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Jun 9th, 2008 THEANINE IN TEA MAY PROTECT BRAIN CELLS

Jun 2nd, 2008 BLACK TEA COMPOUNDS CURB BREAST CANCER IN LABORATORY STUDY

May 26th, 2008 GREEN TEA EGCG CURBS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE IN ANIMAL STUDY

May 19th, 2008 THEANINE SUPPRESSES APPETITE IN ANIMAL STUDY

May 5th, 2008 CIGARETTE SMOKING, TEA DRINKING AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE ONSET

Apr 28th, 2008 GREEN TEA EGCG INCREASES CELL'S NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS IN STUDY

Apr 17th, 2008 BLACK TEA AND DIABETES - Study Suggests that Tea Paired With Vegetables and Fruits Helps Prevent Hypertension in Diabetics

Apr 14th, 2008 VITAMIN C COUNTERBALANCES THE IRON-RESTRICTING EFFECT OF TEA IN STUDY

Apr 7th, 2008 MOUTH ODORS CAN BE REDUCED BY GREEN TEA

Mar 31st, 2008 GREEN TEA REDUCES ALCOHOL-RELATED LIVER DAMAGE IN LABORATORY STUDY

Mar 27th, 2008 CAN CAFFEINE ACT AS A PROOXIDANT AS WELL AS A STIMULANT?

Mar 24th, 2008 TEA AND SOIL POLLUTANTS

Mar 19th, 2008 GREEN TEA HELPS REDUCE COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN RATS WITH ALZHEIMER'S

Mar 17th, 2008 ANOTHER REASON FOR CHOOSING LOOSE LEAF TEAS?

Mar 10th, 2008 STUDY SHOWS GREEN TEA IS MORE THAN AN ANTIOXIDANT ONCE INSIDE THE CELL

Mar 3rd, 2008 ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES FOUND IN SOME TEAS

Feb 11th, 2008 TEA THEANINE HELPS BODY WARD OFF COLD AND FLU VIRUSES IN STUDY

Feb 4th, 2008 GREEN TEA EGCG REDUCES ACID-INDUCED CARDIAC AND SKELETAL DAMAGE IN LABORATORY STUDY




March 24, 2008

TEA AND SOIL POLLUTANTS

   As more of the earth's soils become polluted with industrial wastes, there is increasing concern that the foods we eat and even the tea we drink may be polluted. Cadmium, for example-used in the battery and television screen industries-has found its way into some soils where food is grown. Similarly, arsenic-used in the wood treatment and semiconductor industries-has also found itself in soils used to grow crops. Both are highly toxic. Neither would be welcome in our tea. So are they?
   Good news for tea drinkers. Investigators ask this question and reported their answers in the Chinese Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B. The study found that both cadmium and arsenic were poorly absorbed by the Camellia sinensis plant used to make tea. Furthermore, the young feeding roots of this plant serve as effective barriers against either element rising to plant parts above the soil.
   It would appear from this study that the plant that gives us tea is relatively effective in preventing arsenic and cadmium?even when present in the soil?from entering the young leaves typically used to manufacture tea. drpaulsupdates.org

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