New Studies reports how digestive Green Tea compounds show dementia benefits

New Studies reports how digestive Green Tea compounds show dementia benefits.
Digested polyphenol compounds from green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to new research.
The in vitro study, published by Phytomedicine, confirmed that post-digestion, extracts of the phytochemical rich product shows protective effects for dementia.
The researchers investigated whether the protective properties of green tea, were still active once the tablet had been digested.  Lead researcher Dr Ed Okello from Newcastle University, UK, said that just because a consumed food is generally accepted to contain health-boosting properties; it should not be assumed that such compounds will ever be adborbed in the body.
Alzheimer’s disease – the most common form of dementia- is a progressive and irreversable neurodegenerative disorder associated with cognitive dysfunction.  Green Tea is high in flavin-3-ols, which are believed to be effecient scavengers of highly reactive free radical species, and have been shown to exhibit anti-carcinogenic, hypocholesterolaemic and neuroprotective properties in previous research.
The CAGTE, which represents green tea phytochemicals potentially available after upper gastrointestinal digestion, was found to be depleted in flavan-3-ols when compared to the pre-digested green tea extract.
Okello says; “Green Tea has been used in Traditional Chinese medicine for centuries and what we have here provides scientific evedence why it may be effective against some of the key diseases we face today”