Everyone is talking about green tea health benefits, but a new case study according to The Medical Express, is showcasing a chemical that has been found inside of the leaves that had an ability that we didn’t know about, until just recently. Droves of scientists and doctors are claiming that this natural chemical has the ability to improve the cognitive ability for people with Down’s syndrome and other forms of mental disabilities. Imagine that a simple drink such as tea, something that many of us already drink on a daily basis can possibly aid our loved ones in their battle with mental illness.
During the clinical trial that lasted for a year, members were given tea on a regular basis, those that drank it religiously demonstrated an increase and improvement on memory and behavioral tests. The study was published in The Lancet Neurology. How’s that for green tea health benefits?
After the trial ended and the subjects quit their religious intake of green tea, the effect still lingered for nearly half-a-year. With effects that are as strong as this, just from ingesting a few cups of green tea a day, it should be easy to execute.
When it was accessible to take brain scans of the subjects, the scans drew a picture for the researchers on how a compound known as epigallocatechin gallate, changed the way the neurons in the brain interlocked.
Down’s syndrome also known as trisomy 21, is caused by the presence of an extra, or third, copy of chromosome number 21. It is still a rare condition with a ratio of 1:1000.
Ready for a fast fact? An average human being contains23 pairs of chromosomes, which contain up to 25,000 protein-coding genes. All of these little mini things just hanging out inside of your body.
In the trials, 84 young adults with Down’s syndrome were split into two groups.
One was given a decaffeinated tea supplement containing 45 percent epigallocatechin gallate, paired with weekly cognitive tests to gauge if the green tea health benefits would work.
The final group had the same training but ingested a placebo in lieu of the supplement.
David Nutt, head of the Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London, had a little to add to this study, saying:
“It’s exciting that an understanding of the genetic neurobiology of Down’s syndrome is leading to the possibility of disorder-specific treatments,”
Marie-Claude Potier, a Down’s syndrome specialist at the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris, said the results were a “leap forward,” but that safety and efficacy need to be confirmed especially if some of the subjects are sensitive or allergic to green tea. This idea will do wonders for the homeopathic world and spreading its concepts.
Web MD lists numerous green tea health benefits such as weight loss in the form of 50,000 calories per year when swapping it for soda. Web MD also reported on a Swiss study where it showed that green tea helped increase the blood flow in the brain. Which means green tea can potentially safeguard you from Alzheimer’s and other forms of mental illness.
Earlier on the Inquisitr, we reported on a certain type of health benefits coming from Matcha, a Japanese powdered green tea and it being considered as the newest miracle elixir with its potent antioxidant levels.
Are you a tea drinker? What kind of tea do you drink? What do you think about the health benefits offered from it? Feel free to comment below and let us know if you believe in green tea health benefits or not.
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Green Tea Health Benefits: Improving Cognitive Abilities in People with Mental Disabilities. is an article from: The Inquisitr News
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