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Green Tea
Green Tea May be Good for us but Does it Have to Taste so Bland?
Berkshire, United Kingdom, September 26, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Numerous stories and scientific studies abound about how good green tea is for health. So what is stopping all us health conscious folks from guzzling gallons of the stuff, like the Chinese or Japanese do? Our study shows that it is the taste of green tea that is putting us off. Despite being well aware of its numerous health benefits, most of those surveyed find that green tea tastes bland and are shocked that you do not add milk to it. Does green tea really taste that bland? Does something so good have to be so boring? Do the billions of Chinese worldwide know something that we in the UK don’t? Discover China’s Secret teas, where can one find good quality, great tasting green tea. Though most consumers’ experience of Chinese tea is the bitter tea served in restaurants, or the green tea leaf dregs sold in supermarket tea bags, there is a whole range of high-grade Chinese teas of which the West is largely unaware.
Green tea seems to lower stroke risk, but no benefit against ...
CHICAGO (AP) - Can drinking green tea really protect against two big killers, strokes and cancer? A study involving more than 40,000 people in Japan suggests yes and no: It might lower your stroke risk but will not save you from cancer. The study's authors say their findings might explain why the Japanese are less likely than Americans to die of heart disease and stroke. Even so, the answers are not clear. Green tea has been researched a lot, and many of the studies have come up with conflicting results. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said an analysis found no credible scientific evidence to support manufacturers' claims that green tea can cut cardiovascular disease risks. The U.S. National Cancer Institute says human studies on tea and cancer prevention have had contradictory results.
Green Tea: Is it really beneficial?
CHICAGO - A study of more than 40,000 people in Japan has found that drinking green tea will lower the risk of stroke, but not cancer. The authors of the study say that this may be the reason why a less number of Japanese succumb to heart disease and stroke than Americans. Tea contains antioxidants, which is linked to healthy cells. Green tea has been researched for a long time for potential benefits. .
September 5th, 2008 11:49 AM
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Kentucky To Simplify KCHIP Application Process
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Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) and Lt. Gov. Dan Mongiardo (D) this week are scheduled to make eight stops on a statewide tour to promote a plan designed to expand health coverage to more children under the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program by 2010, the Kentucky Enquirer reports. Beshear on Wednesday said that it is "shameful and shortsighted" that about 90,000 children in the state do not have health care, even though about 65,000 of them are eligible for coverage under KCHIP.
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September 5th, 2008 11:49 AM
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California Governor Might Veto Health Care-Related Bills
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California lawmakers last weekend approved several bills aimed at providing consumers protection against certain health insurer practices, but industry experts say the proposed changes still fall short of comprehensive health reform, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the bills, but he has said he will not sign any bills until the state Legislature passes a budget, which is currently two months overdue.
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