Consume Green Tea in moderate amount and stay healthy!

Consume Green Tea in moderate amount and stay healthy!

Maha Media 24 September 2019

Several varieties of green tea are available in the market. Green tea is consumed as a beverage. It is also sold in liquid extracts, capsules, and tablets and is sometimes used in topical products (intended to be applied to the skin).  All green or black teas come from the same plant, Camellia Sinensis, but are prepared using different methods. The current uses of green tea as a beverage or dietary supplement include improving mental alertness, relieving digestive symptoms and headaches, and promoting weight loss.
Although there has been considerable research on the possible health effects of consuming green tea regularly, there is little evidence that drinking green tea has any effects on health. 

However, the green is already known for its antioxidant properties but we hardly know that it can prove beneficial in getting rid of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Recently, the researchers have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
The findings were published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology in which the researchers found that epigallocatechin (EGCG) can restore the activity of aztreonam, an antibiotic commonly used to treat infections caused by the bacterial pathogen -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
P. aeruginosa is associated with serious respiratory tract and bloodstream infections and has become resistant to many major classes of antibiotics over the years. Currently, a combination of antibiotics is used to fight P. aeruginosa. However, these infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat, as resistance to last-line antibiotics is being observed. To assess the synergy of EGCG and aztreonam, researchers conducted in vitro tests to analyse how they interacted with the bacterial pathogen individually and in combination.
The team found that the combination of aztreonam and EGCG was significantly more effective at reducing P. aeruginosa numbers than either agent alone.
Dr Jonathan Betts, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey, said Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. Without effective antibiotics, the success of medical treatments will be compromised. Natural products such as EGCG, used in combination with currently licenced antibiotics, maybe a way of improving their effectiveness and clinically useful lifespan. The WHO has listed antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a critical threat to human health.  But this new research shows that this can be successfully eliminated with use of natural products.
There have been many research conducted on green tea in the past. There is no conclusive evidence that green tea helps to prevent or treat cancer in people.  The link between green tea consumption and the risk of certain cancers such as stomach cancer and non-melanoma skin cancers is also unclear due to inconsistent or inadequate evidence.
|In India, The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is funding research on green tea and its extracts, including studies of the effects of high doses of tea components on the liver, whether substances in green tea can be helpful for iron overload disease, and the safety of a component of green tea in people who are HIV-positive.
However, the experts’ opinion is that green tea, when consumed as a beverage, is believed to be safe when used in moderate amounts. Liver problems have been reported in a small number of people who took concentrated green tea extracts. Therefore, consume it in moderate amount and stay healthy.