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MAIN TEA COMPONENTS & THEIR
HEALTHY EFFECTS
Components: Catechins
Healthy Effects
• Lower blood triglyceride, blood cholesterol, prevents atherosclerosis
• Reduces incidence of cancer
• Reduces oxidation by active oxygen
• Strengthen blood vessel wall, regulates their permeability
• Inhibits increase of blood sugar
• Inhibits increase of blood pressure
• Reduces tumours
• Reduces mutations
• Helps in the treatment of radiation sickness
• Prevents dental caries by keeping off the causative bacteria (Streptococcus
mutans)
• Kills influenza virus
• Beneficial in the treatment of dysentery
• Prevents halitosis |
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Components: Caffeine
Healthy Effects
• Stimulates wakefulness, CNS stimulant
• Gives relief from fatigue, neuralgia and headaches
• Acts as diuretic |
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Components:
Flavonoids
Healthy Effects
• Strengthen blood vessel
and blood capillary walls
• Reduces oxidation by active oxygen
• Acts as anti-inflammatory agent
• Increases the level of catecholamines
• Stimulates folic acid biosynthesis
• Normalises thyroid hyperfunction |
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Components:
Fluoride
Healthy Effects
• Prevents dental caries |
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Components:
Quercetin
Healthy Effects
• Acts as spasmolytic
• Helps in treatment of acute diarrhoea |
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Components:
B Complex (Riboflavin , Biotin, Niacin,
Pantothenate, Inositol)
Healthy Effects
• Aids carbohydrate and fat metabolism
• Helps in inter and intracellular Ca” transport
• Helps in moisturisation of the skin |
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Components:
Vitamin E
Healthy Effects
• Acts as antioxidant
and regulates aging |
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Components:
Salicylates
Healthy Effects
• Acts as analgesic
• Acts as antipyretic |
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Components:
Polysaccharides
Healthy Effects
• Lowers blood sugar |
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Components:
Methyl xanthine
Healthy Effects
• Acts as diuretic |
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Components:
Theaflavin, Thearubigin
Healthy Effects
• Antagonises the activity
of bradykinin
• Inhibits arginine and ornithine decarboxylases |
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Components:
Theophylline
Healthy Effects
• Modulates immune response
• Helps in the treatment of asthma
• Salutary effects on cardiac function |
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Components:
Essential Amino Acids (Leucine, Phenyloalamine,
Valine, Threonine)
Healthy Effects
• Helps in metabolism
• Maintains nitrogen equilibrium |
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Components: Theanine
Healthy Effects
• Gives tea its delicious taste
• Helps in ammonia and urea metabolism
• Helps in water clearance by renal tissues |
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Components:
Linolenic Acid
Healthy Effects
• Reduces platelet aggregation |
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Components:
Tea Pigments
Healthy Effects
• Decreases plasma fibrinogen |
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Components:
Linalool, Geraniol, Hexenal
Healthy Effects
• Gives tea its fresh, green
aroma |
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Components:
Seleno cysteine
Healthy Effects
• Supports normal thyroid
function (helps in the conversion
of T4 to physiologically effective
T3) |
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Components:
GABA
Healthy Effects
• Lowers blood pressure |
