Besides, cancer cells require enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) to create DNA and grow. EGCG will interfere with the DHFR and is effectively blocking the spread of cancer cells.

Furthermore, EGCG manage to also facilitate the salvage of damaged heart cells, and hence allowing speedy recovery of tissues and alleviating organs damage.

In conclusion, green tea EGCG has wonderful benefit in helping heart disease controlling as well as in heart attack damage recovery. As such for those who are suffering from heart disease and those who are health conscious, green tea is the top-notch choice of beverage for them. Having few cups of green tea, particularly decaf green tea a day rather than decaffeinated coffee will undoubtedly assure our long term health.


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