The Effects and Components of Japanese Green Tea

Posted on March 15th, 2009 Susumu No comments

Today, in order to create contents of Akiba Mart, I’m researching about health benefits of Japanese green tea all day.

For the moment,I have made a table of the effects and components of Japanese green tea .

I’m very tired to making this table….

Too many health benefits ….

Anyway!

What’s the harm in trying a cup of Japanese green tea for your health ?

Table. The effects and components of Japanese green tea

Component	Part where it is contained	Effect
Catechins (a type of polyphenol )	Be extracted to the water (into the tea)	Cancer [carcinoma] inhibition Antitumor action Mutation inhibition Body fat reduction Decreases blood cholesterol High blood pressure Inhibition Control sugar level in the blood Antibacterial action Antiviral action Antiinfluenza effect Anticaries effect Bad breath prevention Antioxidant effect
Vitamin A (β-carotene)	Remain in the tea leaves	Antioxidant effect Anticancer effect
Vitamin E	Remain in the tea leaves	Antioxidant effect Anti-aging effect
Vitamin C	Be extracted to the water	Antioxidant effect Skin beauty effct Stress-relieving effect
Caffeine	Be extracted to the water	Increased alertness and wakefulness Relieving fatigue effect Cardiac action Mild diuretic effect
Theanine	Be extracted to the water	Neuronal cell protecting effect Relaxing effect Hypotensive effect
γ-aminobutyric	Be extracted to the water	Hypotensive effect
Fluorine	Be extracted to the water	Anticaries effect
Chlorophyll	Remain in the tea leaves	Bad breath prevention Deodorant effect
Minerals (Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Sodium, Zinc, etc.)	Be extracted to the water	Biological regulation effect
Dietary fiber	Remain in the tea leaves	Intestinal regulation effect

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