How a green tea compound could prevent Alzheimer’s
Researchers reveal how a compound in green tea called EGCG prevents the formation of toxic beta-amyloid plaques, which are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
October 13, 2017 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alzheimer, alzheimer's / dementia, egcg, formation, green-tea, oncalldietitian.com, prevents-the-formation, reveal-how, toxic-beta-amyloid
Green tea compound shows promise for treating rheumatoid arthritis
EGCG – a compound abundant in green tea – was found to reduce ankle swelling in mouse models of rheumatoid arthritis, suggesting it could be a promising treatment for the disease.
February 17, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arthritis / rheumatology, compound-abundant, disease, egcg, green-tea, mouse-models, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, promising-treatment, reduce-ankle, rheumatoid-arthritis
Green Tea Flavonoid May Prevent Reinfection With Hepatitis C Virus Following Liver Transplantation
German researchers have determined that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) – a flavonoid found in green tea – inhibits the hepatitis C virus (HCV) from entering liver cells…
December 5, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, egcg, from-entering, green-tea, hcv, hepatitis, inhibits-the-hepatitis, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets
